The scorpion is an excellent light tank and the MPG for an armoured vehicle isn't too bad. They were used in the Falklands war and performed really well.
In 1964 I was 11 yrs old in Cleveland Ohio. My father had a machine shop that did some work for the Cleveland Tank plant. They made Sherman Tanks. We went over one day to deliver some parts and as we walked thru the plant and seeing tanks in various stages of completion. One guy came up out of a tank and asked me if I would like to see the inside of the tank? I said sure. He picked me up and put me in. Very small inside.😊
Alex: "this is you and this is the guy who she tells you not to worry about" Me: "well actually compared to that projectile i am more like a .22 short"
@@Scoobz187 Yeah, the tank is more likely to cause random injury to random people, but the law about the Kinder eggs only exists because the lawmakers saw it as a potential choking hazard for small children. Don't tell me they're idiots. I don't disagree. It is what it is.
@@h.cedric8157 TBH I would get a tank too it would be funny. just someone in their SUV driving and they look out their window and see me in a fucking tank.
The Scorpion is an excellent daily driver. Getting parts for the Jag motor is probably less expensive than the other optins and relatively easy. In the turret there is a glow in the dark quandrant - that contains tritium if you break it the tank is considered unservicable. I'd suggest you remove that so you don't have to worry about breaking it and leaking a significant amount of radioactive gas - unless you have a supplhy of 76mm ammo AND intend to shoot at night. Of course in the
@@doughesson YUP. Actually watched a Sheridan tumble and actually do a somersault during a LAPES at North Army Airfield in SC. Riggers stole the .45 cal grease guns and rigged it to frap in.
@@doughesson I didn’t see a Sheridan get screwed with a heavy drop though, but at Avon Park, Fl, they heavy dropped a Hummer upside down in a pond. It took a tank retriever to get it out.
Oh Wow! Not only was the CVR(T) Scorpian the first vehicle I ever learned to drive but this one is from my old Regiment, 17th/21st Lancers. I can't see any Squadron markings, so I don't know if this was one I may have driven. I was in B Squadron, the marking for which was a hollow square. The Scorpian has a bridge limit of 10 tons, not 18. 7 forward gears and a transfer lever to give 7 reverse gears. Gears are changed with your left foot, using a rocker plate.
A tank! A TANK! A TAAAAAAAANK! Omg, go for the Scorpion, awesome tank. I was lucky enough to be able to drive one in my time in the British Army. And there super crazy and fun fun fun! Oh and they fit into a C-130, so you can take it on holiday. Once you by the C-130 lol 😂
He should’ve said about the stabilizers on the Leopard 1A variants, I would immediately buy that if I had the money. It’s just cool having a vertical gun stabilizer over rough terrains.
OMG I LOVE the Scorpion. The surplus store near me had one they were selling for $79000 and it was decked out with a cherry black paint job. Someone had it for a restore project at one time. I've still got a picture of it. Would have been awesome if we had the money for it. Wife said no.... besides, where I wanted to park it was not ideal. We used to live on land that had a natural aquifer.
Lol, a smile like that and tank shopping....good lord, Alex. Oh and funny thing is I know some ranchers that have fully functional tanks (Shermans) in South Texas. They definitely didn't ask the AtF anything.
If y’all don’t know what a premiere is, it’s not live. I believe it’s a pre-made video where the content creator can chat with us in a live feed while we watch the video. Just a lil fyi
It's a cvrt (combat vehicle reconnaissance tracked). 3 man crew driver, gunner and commander no need for a loader. 30mm rarden cannon and belt fed 7.62mm chain gun.
Oh bummer. No guns? In NZ my friends dad owns a few tanks and the large guns are still functional. The smaller guns have been disabled.Great video Alex!
The smallest tank that you can drive that's fast but is quite your taste is a M8 Greyhound light armored car which is a six wheel drive, drives as fast as 56 mph
“5.56 AR15?” Alex “bigger” “7.62 Scar20?” Alex “bigger” “Barrett 50 cal?” Alex “105mm Leopard.” When you have to be queen of the range 105mm is the only way to go.
I just knew it and i was right. I knew she was planning on buying a tank when she showed her new warehouse video a few months ago. That is great thanks for your work and keeping us entertained Alex.
I see a T-72/T-80 looking thing on the right at the end. Probably like a comfy arm chair compared to the others. Wouldn't one of the more serious armored personnel carriers make a better toy?
Passed my driving test back in the seventies in one of those to gain my H class driving licence , when serving in the army.The later scorpions had a diesel engine fitted The vehcle can also swim albeit very slowly.
