Chum of mine did once 'slap' a tank...
During a posting with the folk who used to creep around various parts of East Germany, some boffin wanted to know how thick the armour was on some Sovietski tankski. So they gave him a device and told him to press it against the tank, press the tit and it would take a reading.
They didn't quite tell him everything though.
Chum finally found out where one of these tanks was parked, crept out in the dead of night with the boffin's toy, pressed it against the tank and pressed the tit.
A loud 'BOOOOOIIIIINNNNG' came from the device, which was obviously some sonar system. Chum legged it sharpish and about half-a-heartbeat later the turret hatch flew open and a dazed East German tank mate peered out in terror wondering what the hell had just woken him up..... It seems their crews sleep with their horses and/or tanks!
Nothing to do with moderators, who are all very fine chaps indeed!! But whenever anyone mentions tanks, I have this image of our amateur snoop waking up the East German tankie with that bit of boffinry!
Last edited by BEagle; 9th October 2009 at 16:22.