Hungarian protesters hijack Soviet-era tank

[Nebelwerfer.]

Hungarian anti-Government protesters have gained control of a Soviet-era T-34 tank in Budapest during street riots that have marred the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising.
Protesters managed to start the tank, which had been parked in the capital as part of the anniversary commemorations, and drove it some 100 metres towards a wall of riot police near Deak square in the heart of the city.
Officers fired a volley of tear gas which allowed riot police to charge the vehicle and bring it under control, an AFP photographer on the scene said.
The tank was one of several that had been on display in the capital as a reminder of the ones that were sent by Russia to put down the uprising in 1956.
Police have fired rubber bullets, tear gas and used water cannons at mostly far-right protesters who invaded Budapest's streets.
During the uprising 50 years ago, youngsters used guns and Molotov cocktails in fierce street battles on the streets of Budapest against Soviet tanks sent to put down the protests.
The Hungarian uprising broke out on October 23, 1956 and was brutally crushed by Soviet tanks on November 4, sealing the country's fate as a satellite-state of Moscow until the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.
The crackdown resulted in the death of 2,800 Hungarians.
A further 12,000 were wounded and 200,000 fled to the West.



http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1771780.htm

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3563/r1124593526021aec5f4io9.jpg

hahaha :lol:

If someone has more photos of this event, please post them :)

[khukuri]

cant ****ing beleive this, just standing there waiting to get driven off_!

[Hiroshima]

Hey Khukuri, I'll get a heavy lift truck, you grab the tank.... :D

[Johnny bazooka]

And so the tank finally did again what he was designed for: fighting

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2006/10/23/uhungary.jpg

[Sloomiss]

This could be the start of a new trend! Tank-jacking!!

:D

[lordroel]

who the hell put a tank on the street with its keys still in it.

[eric_from_texas]

WOW! i want to DO THAT!

[nick_ua]

here is the video for u
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95000

[lordroel]

lucky there was no ammo in the tank or it could be ugly.

[bolas]

Take a look on this :lol: !
http://mf.index.hu/belfold/okt23_tank.mov

http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/bud1.jpg
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/bud2.jpg

Russian WW2 AT-guns (probably 85mm) !
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/bud3.jpg

Russian Armoured Vehicle from 50's:
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/bud4.jpg


Plenty of superb photos you can find here on *****Images.com (http://editorial.*****images.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=EventImagesSearchState%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c28%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c72226447%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c%7c%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0&p=1&tag=1)
Example:

http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/bud5.jpg

[spas]

That was fun! rofl

[spas]

who the hell put a tank on the street with its keys still in it.

Gyurcan feco PM.:roll:

[lordroel]

some of those pictures look ieri simalar as wat happend 50 years ago with out the killling.

[spas]

cant ****ing beleive this, just standing there waiting to get driven off_!
here everything can happen:)

[madpendos]

hopefully, that tank ran over those goofballs

[Johnny bazooka]

I guess driving a tank is not that easy, so my respects for the driver of this tank, as far as I know, no people were killed in Budapest the last days.

[Satellite Weapon]

And so the tank finally did again what he was designed for: fighting

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2006/10/23/uhungary.jpg

woa ! that's insane

[Alan]

I remember watching 'COPS' or some other show like that. Wasn't there a case of tank-jacking in the US when some ex military dude stole a tank and went on a rampage?

[He219]

If someone has more photos of this event, please post them :)

From Yesterday's threads about the same incident:

http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2021423&postcount=19
(daily pix)

http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2021440&postcount=21
(more daily pix)

http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2021533&postcount=24
(even more daily pix)

http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95000
(Videos, Photos and way too much discussion)

http://militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91809&page=4
(general discussion)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/31363240.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/31363255.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/31363281.jpg

[wicked_hind]

Hey look everyone...a diversion!!! (runs to tank and starts it up)rofl

[TR1]

I remember watching 'COPS' or some other show like that. Wasn't there a case of tank-jacking in the US when some ex military dude stole a tank and went on a rampage?
yep, I saw that, insane ****. the dude jacked a National gurad M-60, and plowed throgh everything untill he got stuck in the freeway, and the cops jumped on the tank, opened the unlocked hatch and dragged him out,