Yeah that was my bad, I meant to say 18,000 lbs and I accidentally said 18 tons lmao. To be fair be filmed this at like 8 in the morning and I was still pretty much asleep.
Hey sugar I love it I just got introduced to your channel and listen I don't know what kind of tank you but since then because it's like three months since you posted this but if you're going to look at buying one try getting a weasel you'd like the weasels they are very fast
The Scorpion (Scimitar and Sabre) aren't actually tanks, they are CVRTs, Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked, so it's a case of spot the enemy, call in the contact report and then bugger off sharpish!
Hey Alex. Did you happen to buy a British Ferret vehicle? I saw what looked like one on a flatbed at the Flying J at I-20 and Fairfield Rd (Highway 321) in Columbia Sunday.
his consumption dream was the Barrett M82A1 / M107 rifle reached, now a combat tank was able to see the sparkle in his eyes when he saw the leopard 1A4🤣
FV101 is just over 9 tons fully loaded, with the crew inside, not 18 tons. They are aluminum hulled and were specifically made to be able to ship multiple in a C-130. I think he got confused that it is just shy of 18,000 pounds (17,800) and no one thinks that a tank could be that light, so they correct it in their own heads. Technically, it is not a tank, but instead a Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle. How that is different from a light tank is essentially no coaxial machine gun, and that it is not technically supposed to ever fight other tanks. Should also be noted that a fat chunk of the countries that purchased and used either the FV 101 or 107 used it as, and referred to it in classification as, a light tank. Technically you should be able to get the FV721 Fox for cheaper, but it is definitively an armored car rather than tank because it is a wheeled vehicle, but can go faster that the CVR(T)s ever could (by about 10 mph) due to having the same engine but weighing just shy of a ton less (again, with a vehicle that is 8 tons, a single ton less is a lot) has all the signal lights to make it street legal, though it does only have the 30mm RARDEN instead of the 76mm L23A1. It was the gun that actually lasted though, so good to go on that count.
Hi, this is Tommy from drive tanks and you’re exactly right, I meant to say 18,000lbs but we filmed this first thing in the morning and I messed up. Not every morning you wake up and find out that you’re filming a RUclips video in 5 minutes lol
ATF: So why do you need a TANK ?
Alex: Home protection...
Savage
@@haggard316 savage or insecure ? Used to think she was hot, now she genuinely scares me.
...
What tanks fear the most are trenches. Once stuck in trench it would be extremely difficult to get out.
@@7150285 I imagine they don't do well in deep water either
Most women wake up and want a cute car, Alex wakes up and thinks " I need a tank "
Yes.
@#&$ yeah
That is a cute car she should get two
Dude, she still got the cute car she wanted. Most likely before she bought the tank.
@@lemegetatchu1989 lol
Alex is going to be one of those Gta tryhards
But She Is a Call of Duty character
True
Well she practically is Tomb Raider, and should be a Fortnite character. Just dreaming
Lmao
@@Troylewe ew fortnite
Imagine playing World of Tanks while sitting inside your own tank.
@Drlgamer12 lol
I would do it in a heartbeat
You don't already?
World of what? If your in a tank war thunder is the only way to go
@Minion Dave that's a dream come true!!!
Zedra's definitely a size queen so it looks likes she's about to drop 1.2 mill and get the big boy...
😥 well I've got no chance then
The scorpion is an excellent light tank and the MPG for an armoured vehicle isn't too bad. They were used in the Falklands war and performed really well.
This man opens up every time ''Little bit of history behind this tank'' and then fires off like a entire documentary episode from the top of his dome.
In 1964 I was 11 yrs old in Cleveland Ohio. My father had a machine shop that did some work for the Cleveland Tank plant. They made Sherman Tanks.
We went over one day to deliver some parts and as we walked thru the plant and seeing tanks in various stages of completion. One guy came up out of a tank and asked me if I would like to see the inside of the tank? I said sure. He picked me up and put me in. Very small inside.😊
Alex: "this is you and this is the guy who she tells you not to worry about"
Me: "well actually compared to that projectile i am more like a .22 short"
She knows her audience, that's for sure.
I can touch all the sides of a tuna can, just not the bottom.
Why can Texas have all the Freakin AWESOME things?
Because Texas isn't ran by Democrats..
Come see Texas's big brother. Alaska. HooAhh!!
Because it's not Commifonia...
Ever heard the saying don’t mess with Texas this is why
Agreed. I mean Texas is home(SpaceX Starbase) to Humanity's next best ride to space(Starship), and has the best stuff freedom can buy!
She WANTS the 105 shell, but she learned to "love" the 76 shell. Her old friend is an 85 shell that stayed in the "friend" zone
USA be like:
You can have a tank.
