Watch them, in the rearview mirror, coasting to the shoulder. I quit riding motorcycles because the government wouldn't let me mount a machine gun on the handle bars for the people who turn left right in front of you. But, I am a bit more aggressive than my wife.

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,923 posts)

9. There is a guy in Michigan that imported a T72 years ago

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:19 PM

Mar 2022

Was Romanian if I remember the story correctly. The tank was supposed to be shipped demilled, but in running condition, so no machine guns, no ammo, no fire control, and no breech for the main gun. It showed up in port fully loaded. Customs and the ATF sh*t a brick. Took him a year to straighten the whole thing out. He wound up getting his tank though, as he had all the paper work and it specified that the shipper was to removed the controlled components.

Wicked Blue

(5,832 posts)

10. How much was shipping and handling?

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:41 PM

Mar 2022

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,923 posts)

13. No clue

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:05 PM

Mar 2022

I don't know him personally. He used to be in some local truck groups/circles and hosted get togethers on his property(mudding, truck pulls, etc). Not my scene and I was in the Army for most of the years my friends attended. He used to have it out there running through his fields. He was a collector, he had that, a couple WW2 or Korean war era M35's(deuce and half's), and a Vietnam era M113(the tracked box looking APC). He was in his 60's back then, no clue if he is still owns them or is even still around. Haven't seen or heard of them going for sale around here, though admittedly I haven't been looking for it either lol.

keithbvadu2

(36,806 posts)

11. Fuel not included... U-pickup

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:56 PM

Mar 2022

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

12. well, the Ukrainian government said it doesn't need to be declared as income!

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:00 PM

Mar 2022

No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income – NAPC
01.03.2022

Ukraine's National Agency for the Protection against Corruption (NAPC) has declared that captured Russian tanks and other equipment are not subject to declaration.

"Have you captured a Russian tank or armored personnel carrier and are worried about how to declare it? Keep calm and continue to defend the Motherland! There is no need to declare the captured Russian tanks and other equipment, because the cost of this ... does not exceed 100 living wages (UAH 248,100)," NAPC's press service said.

Also, there is no need in this case to submit reports of significant changes in property status within 10 days.

"Speaking by the letter of the law, combat trophies are not subject to reflection in the declaration for the following reasons: they were acquired not as a result of the conclusion of any type of transaction, but in connection with the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022 against the independent and sovereign Ukrainian state as a continuation the insidious attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine launched in 2014. Thanks to the courage and victory of the defenders of the Ukrainian state, enemy military equipment usually comes to you already destroyed and disabled, which makes it impossible to evaluate it in accordance with the law On the valuation of property, property rights and professional valuation activities in Ukraine. Therefore, it is also impossible to find out how much such property costs,” the NACP said.

More: https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/804441.html

I wonder if the tank for sale is this one?
https://www.reddit.com/r/RussianReality/comments/t400qm/a_ukrainian_farmer_steals_a_russian_tank_using_a/

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