Channel: Naked Science

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: Subscribe to Naked Science – goo.gl/wpc2Q1 While some might prefer to play a round of golf to relax, these tank fanatics love playing with their favourite toys. A machine gun enthusiast from Missouri has brought his two M5A1 Stuart tanks to Fort Knox for a weekend of war games. He’s part of the 14th Armored Division, a group of civilian hobbyists whose idea of fun is to blast thousands of shells at each other in battle re-enactment events. This is no cheap hobby – the battle involves over one million dollars of vintage hardware.