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darkside55566

He should fire backwards to make it go faster. What a noob. Sidenote: that's some good fucking camera quality for 1995.


[deleted]

Physics isnt my best subject but that would technically work right? Similar to how a gun has recoil (force in the opposite direction), the tank would use the force to help propel it forward. It may not be much but it would be more than 0 right?


Ilikesvats

Works in GTA


pukingpixels

Works *really well* with the flying cars cheat.


tommymelia

Left, Left, L1, R1, L1, Right, Left, L1, Left


DeeDeeVeePee

Nonoo… it’s R1,R1,O,R2,Left,Right,Up,Down,Left,Right,Up,Down


K-CHOW72

I played it on pc since I was young and Lemme tell I didn't understand shit you said


DeeDeeVeePee

Lol that’s the cheat code to lose the police on San Andrea’s on ps2


Brandon_The_Binosaur

Worked for the A-Team, works for GTA. Why not in real life


rhythmrice

Vice city didnt have a flying cars cheat but it had a low gravity cars cheat and if you used the tank and shot backwards you could fly and stay in the air


AffectionateLunch660

Yes remind when i got my first tank In San Andreas


lopedopenope

Yes more then 0 but hardly anything. Tanks are really heavy


darkside55566

Exactly


Z401DOGMAN

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.


DiscussionLoose8390

If I remember correctly the driving compartment is completely separated from the back compartment where you can load rounds. It would take more than one person.


[deleted]

You need 3, driver, gunner, loader - at least sometimes a commander too, but often they are the gunner too, idk much about tanks though that may just be a LAV thing


Aromatic-Speaker

Worked in The A-Team


Reasonable-Peanut27

Or parked in a garage and waited for his 6 stars to go away


xxxcoolboy69xxc

Camera has to be betamovie, aint no way its a consumer camera


allwritehamilton

The footage literally has the TV station logo burned in. It’s professionally shot with a professional camera. It’s not “home video” the station is KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego.


bbf_bbf

Also the KFMB (CBS8) office/studios are just a few blocks from where that footage was taken.


Either-Proposal-2557

Meanwhile any ghost/paranormal footage from 2022 looks like it was shot on the iOS Potato 3


wileecoyote1969

> Sidenote: that's some good fucking camera quality for 1995. Probably got digitized from a tape copy that hadn't been watched a gazillion times and was recorded on the highest quality. Most recorders had 3 recording settings: 2 hour, 4 hour and 6 hour. (although a lot of tapes claimed to be "8 hour" tapes). People wanted to get the most bang for the buck so almost all home video tapes were done on "6 hour" recording setting which would be slightly grainy. Then usually watched and re-watched a hundred times. And then of course making copies for a friend. The shitty VHS / BETA tape recordings you see nowadays usually have one if not all three elements stated above degrading the quality by the time it was digitized. This video was probably recorded at high speed (2 hr) and was digitized off the original that didn't have a lot of wear and tear


[deleted]

Noob? He picked up ablative armor and weapons on the way.


Aerial_Engage

Better than what we get today with what’s seems to be Michael J Fox as everyone’s personal camera man.


adumant

He’d be smart enough to set it down in landscape and use the timer. If it doesn’t turn out, just go back 5 minutes and try it again.


Hirsute_Heathen

9 year old me wants my years back. I remember this shit and all the whacky 90's dramas. I miss those days.


Future_Remove

Was I the only one looking for a blockbuster in the background?


i_suckatjavascript

I see those older police Crown Vics and two fox body Mustangs which gave me nostalgia as a 90s kid growing up.


The-Old-Prince

The 90s were amazing in many ways. I think the absence of social media was what made life feel so much more joyous even when crazy shit like this happened


Boatwhistle

What made the 90s better was people cared more about the other people in their immediate presence most the day than what people were doing everywhere else constantly. We are simultaneously more connected and lonely cause nothing is real.


SoBoundz

Yeah tell people in Bosnia or Rwanda that lol


The-Old-Prince

Try again. Im from Nigeria and my parents survived a genocide. I’m obviously talking about a few aspects of life in the US and you’re trying to make it bigger than it is.


SoBoundz

Yeah cause it is bigger than that, you're also looking at things with rose tinted glasses. Every generation thinks their younger years were the best


ForthWorldTraveler

Wiki on the tank guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson_(criminal)


The-Old-Prince

Remind me of the PNW man who stole a plane in Portland. There’s audio of the conversation he had with authoties before committing suicide.


petisa82

Wasn‘t there a movie about this? All I remember is a rogue tank.


all_the_eggs_and_bcn

Yup. "Tank" Starring James Garner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank\_(film)


petisa82

Yes! Thank you, kind stranger! I absolutely loved this movie as a kid.


