Tank Rescue Africa. Javier Remon
Making safari, I was embedded with the truck as here, en Africa, known as Black Cotton (black cotton). Looking for a vehicle that can come to our rescue, I got in touch with the military to send me a TANK to rescue us out of the mud and. One, this was our only option and was also the best since the force has a tank that is unmatched by any other vehicle.
TANK was not far, as we were camping near the border.
It was so noisy engine, that before we could see that mighty war machine, we listen for a minute, and that coming at full speed. The arrival of TANK emitting smoke and lifting mud was shocking and dramatic.
Then he stood in front of the truck, and he tied a cable. In the first attempt to get us out of the mud, Tank broke, as if it were a thread, a steel cable 20mm.
On the second attempt and the taut wire, TANK, at boot, rose at an extent of about 80 ° with the ground and it seemed that he turned, the truck started moving and powerful machine, this time used with a laudable purpose mas, returned to the normal position and pulled the truck out of the mud.
But the problems did not end here because later we repeatedly fit because of the Ranger, He is unaware of the state of the roads, later said it was better. We were three hours getting mud under the truck and we did it through the efforts of the entire group. Although all helped, just a girl was actually put batteries and crawled under the truck to get muddy with me . Ultimately we were encajándonos, digging out of the mud and all morning. We finally return to the site on our own as we used to get all the mud: planchuelas, wood tools, hands, nails and other.
When TANK was still with us, just before going, I asked the military take me for a ride. They, luckily, agreed to my request.
So now I can say I did safari TANK. Send more photos that we take, but I do not want to be accused of espionage.
Javier Remon