That wasn't the only time someone stole a tank. We had a US Army Staff Sgt steal one in Germany in the 80's. A combat loaded one. Seems he got a Dear John letter. He got drunk, decided that he was in Germany because of the Soviet Union and that if we just fought it out that after we won he could go home and save his marriage. He finally sobered up enough that he stopped and surrendered on a bridge over the Rhine. Must have thought he was superman. Was going to take a tank (M60A3), 63 rounds of main gun ammo and take on the Soviet Military all by himself and win. Without a firing pin. The firing pins were kept locked up in the Arms Room and were issued when needed. The one in CA was also a M60 series tank IIRC. Takes a lot to stop a 63 ton tank, 1970 CID 750 HP. But you can high center them! There was another one at Ft Riley in the late 70's. All the person did was start it up, knock down a fence and drove it into a pond. All you could see was the antennas sticking up out of the water.
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