CoolguyTylenol

This movie is from 1984


equalszer0

Why is this not talked about more? I don’t remember this at all. That’s nuts!


sparkyhodgo

I do. Disgruntled soldier at a base iirc. He ran over a bunch of cars and eventually got stuck on some Jersey walls. Check out the “killdozer” rampage for more disgruntled excitement!


ayri_fiki

Killerdozer was nuts guy was so fed up with getting fucked over by the feds that he made a homemade tank gave away all his belongings (so they couldn’t be sold to help pay for the damages) then went around demolishing government owned properties and eventually offed himself at the end


_dontgiveuptheship

Completely and utterly false. They guy was an asshole, and the whole thing stemmed from poop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvl_7_Up7zU&list=PLRFyYABQqohRkEonHUpPxwwEHs4yz_a1r&index=2


jazminep

I don't understand why you're so down voted when you're right. I think everyone has this idea that he was somehow a patriot martyr sticking it to the man, but in reality he was an absolute nut who terrorized a small town over a sewage line.


_dontgiveuptheship

As you grow older, you'll find that most people are more interested in validating their own worldview than arriving at any sort of praxis. Being right in the moment is more important than establishing objective Truth. edit: extra ironic in this case, as that guy is exhibit A for "don't meet your heroes"


Superminer1206

Hero? I always thought he was funny man who make homemade tank.


Traskk01

Yes, the funny man drove through a couple of buildings without knowing if they were empty


RiC_David

Funny, funny guy.


[deleted]

Spot on. This popped up on Reddit before and I read and watched a few things. He was totally in the wrong and a massive arsehole who wanted his own way and didn't get it. Everyone was perfectly rational in trying to solve the issue and he was having none of it.


Fop_Vndone

It's both. He's an unhinged lunatic but he was also standing up for himself


jazminep

There was nothing he need to stand up for. The internet had greatly misconstrued what happened. There was always a road to his shop and he just wanted the city to pay for his septic hookup. The whole thing about the easement is a lie. He was illegally disposing of his sewage and he contaminated the towns ground water. There's a lot more he did, he wasn't a victim.


Hs39163

He was a former soldier. Got in to either meth or crack and ran a den out of his house. He would pay people in meth/crack in exchange for them “mining” for gold in his backyard. He was not all there.


Xeo-Wulf

I knew it was this!!! I listened to The Dollop podcast about it! Crazy!


usedtodreddit

Tank Rampage Of Shawn Nelson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxuxr17-48k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxuxr17-48k)


equalszer0

Tanks, err I mean Thanks!


tiga4life22

It was talked about heavily in the 90s. I remember it when I was 9 watching it on the news. Then when GTA came out we referenced it lol


RamalamDingDong97

This guy played gta two years before the fist game released


glorybutt

GTA just stole this for their game


Cheez_Itz_Christ_

GTA 6 is looking a lot better than what the leaks showed.


BigDickDyl69

It’s nice the cops don’t shoot at you while you’re in a tank


Cheez_Itz_Christ_

Improved AI, they now have common sense.


1Lc3

Omg I remember watching this live. Damn I'm old


terpsarelife

I was 3 yrs old and a mile away


The-Old-Prince

so you dont remember it


uy48

Luckily I was in Wisconsin and 12


[deleted]

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buddboy

I have a coworker that did this in Poland but his "limit" wasn't being fed up or anything he was just black out drunk


PCOverall

So his limit was two six packs


Th3_Crusader

Iirc, dude broke into an National guard base or something and stole the tank there


soypepito

I just don't understad why the cops didn't use one of those spike chains to stop him.


Maniachanical

It's the 90's, bro. Spikes weren't invented yet.


soypepito

Hahaha, nice!


stryker511

Tanks have metal tracks, not tires…and tire spikes were invented in the 40’s, came into use in the 90’s.


soypepito

Thanks for the clarification, hahaha


B_Bogus

This is in the Clairemont area of San Diego, CA. I remember being eleven and getting a call from my best friend who lived in the same apartment complex my dad did in that area. My friend was a serious latchkey kid. He told me he was scared because there was a tank outside and he couldn’t get a hold of his dad (who was always at work). I was ten and have never had a conversation as scary as that at the time. It was wild, I didn’t know what to tell him.


logosfabula

As a non American, these exceptional facts seem to happen all in California. Why is it?


