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Joyriding UK Soldier Crashes 2 Tanks

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 20, 2009 8:10 PM CST

(Newser) – A few drinks apparently inspired a British soldier to go joyriding and crash two tanks today, the Guardian reports. The unnamed Desert Rat, stationed at the Bergen-Hohne army base in Germany, hopped in an armored vehicle and promptly drove it off the road. Undaunted, he walked back and commandeered another into a tree. German police nabbed the 18-year-old, whose blood alcohol level measured at 0.1%, the Guardian reports.

British Soldiers from the B Squadron of The Light Dragoons Regiment ride their Scimitar tank in a location in the desert to conduct counter Taliban Operations on May 19, 2007 in Afghanistan.
British Soldiers from the B Squadron of The Light Dragoons Regiment ride their Scimitar tank in a location in the desert to conduct counter Taliban Operations on May 19, 2007 in Afghanistan.   (Getty Images)
An official directs an AS90 self-propelled vehicle for deployment to the Persian Gulf area from the Port of Emden February 8, 2003 in Emden, Germany.
An official directs an AS90 self-propelled vehicle for deployment to the Persian Gulf area from the Port of Emden February 8, 2003 in Emden, Germany.   (Getty Images)
An AS90 self-propelled vehicle is loaded onto the Longstone for deployment to the Persian Gulf area from the Port of Emden February 8, 2003 in Emden, Germany.
An AS90 self-propelled vehicle is loaded onto the Longstone for deployment to the Persian Gulf area from the Port of Emden February 8, 2003 in Emden, Germany.   (Getty Images)
A convoy of British military vehicles is seen on their way from the city of Basra,  550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept 3, 2007.
A convoy of British military vehicles is seen on their way from the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept 3, 2007.   (AP Photo/Cpl Steve Follows/MOD/ho)
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Guest
Feb 21, 2009 12:35 AM CST
The manual says the joyriders blood alcohol level should be at least double that before taking the tank out for a cruise.
Guest
Feb 20, 2009 11:10 PM CST
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
riffran
Feb 20, 2009 9:19 PM CST
bloody gin and bitters......That young man is gonna git it

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