LAST EDITED ON Sep-06-15 AT 05:32 PM (EDT)
 
>The ride? A Leopard 1 variant.

Cool. I rode on an elephant once. ... Not an Elefant tank destroyer, an actual elephant.

What? Don't judge me, it was 30 years ago. It wasn't considered morally indefensible back then. Besides, he didn't seem to mind.

I remember getting a ride on an armored vehicle at a state fair once, but I was a very small child at the time and don't remember what it was. WWII-vintage American, I'm pretty sure, but I don't think it was an actual tank; I vaguely recall it didn't have a turret. Maybe a self-propelled gun - M7 Priest or the like.

There used to be a junkyard in a town not far from here (I may have mentioned this before) that was full of WWII tanks, trucks, halftracks, and so forth. The proprietor had used the wide range of parts available to keep a few examples running, and would bring them out for the Memorial Day and Independence Day parades in neighboring towns. So I've seen a Sherman tank and an M18 Hellcat tank TD on the move, but never got a ride on either one of those.

I'd quite like to have a Sherman. Just park it outside and maybe run it to the store once in a while. Possibly get a dozer blade for it and use it to plow the driveway in the winter. It would make a nice conversation piece. Knowing this town, the code enforcement office would get after me for untidy yard infractions.

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