[Berkut]

hehe good old T-34, 70 years old but still very useful :)

[nick_ua]

and the cops jumped on the tank, opened the unlocked hatch and dragged him out
he was dead by that time

[CSUCHICO]

yep, I saw that, insane ****. the dude jacked a National gurad M-60, and plowed throgh everything untill he got stuck in the freeway, and the cops jumped on the tank, opened the unlocked hatch and dragged him out,

Minor correction, he got got stuck on the center divider of the freeway and the cops hopped on top like you said. But when they popped the hatch and ordered him to turn it off and get out, he just tried harder to free the tank and get back to making chaos, so they shot him. He died from his wounds. Then again, i guess after shooting him, they did eventually have to drag him out of the tank, so you are right.

[intelligenzija]

reminds me of Grand Theft Auto

[Nebelwerfer.]

here is the video for u
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95000

Note when the tank crushes that board, I think board hit that guy in yellow shirt/jacket. And the driver could have easily killed some of the protesters, he's driving through the mass like a frenzy bull p-)

BTW, sorry nick_ua, didn't notice your thread was about the same event ;)

[TR1]

Minor correction, he got got stuck on the center divider of the freeway and the cops hopped on top like you said. But when they popped the hatch and ordered him to turn it off and get out, he just tried harder to free the tank and get back to making chaos, so they shot him. He died from his wounds. Then again, i guess after shooting him, they did eventually have to drag him out of the tank, so you are right.

oh okay.

message too short.....

[CyberSpec]

Amazing, it looks like a real battle

[p$ycho+log!cal]

rofl that is retarded

hope no one got injured

[doomedllamaguy]

hehe good old T-34, 70 years old but still very useful :)leave it to the russins to make something like that

[nick_ua]

I think board hit that guy in yellow shirt/jacket.
note the same guy in T34
http://cache.*****images.com/xc/72243864.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=8AF8AF6A335E5B087B70CE1CBE6275D5
riding
http://cache.*****images.com/xc/72243840.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=8AF8AF6A335E5B08A3460422A18019C6

[Mr.K]

Sorry couln't resist:
"They see me rollin, they hatin'..."

[AT-T]

BTR-152. Nice.
Hard to find a russian vehicle which can't drive out of a museum by the own power.

[theeagle]

There was an interview with one of the guys who hijacked the tank, unfortunatly I can't find it anywhere. It was pretty funny imo, he seemed to have some mental problems and I guess he was drunk too.

[Flamming_Python]

Looks like a damn world war has started without me knowing!

[CSUCHICO]

Sorry couln't resist:
"They see me rollin, they hatin'..."

Hahahahaha. Good call bro!

[koozya]

lol awsome tank keeps going strong after all these years

[asch]

GTA: Budapest :)

[Mahoro]

reminds me of Grand Theft Autonext time, might be a WWII fight jet rofl

[koozya]

GTA: Budapest :)
xaxaxaaxaxaxa rofl rofl rofl

[Oscar panzer]

I just hope the T-34 and the APC willl be ok

[eric_from_texas]

ok, honestly... is there anyone here who doesnt harbor some thoughts of doing something like this? i know i do. its like when you see the movie "heist", somewhere in the back of your mind you think "man, it would be cool to do that!"

[spas]

GTA: Budapest :)
wtf rofl rofl rofl

[tomcat1974]

hehe good old T-34, 70 years old but still very useful :)

the T-34 where used in WP countries for Drivers training since is basic tank...
it was used until 1988

[enforcer]

http://i13.tinypic.com/47uzpkl.jpg (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i13.tinypic.com/47uzpkl.jpg%5B/IMG%5D)

[phoebus]

Here's a video which apparently hasn't been posted yet. Are those guys crazy or what?
rofl

http://www.youtube.com/v/FwB9pBG8QK4

[ex-cop]

wow, the tank was in such good technical conditions

[Johan M]

the T-34 where used in WP countries for Drivers training since is basic tank...
it was used until 1988


maybe the hijacker had been a conscript and as such he might have learnt to drive a T 34.

[ZhukovG]

LOL that was a very singular protest