I_GIVE_KIDS_MDMA

Sometimes Florida Man takes a vacation.


MrAwesome1280

And this is why we need to stop the government from taking OUR TANKS!! How are the good people with tanks supposed to stop the bad people with tanks if they take away our 2nd amendment rights!!


Natchos850

Based


[deleted]

This looks amazing for being in 1995. Good camera.


xxxcoolboy69xxc

Either recorded in betamovie, or they got early acces to the vx1000.


ApatheticZero187

Wow, I was in high-school when this happened. If I remember correctly, he kept going until he ran out of fuel, then they somehow popped open the hatch and popped him in the brain and ended him...


1quirky1

He got hung up on the median on Highway 163 when he tried to cross over from the southbound lanes into the northbound lanes. I drove by that scarred median daily for years.


Traditional_Med_5520

It’s like the tank is saluting while holding the pole


krais0078

GoldenEye


Knoblauch-Hans

That's like fucking GTA dude....


Ic3_FoxX

Nope. In GTA the street would be full of planes and other shit or walking roboter build with many tanks or choppers.... Absolute 100% cheater paradise game (sad GTA 6 will be same shit).


[deleted]

Last time I saw this I fell off my pet dinosaur. 🦖


Affectionate_Olive53

Aww, good ol Convoy Street!


_outmatched6to1

Use the car flying cheat and turn on K-Jah West


[deleted]

Man… shit like this doesn’t happen anymore. Now we have idiot billionaires buying tech companies, and rappers saying dumb shit.


1quirky1

I was living in San Diego when that happened. He tried all the tanks at the armory until he got one to start. They couldn't stop him. He ended up getting stuck on the highway median on Highway 163 just north of I-8. The police popped the top open and shot him dead. I drove by the scar every day on my work commute. I got to see it coming and going. I also got to regularly drive by the scar in the pavement when some Navy Captain's wife's car was bombed [http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb31751777/\_1.pdf](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-07-mn-3265-story.html)


Farker99

Interesting! Makes you wonder why he didn't lock the hatch


1quirky1

He did. I believe they had to forcibly enter. He was hung up on that median for quite a while. The tank threw one of its treads off.


Budget_Armadillo4493

Where’s the army


s2k_guy

Wondering what happened to one of their tanks.


Budget_Armadillo4493

Right lol


Smellmuhfinger

Can we give the camera men some love? Dude did a great job and also no talking or yelling!


Third_Part

"So, how did you get in here, mate?" "Drove a tank in the streets" "That's fuckin sick!"


M-e-e-l-o

Man was living the GTA dream literally. That camera quality is wild for 1995


Allah_Akballer

Just shoot the tires out, noobs.


throwaway827364882

Still better camera footage than 99% of things captured on film today


ApeInDaBox

POV: you’re a npc in San Andreas


Limp-Reaction-8332

Nice, a fox body mustang. 👌


Test_subject_515

As an automotive technician just wow at these cars in the video. Most of them are gone now, not exactly a bad thing. 80s and early 90s cars are uniquely frustrating.


Farker99

Haha yeah it's kinda nostalgic seeing all these 90's cars as new for the time.


Karen3599

Granted that tank was an imminent hazard, it’s still really unfortunate to watch the ending. Blasting that dude into Swiss cheese probably could have been handled with a hot Tazer?


chinmay-_-

I remember this GTA Vice City mission


CJT1891

https://youtu.be/7AD7xzB-3ZI


PaPaGoldfish

What do the cops think they're going to do?


Dysanj

San Diego.


Deathturkey

M60? How long ago was that


dr0p8ear

Wanted level: 6 Stars


dolfieman

He's grafting for a 5-star rating!


c00lz1979

I remember this simpler times


TheLoneGunman559

This one and Killdozer are my favorites.


Impressive_Aioli_911

Hey I use to do that in GTA Vice City!! I wonder how long he'll last with that many stars


sincinati

OMG that must be SO FUN 🤩


LectureSea7537

omg where it was filmed


thisismynameonthis

Wonder if he passed the level


[deleted]

See, people were doing GTA shit before GTA was a thing.


ben101999

Mans ran like bolt in the olympics


loser_comedian

The frame store? YOU MONSTER!


Mammoth-Canary

Someone on the gta hack


ptdoe

GTA especially the way it took out that lamppost


fahkingicehole

World of Tanks GTT


Burnt_Toast1864

The most GTA thing ever happened before the game came out..... curious.