But you can't have a kinder suprise egg
Pretty hard to choke on a tank ;-)
@@Trifler500 Pretty hard to get run over by a surprise egg, get your head smashed by a hatch, your arms mangled by a hatch.... should i go on? ^^
@@Scoobz187 Yeah, the tank is more likely to cause random injury to random people, but the law about the Kinder eggs only exists because the lawmakers saw it as a potential choking hazard for small children. Don't tell me they're idiots. I don't disagree. It is what it is.
@@Trifler500 So parents of small children should not be trusted with small items in their home.
@@doughesson According to the writers of this law, it seems so.
Most people just want a nice fast car
Alex: No I need a tank.
hahah swat girl on the loose
I'm with Alex on getting a tank.
@@h.cedric8157 TBH I would get a tank too it would be funny. just someone in their SUV driving and they look out their window and see me in a fucking tank.
The Scorpion is an excellent daily driver. Getting parts for the Jag motor is probably less expensive than the other optins and relatively easy.
In the turret there is a glow in the dark quandrant - that contains tritium if you break it the tank is considered unservicable. I'd suggest you remove that so you don't have to worry about breaking it and leaking a significant amount of radioactive gas - unless you have a supplhy of 76mm ammo AND intend to shoot at night.
Of course in the
Alex: *buys a tank*
Her neighbors: 👁👄👁
I’m going to have to step up my Military Vehicle collection 😅
Omg can I see your garage lol
“You don’t want to go any faster than that, in a tracked vehicle”
Me: Yes, I do, don’t tell me what to do! Haha
As heavy as they are before the Abrams with hydraulics the front end would float over 55
@@beeamerica5024 I wasn’t being literal. I was just kidding around.
@@nelson0110 I know so was I but if you put holes in the governor's they will go over 55 miles an hour but they will float on the front end really bad
@@beeamerica5024 Drove a Abrams through the course at Irwin years ago, heavy but it scooted and cornered well to my surprise!
@@specmp341 lucky you I've always wanted to drive one never have I've drove the M48 the M60 and I can't remember the other one I was a t76
Can we see a tank girl cosplay in Alex's future?
Nah
Yes! Agreed!
Tank girl - yes.
Tankie - no.
She looks nothing like Lori Petty blasphemer!
@@jeffhampton2469 thank God for that
At least he didn’t try to sell you a Sheridan. But if he had, you might have been able to get it airdropped.
Pretty sure Scorpion is air portable if you need that option.
Have you ever seen an air dropped tank if one of the chutes streams?
@@doughesson
YUP. Actually watched a Sheridan tumble and actually do a somersault during a LAPES at North Army Airfield in SC. Riggers stole the .45 cal grease guns and rigged it to frap in.
@@ryanfirst9761 My Dad had a home movie of that happening.
1952 or so
@@doughesson
I didn’t see a Sheridan get screwed with a heavy drop though, but at Avon Park, Fl, they heavy dropped a Hummer upside down in a pond. It took a tank retriever to get it out.
Alex is definitely a one of a kind woman! Puts a new twist on “my kind of woman!” What a keeper! Wow!
Now Alex just needs to appear with a flying tank with miniguns and destructive lasers.
Oh Wow! Not only was the CVR(T) Scorpian the first vehicle I ever learned to drive but this one is from my old Regiment, 17th/21st Lancers. I can't see any Squadron markings, so I don't know if this was one I may have driven. I was in B Squadron, the marking for which was a hollow square. The Scorpian has a bridge limit of 10 tons, not 18. 7 forward gears and a transfer lever to give 7 reverse gears. Gears are changed with your left foot, using a rocker plate.
A tank! A TANK! A TAAAAAAAANK! Omg, go for the Scorpion, awesome tank. I was lucky enough to be able to drive one in my time in the British Army. And there super crazy and fun fun fun! Oh and they fit into a C-130, so you can take it on holiday. Once you by the C-130 lol 😂
8:58 should get that BMP there in the far left, I heard they have super good offroad
him: what kind of tank are you looking for?
Alex: yes
He should’ve said about the stabilizers on the Leopard 1A variants, I would immediately buy that if I had the money. It’s just cool having a vertical gun stabilizer over rough terrains.
Mr. Randy from Savage Garage drove a Scorpion on the streets and threw a McDonald's drive-thru before.
Mara goes Armor.
Alex: "Gotta wait until next week for the video!"
Me: "Boo! Hiss!"
Hope you had a ton of fun Alex!
If there's a guy she tells you not to worry about than your already focusing on the wrong kind of girl.
Scorpion is from the 17th/21st Lancers, Death or Glory, it also does a bit more than 55mph.
