![]() 03/02/2014 at 08:52 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
What you see here is a "Wiesel" the German army's smallest tank. A spokesperson said that it's not completely uncommon for them to be filled up at regular gas stations. Still quite a funny sight!
![]() 03/02/2014 at 08:53 |
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Just Casually refueling, noting to see here!
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:00 |
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They have Shell in Germany?
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:05 |
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Interesting name...
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:09 |
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Isn't the Wiesel more of a armoured fighting vehicle/scouting vehicle than a tank?
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:14 |
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I dunno? It has tracks, is armoured and has a tiny gun on top, to a layman like me this looks like a tiny tank, but I'm far from being an expert.
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:15 |
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Of course, why not?
![]() 03/02/2014 at 09:22 |
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this looks like a tiny tank
You're actually right about this part - it would be classified as a tankette if those hadn't become obsolete...
![]() 03/02/2014 at 10:07 |
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I really want a surplus one of these. I don't even know WHY.
![]() 03/02/2014 at 10:10 |
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The Wiesel comes in many versions including Kawaii:
![]() 03/02/2014 at 10:17 |
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How so? I find it very descriptive since compared to many tanks (call the Merkava a Rhinoceros instead of a "chariot" if you took away the historical factors) it has many of the characteristics of a Weasel, which it was named for.
![]() 03/02/2014 at 10:54 |
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That's actually not a gun, it's a missile launcher. I think it's a TOW?
![]() 03/02/2014 at 10:56 |
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and now you have to explain the difference between a gun and a missile launcher to me. A missile launcher fires things like RPGs?
![]() 03/02/2014 at 11:08 |
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Yeah, this more or less carries a missile and contains all of the firing and targeting equipment.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-71_TO…
![]() 03/02/2014 at 11:28 |
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I am not trying to be "that guy" that drags every German army discussion down because I've played too much Call of Duty/watched too much of the History Channel.
But ever heard of Elie Wiesel?
It's an interesting coincidence and probably nothing more.
![]() 03/02/2014 at 12:03 |
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A very lightly armored (only capable of withstanding small arms fire) fighting vehicle. A tank is defined by having a main battery in a rotating turret.
![]() 03/02/2014 at 12:15 |
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How to hug a tank
![]() 03/02/2014 at 12:44 |
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Here You Go
![]() 03/02/2014 at 17:43 |
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I didn't know that was an international branding