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The CVR Scorpion is the world's fastest .... uh, 'street' tank... at over 50 mph. But you'd have to be out of your mind to try and do that in an 8-ton tracked vehicle.
And it's really more of an armored reconnaissance vehicle than a light tank (even with the heavy emphasis on 'light').
Does it have the treads taken off and fitted with tires?
Nope!
For that reason alone; the guy was tempting fate by rolling that thing at those speeds amongst regular traffic and tight confines. Just one link-pin failure and he would be in court answering criminal charges and 'harmful damage' suits the rest of his natural life.
Any "tanker" will tell you the risks associated with losing a track at that speed would have been loss of braking on one side of the vehicle and also the hard turn when one track is still driving but the other gone, turning it into a 9 ton projectile going at right angles to it's intended path while pitching both those guys up top off the tank and probably running into/over multiple cars or buildings.
I am doubtful that was the early variant with the Jaguar gasoline engine as through the audio it sounded like a later Cummins BTA diesel engined one and without seeing the colour of the pump nozzle he was using I suspect, for it to run that well and respond through the gears as well as it did, it was a later Cummins BTA/DB-TN15 version.
I would think that all these tank enthusiasts would have had a tow-able container they could have used to transfer fuel. Anyway, the article does not say he was charged with anything.
I would think that all these tank enthusiasts would have had a tow-able container they could have used to transfer fuel. Anyway, the article does not say he was charged with anything.
It's the UK and it is conceivable it has a plated designation allowing for it's use in parades etc., but I'd be doubtful as all get out that whatever plate it was tagged with allowed for it's use on anything other then a designated route at far slower speeds.
Can you imagine any liability insurance provider signing off on a 9 ton, tracked military vehicle capable of 50MPH to be driven on public roads? They take their vehicle insurance very seriously over there.
I have seen one or two tanks and other military vehicles trundling through our High Street over the last couple of years. There's a small military bases only a few miles from home and the British Army regularly carry out exercises over there that sometimes warrants using public roads.
I am still not absolutely sure if our UK armed forces have exemptions driving certain military vehicles on public roads, but the article below covers a few pointers.
Well, we never did get a clear view of the "tank", I am assuming it was this:
That APC/tank certainly does run well.
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