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Pranksters hotwire WW2 tank in Ukraine - it roars into life!

submitted by Zawash

9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago

Dailymail:
A pair of pranksters got the shock of their lives when they climbed into a rusting old Second World War tank perched on a monument in Ukraine - and managed to get it started.
The tank was atop a memorial in Kostiantynivka, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine, when the jokers, both mechanics, clambered aboard and began poking about inside.
Built in 1943, retired in 1945, and placed on the pedestal in 1994, the mighty diesel engine stunned the mechanics when it roared into life after they bent some wires in the ignition and played around with them.

No-one was more surprised than me when she kicked into life,’ said Dimitry Koskalovin, 23, who clambered into the tank with his pal Mikhail Stakavan, 22.

‘We let it rip for a few minutes and then did a runner. We never meant to pinch it or anything.’
Local council officials said they were investigating the circumstances that left the tank in a functional state when it was put on top of the pedestal and said police had been called to try and work out whether the pair who posted a video of the action online had done anything illegal.
A police spokesman said: ‘In theory it could have been dangerous because the tank could have driven off, but other than that it's not clear what else we might charge them with.’

Wow - it still works after all those years - that thing must have been built like a - tank?