How many of you would LOVE to see this sneak into Poopy Pant's Parade??

[70sEraVet]

[Mossfern]

1. OMG!

[2MuchNoise]

2. If that was the last thing I ever saw...

I would die happy.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. That would be great, and this should be right behind it

[calimary]

6. THIS!!! Oh Please, Dear God!

[Trueblue1968]

17. Is there any way they could s!ip in Pretty In Pink in the parade ??? I would donate. By o

[Aristus]

4. Me!

Although it’s not a tank, and I’m an ex-tanker, I’m a proud LGBTQ ally, so I would just say “Close enough!”, and hop on board.

[Irish_Dem]

7. What the heck is it?

Doesn't really look like a tank.

[John1956PA]

8. It is a mockup which is supposed to represent a tank. It was fashioned for satiric-comedic effect.

It is not a bad effort. It somewhat suggests the appearance of a tank.

[Irish_Dem]

9. yes they did a pretty good job.

But I don't know anything about tanks, except I know this is not a real tank.

ETA: I think it looks like a parade float platform.
They just made a mock up of a tank, painted it pink.
Cute.

[Aristus]

16. It's a self-propelled artillery piece.

It has a cannon in a rotating turret like a tank. But it doesn’t have thick armor like a tank because it’s supposed to provide indirect fire from behind the front lines.

Looks like a tank; not a tank.

[Irish_Dem]

19. That makes sense.

Yes just a platform for the back lines.

[Harker]

5. The Pink Panzer.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. What does the logo on their t-shirts signify?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. This is a photo from 1995 and their shirts say "Tank Boy." The SPG is the entry for the Gay Men Fighting Aids org.

[BidenRocks]

12. Have the tank play

YMCA!
Then the military does a monkey march. (Think Stripes)
Then Anwar!

[jmowreader]

13. It's a real military vehicle, but it's not a tank

What we have here is a retired British Army FV433 Abbot 105mm self-propelled howitzer. When the British Army replaced the roughly 250 Abbots they had, they welded the breech blocks of the main guns shut and sold them to collectors. A few of them have wound up in the US, but most of them are still in England. Someone in Idaho has one and drives it in parades, where it's popular. I photographed this machine very heavily the first parade I went to that it was in, and when our managing editor decided to do a story about it I sat down with the photos and described what everything on the vehicle was to the reporter.

[reACTIONary]

14. The guy straddling the weapon....

.... got the best spot!

[Marie Marie]

15. ....

[liberalla]

18. That would be GREAT !!!!!!!!!!

I would LOVE it !!!!!!!!!

Yes!!!

[Blue Owl]

20. Crank up the YMCA and get the guy wearing makeup dancing