This is just too much fun to resist. Not only am I familiar with the Roadkill series from Hot Rod Magazine, not only do I regard Priuses with a fulminating hatred, but this video features my favorite tank of all time, the British Chieftain. A 55 tonne heavily armoured beast with a 120 mm rifled gun (some weighed more and incorporated Chobham armor), I should do a Fullbore Friday on the Chieftain someday:
Man! That tank said hoof to that Prius!
Chieftains are becoming increasingly popular in the US as collector’s items since they are not American (and not subject to some controls on US military equipment), quite modern, readily available, and not as crushingly expensive as one might think. They are about the most modern and capable tank a civilian can legally acquire (I’m not sure about M-60A3 TTS, for sure, the sophisticated electronics would be removed before a civilian could get one, and without those, the Chieftain is better) The Chieftain was designed in the late 50s but was very advanced (if a bit underpowered) for its day. It was probably the best protected and most well armed tank NATO had until the Leopard II came along. Here is another video of a Chieftain crushing cars – these American mini-vans held up much better than I would have thought!
I don’t know if I have any readers who are Prius drivers/lovers (they tend to be the same), but if so……I do not retract my distaste. I got in trouble with a co-worker over my hatred for Priuseseses……..she’s the kind of gal who can’t stand having people not thinking her decisions are the very best, unquestionable, etc.
That is also the one who ended an 8 year marriage to run off with a woman. Uff da…….