Texas Man Parks Sherman Tank In Front of His House

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a28472/texa
Published: Oct 2, 2017
Author: Kyle Mizokami
Post Date: 2017-10-03 05:21:30 by XDMAR
Views: 1471

A Texas man has parked a World War II era tank on his front yard, displeasing his homeowners association in a neighborhood of multi-million dollar homes. The owner claims that the tank (pictured above) is "not hurting anyone" and will eventually end up at his ranch in east Texas.

Tony Buzbee bought his fully-functional M4 Sherman tank overseas before delivering it home to sit outside his home. According to Buzbee, the tank landed at Normandy and participated in the liberation of Paris. The tank has been demilitarized, meaning the weapons—including the 75 millimeter M3 main gun—no longer work.

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#1: Tooconservative    To: XDMAR (#0)

The HMA just loves it.

Buzbee lives in a multi-million dollar home in the Houston area, and apparently many of his neighbors aren't happy. The tank owner was slapped with a letter from the River Oaks Property Owners group, which claims the tank "impedes traffic", causes a "safety issue". Buzbee says the tank doesn't violate any ordinances, just that the homeowner's association doesn't like it.

Buzbee says he's going to take the tank to his ranch in East Texas, where he'll use it to run over junked cars. He'll also strap a machine gun to it.

According to the web site The American Lawyer, the tank was purchased from a French military museum that was closing down. The auction that sold the tank identifies it as a M4A4 Sherman, which was distributed to British and French forces during World War II. The tank is painted in U.S. Army colors and has hull markings that indicate it is the second tank of first platoon, Charlie Company of the 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-03 05:37:19   Reply   Private Reply

#2: paraclete    To: Tooconservative (#1)

just what you get your neighbours for christmas

paraclete posted on 2017-10-03 05:47:01   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Tooconservative    To: paraclete (#2)

He was Rick Perry's lawyer.

Maybe there isn't anything the HOA can do about it. A lot of people do hate the petty dictators on their local puny HOA boards.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-03 06:21:53   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Stoner    To: Tooconservative (#3)

" Maybe there isn't anything the HOA can do about it. A lot of people do hate the petty dictators on their local puny HOA boards. "

He should send the HOA a letter, that simply says " MALON LABE " with a big smiley face !

Stoner posted on 2017-10-03 07:26:31   Reply   Private Reply

#5: buckeroo    To: XDMAR (#0)

Why didn't he just drop it off @his_ranch to begin with? My GOD, this guy is a phuckin' idiot (somewhat akin to several posters on LF) wanting a piece of replica JUNK in the first place.

buckeroo posted on 2017-10-03 07:31:12   Reply   Private Reply

#6: TrappedInMd    To: XDMAR (#0)

A Texas man has parked a World War II era tank on his front yard, displeasing his homeowners association in a neighborhood of multi-million dollar homes.

The picture and some later text contradicts this.
Is it on his front yard or the street?
And if the second who owns that street?

TrappedInMd posted on 2017-10-03 08:04:58   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Tooconservative    To: buckeroo (#5)

Why didn't he just drop it off @his_ranch to begin with?

Maybe he's trolling the HOA. Maybe he knows they have no power to do anything about it. Maybe he's angling to try to sue them and humiliate them in court?

It seems he's kind of an asshole lawyer, more aggressive than your average shyster.

I assume that bringing to his house and then choosing to park it on the street is very deliberate, that he was provoking the HOA.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-03 08:17:04   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Justified    To: XDMAR (#0)

Thats probably too heavy for the street and could cause cracking.

But I must admit I think its cool!!!

Justified posted on 2017-10-03 14:17:12   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Stoner    To: Justified (#8)

" But I must admit I think its cool!!! "

That would go good with my German Tiger, and Russian T-54. :)

Stoner posted on 2017-10-04 17:07:43   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Justified    To: Stoner (#9)

You could have your own little world war! ;)

Justified posted on 2017-10-04 18:01:23   Reply   Private Reply

#11: CZ82    To: Stoner (#9)

https://below-the-turret-ring.blogspot.com/2016/02/rheinmetall-to-develop-130- mm-gun-and.html

CZ82 posted on 2017-10-04 20:15:07   Reply   Private Reply