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Tanked up

Ananova.com reports on a German family’s purchase of a six-tonne tank to use for shopping and day trips.

Dad Joachim Schoeneich has fitted a baby seat to the British-built Fox tank to accommodate two-year-old son Paul.

The tank, which is armed with a disabled 30mm gun and has three-inch thick armour plating, has caused a few parking problems but in the main has proved a successful family run-around: “We take the tank to go shopping and on little trips,” laughed Joachim, from Neu Anspach.

The only drawback is fuel consumption as the £24,000 tank’s 4.2 litre engine struggles to better five miles per gallon. “But the driving experience makes up for it,” Joachim added, enthusiastically.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .