. All mobile phone users will have a twinge of understanding for the guy Sydney , 14 th of july ( good bastille day to the french ) A FORMER Telstra worker allegedly stole a tank and used it to demolish six mobile phone towers as he led police on a wild two-hour rampage through western Sydney yesterday. More than 20 police chased the tank but were powerless to stop it, retreating to a safe distance as the huge vehicle cut a path of destruction through six suburbs. They could only watch as the driver, hanging out of the top at times, allegedly rammed the tank through fences and into six mobile phone towers, telecommunication relay sheds and an electrical substation. The damage caused major disruptions to mobile phone services in Sydney's west yesterday. The divorced father allegedly stole the 1967 Trojan armoured personnel carrier (APC) from his former workplace, A One Lift Truck Service, at Minchinbury. His former boss, Greg Morris, said the man had a beef with mobile phone towers. http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/ ... 09,00.html .
lol ...i guess he showed them...i dont think he will be allowed to own a cell phne at his new residence though...
how do you steal a tank? :-? I don't think that a soldier just parks his tank in front of a store with the engine running to buy a little snack.
tank story On Boxing Day 1946, Jack Ambrose, Tech.Storeman of the Queens Bays stationed in 'Campo Sportivo' Palmanova; borrowed a Comet and drove out of the back gate of the camp to visit the next village for more vino stocks. As he climbed out of the tank in his befuddled state he realised it had no gun, Jack said he was instantly cold sober as he realised it was the CO's command tank with a dummy 95mm and five radios in the near empty turret. As it was Christmas no one seemed to mind and he was not even charged!
In San Diego, California several years ago, a deranged man stole an M60 tank from a National Guard armory and drove it on a wild rampage through the streets of the city. The police were helpless, having no antitank weapons of any kind. No civilians were killed or injured, but he did a lot of damage, running over parked cars, fire hydrants, street lamps, and whatever else struck his fancy. He went out on the highway and tried to cross over a four foot concrete divider into oncoming traffic (the SDPD had cleared traffic from the lanes he was in), with the obvious intention of running over some cars with someone in them. He hung the tank up on the divider, and while it was stuck (and he did try to get it loose), the cops cut the hinges off of the turret hatch to gain entry and an officer shot him dead. Turned out he had been a tank driver for awhile in the Army before they had discharged him for some reaon I can't recall.
I remember this incident very well and always thought that the actions of the police were OTT, especially when they could have used either CS gas or other stun weapons to disable him. BG BG