I just want to be there when Alex goes through Chick-fil-a in the Scorpion
I don't think she bought a tank
She bought a humvee and a barret 50 cal instead
OMG I LOVE the Scorpion. The surplus store near me had one they were selling for $79000 and it was decked out with a cherry black paint job. Someone had it for a restore project at one time. I've still got a picture of it. Would have been awesome if we had the money for it. Wife said no.... besides, where I wanted to park it was not ideal. We used to live on land that had a natural aquifer.
Hon,. I'll be back later. I'm taking the kids to soccer practice!
I’ve never been more happy with a purchase made with my insignificant portion of my viewer ship
Can't wait for your new gun training videos❤ LOVE YOUR CONTENT 🤗🥰❤🤟🏻
I feel personally attacked at 7:15 😂😂😂
Here's what would happen if you try to rob zedra
"Hehe gonna rob this person"
Zedra:you what mate?
*Insert Tank gun sound effect*
Lol, a smile like that and tank shopping....good lord, Alex.
Oh and funny thing is I know some ranchers that have fully functional tanks (Shermans) in South Texas. They definitely didn't ask the AtF anything.
So close to 1M keep it up❤
T-55 for sale cost around $35,000 shipped to the US. Just need to know where to get them. I almost pulled the trigger in one 3 years ago
If y’all don’t know what a premiere is, it’s not live. I believe it’s a pre-made video where the content creator can chat with us in a live feed while we watch the video. Just a lil fyi
u are correct my guy
@@ZarekTron thanks. I wasn’t sure and just wanted to say it so they don’t spam how come you don’t reply to my comment without ready the comments lol
You are smart
That was a fun watch. Looking forward to the update.
He had me at road leagal and no ATF. I’m moving to Texas!
I'd go with a BTR-80 variant.
It swims and has room to relax...perfect "Camper".
Alex zedra: sorry tommy I'm probably going to forget half the things you said
Me: I already forgot lol
Being a french native ... I did only understand the half of what he said and forgot it already
It's a cvrt (combat vehicle reconnaissance tracked).
3 man crew driver, gunner and commander no need for a loader.
30mm rarden cannon and belt fed 7.62mm chain gun.
If we see Alex in a tank, we should automatically fall to our knees, and say "We're not worthy!!" .
Simp.
Simp
Simp.
Oh bummer. No guns? In NZ my friends dad owns a few tanks and the large guns are still functional. The smaller guns have been disabled.Great video Alex!
Few years later: I'm buying an Aircraft Carrier
The smallest tank that you can drive that's fast but is quite your taste is a M8 Greyhound light armored car which is a six wheel drive, drives as fast as 56 mph
What in God's name created this woman? Make more, please!
Alex Zedra:*literally buys a tank*
Us: "Mom dad can we buy a tank please,it's only a TANK"
“5.56 AR15?”
Alex “bigger”
“7.62 Scar20?”
Alex “bigger”
“Barrett 50 cal?”
Alex “105mm Leopard.”
When you have to be queen of the range 105mm is the only way to go.
Jet Plane, Apache style copters, Missile silo? Miracles of mass destruction from god himself!?
@@jaredadams620 I could see her buying a missile silo and opening it up as an air BnB.
105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A3.
Go big, or go home!
I just knew it and i was right. I knew she was planning on buying a tank when she showed her new warehouse video a few months ago. That is great thanks for your work and keeping us entertained Alex.
This guy in head omg im talking to Mara in warzone omg
Scorpion had a lot of torque and also had great speed for its size. Hook it up Alex!
Where the heck do you get all your money from? I want a tank!
Sponsorships, Donations and RUclips Revenue
Every Tanker in the American Army would give their right arm to roll out in a tank with you Alex.
Who doesn't want their own tank?
Imagine not owning a Panzer ||||
@@Titus_Macedonicus yep
I see a T-72/T-80 looking thing on the right at the end. Probably like a comfy arm chair compared to the others. Wouldn't one of the more serious armored personnel carriers make a better toy?
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These are antiques. You may want an urban tank, today's technology. It's about half the size of these relics.
Props to the guy for actually pronouncing Porsche correctly
Now she just opened a whole new market for me. Thank you very much Zedra! 😉🤙
If one day you are looking for a garden ornament, may I suggest the M60 patton. Icon of US tank history. (And way cheaper compared to a Leopard)
That's pretty cool. I'd definitely buy the Scorpion.
Passed my driving test back in the seventies in one of those to gain my H class driving licence , when serving in the army.The later scorpions had a diesel engine fitted The vehcle can also swim albeit very slowly.
