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Thread Author: CGNorwich Replies: 17
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 19:41 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - CGNorwich
www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32973341/british-tank-crushes-learner-drivers-car-in-germany
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 19:50 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Old Navy
Wasn't there a similar photo on here some time ago involving a bus? :-)
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 20:16 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - sooty123
I wonder if they'll be a claim for whiplash?
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 20:48 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Focusless
>> www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32973341/british-tank-crushes-learner-drivers-car-in-germany

The car, however, suffered 12,000 euros (£8,600) worth of damage.

That's just the value of the car, isn't it? Write-off presumably.
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 21:18 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Stuartli
Got to be a joke somewhere about a full tank...
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 Tue 2 Jun 15 23:08 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - bathtub tom
>> Got to be a joke somewhere about a full tank...

Gunner ignore that.
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 06:19 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Duncan
The tyres on the Yaris look pretty skinny?

If it transpires that the Yaris was running on winter tyres that will obviously have been the cause of the accident.
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 08:14 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Cliff Pope
Still plenty of tread on the tank tracks.
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 19:27 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - TheManWithNoName
I wonder if they'll Challenger in court?
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 19:52 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Zero
Well she's not going to get a patton the back
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 21:17 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Cliff Pope
Was the tank going backwards?
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 Wed 3 Jun 15 21:48 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Old Navy
No. The turret is facing the rear of the tank, standard transit configuration.
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 08:20 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Old Navy
>> No. The turret is facing the rear of the tank, standard transit configuration.
>>

Just had another look at the photo, you can see that the gun barrel is in its transit clamp. Or whatever the army call it.
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 08:26 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Zero

>> Just had another look at the photo, you can see that the gun barrel is
>> in its transit clamp. Or whatever the army call it.

Or rope, as you matelots call it.
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 08:32 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Old Navy
Very technical, do you mean thick string? :-)
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 08:34 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Cliff Pope
>> No. The turret is facing the rear of the tank, standard transit configuration.
>>
I suppose I assumed the driver was in the turret and turned with the gun, sticking his head out of the hatch for a better view when safe.
What a lot of basic military stuff one is ignorant of. We never did tanks or periscopes in the school corps, just WW1 rifles and imitation hand grenades.
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 07:02 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - Duncan
Did she say tanks very much?
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 Thu 4 Jun 15 08:43 
 Yaris comes off worse in collision - ....
The driver was 18 but there is no report of her being accompanied in the car. Learners are not allowed to drive on their own.
There are no markings on the car to indicate the driver is under any kind of instruction.

I suspect the BBC have translated inexperienced as learner.

The street name wasn't a big enough clue to her: Panzerringstrasse
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