From the ‘For the Man Who Has Everything’ Dept.

by Lee Hopkins on September 15, 2007 · 0 comments

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Free tanks: A 1st Armoured Regiment Leopard tank outside Darwin in 1999 (Reuters: Will Burgess)

Subtitled: ‘Tanks for the memories’

Says ABC News: “Leopard Tanks free to good homes in Army giveaway.”

The German-built Leopards began service in 1977 but are being phased out to make way for 59 new Abrams tanks.

The 42-tonne armoured monsters are nearly 10 metres long and come with a 105mm main gun capable of firing armour-piercing shells.

The Australian Army’s Leopards have never been used in action.

Place your order now — I know I am; it should help me in my battle against bloody soft roaders.

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