That's one hell of a heavy Scorpion at 18 tons since they have a bridge classification of 9 tons.
Yeah that was my bad, I meant to say 18,000 lbs and I accidentally said 18 tons lmao. To be fair be filmed this at like 8 in the morning and I was still pretty much asleep.
Tank shopping... and getting a Leo 1 would be a dream come true to me.
Nice to see the scorpion recce vehicle....Happy memories.🇬🇧
So jealous, I'm quite the armor nut. The Leo is awesome!
I as a German have to say I love that this dude is an American who pronounces "Porsche" correct
It doesnt have rubber tracks, it never did. they have magnesium tracks with rubber road pads which is quite a significant difference.
The Czech Republic is/was offloading bunches of their T-72M1s a few years back. Costed about as much as a Escalade
Hey sugar I love it I just got introduced to your channel and listen I don't know what kind of tank you but since then because it's like three months since you posted this but if you're going to look at buying one try getting a weasel you'd like the weasels they are very fast
This is so cool you are literally buying a tank yeah I am living vicariously through you right now🥰
LOVED IT THERE!!
The Scorpion (Scimitar and Sabre) aren't actually tanks, they are CVRTs, Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked, so it's a case of spot the enemy, call in the contact report and then bugger off sharpish!
An AMX13 would be the perfection for you tank shopping ideals
Hey Alex. Did you happen to buy a British Ferret vehicle? I saw what looked like one on a flatbed at the Flying J at I-20 and Fairfield Rd (Highway 321) in Columbia Sunday.
I'm going tank shopping.... in Texas. What pride I felt for what Texans can say
How have I only just started watching ur channel refreshing content
Love ur calibre comparison “the bloke she told u not too worry about”
I was shopping a month ago on a military auction site and hot damn they have good deals you can buy a Humvee for 2 grand if your lucky!
Can't find the follow up video. Did the purchase fall through?
I've got one. Soviet t34. Well, the wind up clock from a t34...it's a start!😂🤣😂🤣
Rumor has it, they took the governors off the M1 at the desert test site and it topped 70
Shame they don’t have an M48 or M60. You know Alex would love that commander’s cupola M85 .50 cal for rainy days. 😄
Alex Zedra in an "Entry Level" Scorpion!! 😎
Alex Zedra in ANY Tank? 👏👏👏👏👏
Robber: Robs the house
Alex: Enemy in Sights
Shoulda asked about that T-72 sittin next to the Leopard 1. That's the one you want!
You know what goes good with a tank? I dunno, maybe an APC? A small gift basket of danishes? Sounds like a day to me.
his consumption dream was the Barrett M82A1 / M107 rifle reached, now a combat tank was able to see the sparkle in his eyes when he saw the leopard 1A4🤣
Alex got up and said: "What do I want to eat? Oh I better just buy a tank and then I grab yogurt on the way".
A Z Boss
How about between 2 big rotating wheels. Platforms that while in transit the wheels protect the cargo based on the spin and design.
FV101 is just over 9 tons fully loaded, with the crew inside, not 18 tons. They are aluminum hulled and were specifically made to be able to ship multiple in a C-130. I think he got confused that it is just shy of 18,000 pounds (17,800) and no one thinks that a tank could be that light, so they correct it in their own heads. Technically, it is not a tank, but instead a Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle. How that is different from a light tank is essentially no coaxial machine gun, and that it is not technically supposed to ever fight other tanks. Should also be noted that a fat chunk of the countries that purchased and used either the FV 101 or 107 used it as, and referred to it in classification as, a light tank.
Technically you should be able to get the FV721 Fox for cheaper, but it is definitively an armored car rather than tank because it is a wheeled vehicle, but can go faster that the CVR(T)s ever could (by about 10 mph) due to having the same engine but weighing just shy of a ton less (again, with a vehicle that is 8 tons, a single ton less is a lot) has all the signal lights to make it street legal, though it does only have the 30mm RARDEN instead of the 76mm L23A1. It was the gun that actually lasted though, so good to go on that count.
Hi, this is Tommy from drive tanks and you’re exactly right, I meant to say 18,000lbs but we filmed this first thing in the morning and I messed up. Not every morning you wake up and find out that you’re filming a RUclips video in 5 minutes lol
In 1941? The Tank crews had no idea how to fix it on the field. Stalin made sure his people were trained in the Factory after this.
Zed Head “Ammo is soooo expensive” , Also Zed Head “🤩 I’m buying a Tank” 😎 😂😂👍🏻
Lol " can you fit it through a drive through". Imagine someone ordering a #1 then seeing a turret roll past your window 😆
Scorpion weighs around 8 tonnes, runs on gas and is great fun.