It's not a tank it's mobile artillery it kinda looks like a tank, only it fires
155mm 90pound(!!) shells for over 14 miles,
and it has no real armour to speak of (even a
medium machine gun will easily penetrate the
sides.)
how do i know as much? 3 years in the Israeli
Artillery Corps...
Apart from first reading 'screw I'm you guys
going home' This is a class photo. Also love
the way South Park is quoted, can just
picture Cartman saying it now
speechless... it's a awesome picture. i've
shared this with a bunch of people i know and
i bunch of soldiers i know! I bet at least
80% of soldiers would love to say that and go
home to their families and loved ones! Thank
you for serving your country! My heart goes
out to you and your family!
ElDave - it's the hulk of an former Iraqi
army self-propelled artillery piece. It's a
US-made M109A3 (I think that's the right
variant) that the old Iraqi army probably
captured from the Iranians back during their
war. Old war hulk, all painted up by the troops.
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C-Monster, rpgwhitelock, obfuscator, Joe Nixon, and 267 other people added this photo to their favorites.
C-Monster (99 months ago | reply)
oooh! tank graffiti. this is an incredible shot!!!
aphrodite-in-nyc (99 months ago | reply)
great shot!
Miss Conduct [deleted] (99 months ago | reply)
Love it :)
ElDave (90 months ago | reply)
Who tags a tank and gets away with it?
Great shot!
miss jenny magenta (90 months ago | reply)
this is my desktop now....
blatch (87 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!
tommx (87 months ago | reply)
that is one of the best pictures i've ever seen. i'm sharing it with everyone i know.
DeoxyribonucleicAcid (87 months ago | reply)
On my feet clapping loudly.
michaelallroy [deleted] (87 months ago | reply)
best photo i've seen in weeks. awesome.
woofiegrrl (87 months ago | reply)
That's fantastic.
Pong God (87 months ago | reply)
"Screw I'm you guys, going home"? ;)
linuxfault (87 months ago | reply)
It's not a tank
it's mobile artillery
it kinda looks like a tank, only it fires 155mm 90pound(!!) shells for over 14 miles, and it has no real armour to speak of (even a medium machine gun will easily penetrate the sides.)
how do i know as much? 3 years in the Israeli Artillery Corps...
mt•MT•Mt (87 months ago | reply)
Note to PONG GOD...
When you read a newspaper, do you read straight across? No! Well, THIS is News to the guy who's going home!
{Screw You Guys! I'm going Home!}
[MaVi] (87 months ago | reply)
lol. where did u take that pic?
aamiic (87 months ago | reply)
gotta love Cartman.
Dizzy Girl (87 months ago | reply)
LOL! I love it.
ShutterMoth (87 months ago | reply)
That's great! Favorited.
sbaracchina (87 months ago | reply)
This caught my eye from the Explore page just a second ago ("a year ago today...") and I just love it, I have to fave.
Hope you're safe!
Wafiq (87 months ago | reply)
Good shot! Hai., Soldier where are you? Look the Words..
where did take that picture ya?
paulruk (87 months ago | reply)
Apart from first reading 'screw I'm you guys going home' This is a class photo. Also love the way South Park is quoted, can just picture Cartman saying it now
Nir Tober (84 months ago | reply)
great shot!
wir-click-wir (84 months ago | reply)
LOL, that is great. Thank you for sharing this! =)
pinkprincess04 (83 months ago | reply)
speechless... it's a awesome picture. i've shared this with a bunch of people i know and i bunch of soldiers i know! I bet at least 80% of soldiers would love to say that and go home to their families and loved ones! Thank you for serving your country! My heart goes out to you and your family!
bunkalicious (82 months ago | reply)
this is sweet!
ambulldog (82 months ago | reply)
I love it!!!!
a dead cat (80 months ago | reply)
one of the greatest things i've seen in a while; this put me in a good mood for a while.
Shmack' (78 months ago | reply)
=))
Amber B McN (74 months ago | reply)
Good grief, I LOVE it! :) Thanks for the grin!
Ad Altiora Natus (73 months ago | reply)
wow
Dawn Ashley (73 months ago | reply)
amazing
Dogger06 (72 months ago | reply)
ElDave - it's the hulk of an former Iraqi army self-propelled artillery piece. It's a US-made M109A3 (I think that's the right variant) that the old Iraqi army probably captured from the Iranians back during their war.
Old war hulk, all painted up by the troops.
~Lessaweaver (71 months ago | reply)
Great picture
Boredom Time! (71 months ago | reply)
That's the spirit! Spread the message.
SerialCoder (70 months ago | reply)
This image has been added to the Flickr Museum for making explore's top 25. Kudos! You can check it out HERE...
mexxerious (70 months ago | reply)
impressive!
Emain (68 months ago | reply)
frigging awesome! :D
Felipe's photography (67 months ago | reply)
haha i love southpark!
Papa Goiaba (64 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called So Damm Lucky - Malditos sortudos, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Not a single 7,62 FMJ hits you during this capture... you are so damm lucky.
All the luck for those that stills there. Nice picture anyway.
WickedVT (62 months ago | reply)
You made reddit!!! Congrats!
reddit.com/info/6eexv/comments/
ease_me_in (62 months ago | reply)
Ooooh...
The -10 says you need to use break free to get that off of that 109'...
; )
ryanx27 (62 months ago | reply)
Not if you vote for McCain, you're not.
S/Sullivan (62 months ago | reply)
typography is important.
"screw im you guys, going home."
provocative shot, however.
MarylandRebel (62 months ago | reply)
Tanks a lot for posting that.
monster10590 (62 months ago | reply)
aww this is awesome, makes me feel sorry for those at war
l.traube (62 months ago | reply)
Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Write me!. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere l’elemento al gruppo.
Michael Kappel (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Graffiti of the world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
cvillelli (56 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
the rocker1 (55 months ago | reply)
its should be screw you guys im going home other than that tank graffiti is awsome
Blackhorse17 (54 months ago | reply)
Ha ha!! Great!
jasperzondervan (48 months ago | reply)
I hate tanks. Graffiti is OK though :)
j.mazurek (45 months ago | reply)
its more a tag than graffiti, and it's ALL over the place
LaurieChristensen2061 (45 months ago | reply)
Woo! Yours cartman is cool more.Thanks flickr to share.
pyrobynature28 (44 months ago | reply)
I wonder how mad the government was when they saw this.
MarkmBha1 (16 months ago | reply)
Quite!