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The Tank that roared after seventy years of rust

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:46 pm
by Greyshaft
After seventy years the battery still worked... wonder if there was still a round in the breach?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ayer_click

RE: The Tank that roared after seventy years of rust

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:02 pm
by Blond_Knight
From the video it doesn't look/sound like it actually started. It sounds like they just kept cranking it for the whole video.

RE: The Tank that roared after seventy years of rust

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:28 pm
by VPaulus
ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

From the video it doesn't look/sound like it actually started. It sounds like they just kept cranking it for the whole video.
Agree.

This one is a real startup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_aDMqFrUV8