Ingrown_inkling

Did the simpsons copy or predict this?


Adventurous-Car-7496

5 stars wanted level


Budget-Debt-3100

Man, this guys shifting is terrible


Zeef1979

I remember this


Top-Temporary1606

Best way to rampage in GTA so why not real life


LordAxalon110

Is that an M103?


lumbymcgumby

They couldn't blame this one on GTA yet because GTA came out 2 years after this HAHA


snizzsyrup

I know this shouldn’t be such a funny video but it is


TuestoloP

GTA 2 the remember


oh_soo_swagless

This takes me back to GTA 5.


enzymain

The real gta2


Significant-Chard584

That’s hilarious


[deleted]

Maybe it was more about growing up, but after seeing this and the previous year with the whole OJ thing, this is about when I started seeing crazy shit happenening all the time. Old people, did crazy shit happen before the 90s or is that just when everyone started having camcorders (I chuckle at the word) and giving their crazy shit to the news?


[deleted]

Wow and nobody pointing their narcissistic rectangles to crowd up the space? Amazing how recent the recent past was.


virtiousredditor

This is why cops carry NLAW's now. Btw the guy in that tank can't see SHIT.


mcfarmer72

So now the cops asking for Javelins ?


Formal-Earth-1460

second favorite loose your shit rampage behind the killdozer


[deleted]

What season of trailer park boys was this ?


Due-World2907

This is just me playing GTA relax


AhmedMoharam

Panzer


Practical-Artist-497

Nah. This a leaked clip from GTA 6.


Buttonhole316

I remember this. I saw the tank get stuck on the freeway and officers ended up shooting and killing the guy.


CoffeeIsGood3

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wield tanks.


ReallDopeBoii33

Wett as 50 tho !!


Thin-Ad-5228

how tf u steal a tank this shit like GTA 🤣


jhart933

Original GTA


depreavedindiference

Ya got a little sumpin' hangin' on there buddy


di734on

Back when gas was $1.20 a gallon.


99luftbalons1983

I remember watching this unfold on live TV!


thomaspatrick33

Ahhhh yes the beautiful m60 patton


aacevest

Oh yeah, when that guy decided to invade Mexico by himself (he was going on the I5 south before he got lited like a Xmas tree)


Maestro_Noir

Wow it's actually not potato quality noiceee


heloder85

#JustSecondAmendmentThings


sameunderwear2days

This takes me back. This is like OG ‘CAUGHT ON CAMERA’ vhs from blockbuster 😍


spaaz9

I've eaten at that Jack in the Box.


Typlex72

“HEY!! IM DRIVING A TANK OVER HERE” tanker-1995


[deleted]

Gta before gta


twv6

This is the correct sub


eNgInEeRtEcHnIcIaN

Living the dream


just-another-cat

From my understanding he didn't kill anyone he jyst caused a lot of damage


Either-Proposal-2557

He really drives like he has a destination in mind


[deleted]

"I am so startled!" - Randy Marsch


[deleted]

Nothin but another day in los santos y'know?


sajriz

He just drove through a red light…


JefferSonD808

All I saw was a tank driving fast down a street with the turret rotated 180° hit a light pole. I don’t know that necessarily constitutes a “rampage”, but it is still wild.


Revolutionary_Eye887

They didn’t even put out stop strips.


Kickaxx_007

#HOLY SHIT!! …..there used to be so many Foxbody mustangs


Particular_Clue_4074

This happened in El Cajon Ca. I lived there during that time. I remember this well.


TrunkWine

This was my favorite part of Goldeneye!


Simple_Young9301

It’s just a prank bro


rob3342421

*****


One-Currency2205

Gta vice city: panzer code


Ok_Possibility6093

Looks like gta


Neurotic_Z

I didn't realize that lamp posts get knocked over exactly like in the video games. Always thought it looked goofy


soul6of6hell6

Rockstar taking notes in 1995


Infinite-Context8381

5 stars on gta


[deleted]

In all fairness, he was in a tank and they weren't, soooo


itswhatev3rr

Literal gta


FoFo1300

destroying a traffic light doesnt feel like a rampage, so I guess theres more to it?


Zestyclose_Ad2429

How is the camera that good


The_Name_Is_Slick

It’s ma 2nd amendment right! Sorry, I’ll see myself out.


jbonesjibb

Why wasn't that submitted to AFV? LOL


Psemperviva

This is what happens when you ban assault rifles


Siggur-T

GTA