Author Topic: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage  (Read 5846 times)

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Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« on: July 16, 2007, 06:45:01 AM »
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/call-of-duty/man-takes-out-6-cell-towers-in-tank-rampage-278637.php

A man who'd apparently had it up to here with his cell-phone carrier got in an armored personnel carrier and rammed six cell phone towers. He was arrested on the way to a seventh.

Since this went down in Sydney, Australia, you can rule out lousy AT&T reception on an iPhone as the cause, ditto for being "fired" by Sprint. Still, we certainly how how this poor bastard feels. Whatever particular moment of customer-service frustration triggered it, the damage was pretty massive, according to cops:

    "He continued to destroy mobile tower communications sheds by crashing through the perimeter fence and colliding with structures, causing significant damage."


The guy was charged with "malicious damage, break and enter, predatory driving and driving in a dangerous manner." There's nothing about theft of government property—could the tank actually belong to him?

[youtube=425,350]wXjDA-w43hY[/youtube]

Why can't cool stuff like this happen in America?

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 07:35:39 AM »
What I want to know is how did they finally arrest him? Did they put a really big tank in front of his and say "That's not a tank, THIS IS A TANK!"? I understand that's how most things are settled in Australia.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 07:46:24 AM »
[youtube=425,350]<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src=" <a href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1203730021721681764" target="_blank">http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1203730021721681764</a>" flashvars=""> </embed>[/youtube]
Oh and this has had happened in America. Except this guy got shot, because off the brilliant moves of the Men in Khaki.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2007, 07:50:02 AM by M-26-7 »

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2007, 08:14:42 AM »
I remember hearing about that one.  Your embedded video doesn't work, so here's a link:

<a href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1203730021721681764" target="_blank">http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1203730021721681764</a>

Everyone watch that!  It's good stuff.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2007, 08:29:24 PM »
Anyone remember the guy in Colorado that built his own bullet proof car out of a Caterpiller by welding a shitload of steel onto it?
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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2007, 08:45:20 PM »
Anyone remember the guy in Colorado that built his own bullet proof car out of a Caterpiller by welding a shitload of steel onto it?



This wasn't the one in question, but that cab does look pretty bad ass.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2007, 08:51:00 PM by gangals »

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2007, 09:12:03 PM »
Yeah my cousin drove one of those catapillairs over in iraq

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 07:14:41 AM »
I drive a cop car into the lake sometimes.  when the water gets to my ankles i think about a girl, when the water reaches my mouth i sam still thinkning about her.  one day i will die for it.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 09:07:20 AM »
I drive a cop car into the lake sometimes.  when the water gets to my ankles i think about a girl, when the water reaches my mouth i sam still thinkning about her.  one day i will die for it.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2007, 10:45:46 AM »
 junkyard, im too wuss to steal one from a police station.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2007, 11:42:47 AM »
I drive a cop car into the lake sometimes.  when the water gets to my ankles i think about a girl, when the water reaches my mouth i sam still thinkning about her.  one day i will die for it.

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2007, 12:31:16 PM »
I'm contributing to the Trevelyn leet fund as well for that.
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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2007, 03:51:00 PM »
OMG! TREV IS AWESOME!

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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2007, 02:07:00 AM »
Haha this was televised quite abit here because not much happens in australia.

Basically the man was full of drugs while doing it and destroyed the mobile towers because he thought they were giving him brain cancer. While he was driving he kept stopping to take more drugs :D I am literally rolling around on the floor all crazy-like as I laugh.. The chase finally ended after 90 minutes because the engine stalled (it was a very old tank stolen from a collector or war stuff or something).


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Re: Man Takes Out 6 Cell Towers In Tank Rampage
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2007, 03:08:36 PM »
What does Australia use tanks for? Are there any adjacent territories to invade?
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