Not very dramatic. But still.
TIL that there's rednecks in Germany.
The best comment re: it's a Buffel ARV (armored recovery vehicle or Bergepanzer) rather than a Leopard tank:
That looks to be a recovery tank. Not sure if the gearing is any different, but they are essentially designed to do "tank pulls" to get tanks out of situations, and/or tow them back the a repair depot. So it's a very relevant test for them.
I was at a parade where the last vehicle was an Abrams. It purposely stopped on the downward end section of a city overpass and let the rest of the parade get some distance in front of it. It then spooled up its turbine, dropped the clutch, and literally did a wheelie on its rubber tracks if you can imagine something on treads and with a very compliant suspension taking off, and rushed past me at something like 50mph. Very impressive.
Weighing 42 tons traction isn't a problem.
FYI, Here is an article discussing some of the different types of combat vehicles: THAT IS NOT A TANK
We have leopard tanks in Canada.
Ours are broken though.
Smallest tank? Worked on this before retiring, 2nd one has a 120mm Mortar.
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