The bigger they are, the faster they sink to the bottom and the harder it is to free the damn thing from the mud. And they don’t get much bigger than a 68-ton M1A2 Abrams battle tank, which are not impervious to getting stuck. Sure, tracked vehicles might have a slightly better chance of making it through less-than-ideal conditions, but when you sink an M1 tank in mud halfway up the sides in a ravine, you have two choices: fight to work the tank free, or bite the bullet, make the radio call, and wait for the M88 Hercules to show up to drag your non-driving backside out of there. With the tank crew standing outside of the pit for “moral support” and a video camera recording the whole thing, our well-trained tank driver wrestles the big beast back and forth. Does he free the tank, call for a tow or take a bath in the muddy water? Click play to find out!
Should have left the crew to walk back. Yuck yuck guys!!
Love the cooler mounted on the back. “Hold my beer!”
Even though it’s been around for decades, I still can’t get used to that engine sound with that vehicle.
The stranger thing is the smell of the exhaust. I’m used to turbine exhaust fumes (think an airport, and you’re on the money). To me, the exhaust of an M1 smells like stewed tomatoes. Screwed up, but true.