A man placed a Soviet tank on his empty property.
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Ah, yes, building a tank and pointing its gun turret at an office building is also the first thing that comes to my mind when I think “light-hearted protest.”
*I’m poking fun*
Great way to protest against lousy local government
It’s gone 🙁
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/rrYMaBskexRJPd976](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rrYMaBskexRJPd976)
Did he finally get permission to redevelop after this gesture
[source](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandela_Way_T-34_Tank)
He also keeps a deactivated sea mine in his barn.
Imagine being a 6 year old kid and saw this! Oh the many imaginary wars that will be fought!
Dopest way to protest
Nicely played sir. But how does one just happen upon a T 34 Soviet tank in London. Guess Amazon is that bomb.
It’s supposedly called a “tank” because they were developed in secret during WW1, and “water tanks” was their cover story for steel manufacturing.
If not for the secrecy, they would have been called “landships”.
It’s not there anymore though
I live in the neighbourhood, sadly it’s been removed fairly recently 🙁 (a year ago ish) Theres a banner up nearby demanding it be returned and everything 🙁
Watch out! The Russians are so short on tanks, they may try to steal this one back! 😊
there has to be more to this story. most sensible, easy to deal with people don’t own surplus armored fighting vehicles.
I find this hard to believe. Planning permission needs documentation to show what’s being built and how big it is
Am I hearing this right? The council denied him designing what I imagine would have been a small park, or a garden…. but were fine with him dropping a septic tank on the lot? Wtf…
😂
One day you will realize there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path…
—-Some guy named Morpheus
That’s brilliant 😂
This is funny.
Smart and funny, cool guy
Didn’t Tom Scott make a video there?
How to Protest Effectively:
1) Request to install a “tank” on your property
2) Request to install a “shell” at city property…
Lmao
I can’t help but wonder if the Russian language has the same shared meaning for the word “Tank” that English does…
r/madlads
I’ve gone through building permit approval cycles where septic tanks were involved. I think it would be easier if they thought it was a real military tank.
Why ruin that incredible tank with that paint job
I mean, your heart might be lighter if its blown up…
T-34 very good russian tank… Maybe it’s a protest? It looks very alike flower power. Please stop war and make peace dear Russians!
This isn’t true
t-34-85 my beloved
Reminds me of the story of:
# The SHARKS!!!!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xhdL8BPvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xhdL8BPvU)
Oldest trick in the book
A little daily reminder of who holds power and who can easily take it away.
In the UK we have something of a tradition of fighting with councils. This guy put a [shark](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7589391,-1.2131129,3a,60y,261.33h,106.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svZuO0PomZytioCdEq26PgA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) on his roof.
[Stompie the Tank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandela_Way_T-34_Tank)
The funny thing is, calling them “tanks” is how the British were able to hide them from leaked supply reports. Anyone looking at them would think “oh, water tanks” and ignore it.
It’s a fun switcheroo when you remember that tanks were originally called tanks as a way to keep their identity as fighting vehicles secret while they were developed.
I think the guy died or gave up. Its fully fenced off now and overcome by plant growth
Suprised the British didn’t beat him for not having a liosence
Noooooo🥺🥺🥺🥺
Peace, love, and high explosive anti tank!
This is especially funny because the British originally named tanks “tanks” in order to confuse spies and make them think they were transporting tanks of water rather than war machines.
It’s now worth a fortune as Russia needs all the shit it can find.
r/madlads
Idk why but now I picture this neighborhood as a tony hawk pro skater scenario, maybe it’s the painting or a random vehicle in a urban area, idk
“perform 2000 points on the tank to unlock a tape” or something like that
then it shoots into a wall and unlocks a skatepark inside
That is hilarious awesome.