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Old 01-26-2023, 03:26 PM
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I know a Marine who drove tanks in the Middle East during several tours who could give tank driving lessons for sure. His father had an old Mercedes Benz diesel station wagon this fellow learned to drive. It was old, had two or three hundred thousand miles on it and had to be tinkered with constantly to keep it going. Turned out that was probably good training as in Iraq the tank he was driving stalled as five enemy tanks were coming up over the dunes and turning their guns on his tank. Well, he got it going; he and his crew took out all five enemy tanks.

BTW Arnold Schwarzenegger drove a tank in the Austrian army. He could likely give lessons, too.
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