Teen says, "Tanks!"

[Subdeacon Joe]

And means it.

 

Lexington, SC (WLTX) - Imagine walking down the street, you look up
and you see a tank. Only you're not in a war zone, you're right here in
the Midlands.

"I wasn't like the person that would want a sedan," said Lee Cato.

Every teenager falls in love with their first car. Lee Cato's is a
heavy duty truck, but her true loves are military planes and vehicles.

"I couldn't own a plane, but I saw that people owned tanks. So I started looking into it and I said dad I want a tank."

Naturally her father was skeptical...but the two found a M29 Weasel
in Idaho last year. But Cato wasn't satisfied with a small military
vehicle; she wanted more.

"We went over to UK, Germany, Czech Republic and France."

They searched near and far and she finally met her true love, a 1984 Armed Personal Carrier tank that she calls "Sammie."

"It was actually a graduation gift from high school."

Being a 19-year-old with a tank just opens the door for the ultimate ice breaker in any conversation.

"I've gotten some pretty strange reactions. Normally repeat that again! What's that?"

Despite it's intimidating size the tank doesn't have any weapons on it.

[Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372]

Too bad it's not a tank!

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

That's a PT 76. Piece of junk.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

Sorta cool, but mostly it looks like a rich daddy in the construction industry is buying big toys for his little girl.

 

I think she needs to enlist with Uncle Sam and she can fulfill all her desires to drive real military vehicles.

[Utah Bob #35998]

"Armed Personal Carrier".....sheesh.

But I think it's cool that she's found something she's passionate about.

If I had her daddy's money, I'd have a hangar sized man cave with a Sherman, a Grant, a Stuart, an M113, a half track, a gun jeep, etc etc.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

Sorta cool, but mostly it looks like a rich daddy in the construction industry is buying big toys for his little girl.

 

I think she needs to enlist with Uncle Sam and she can fulfill all her desires to drive real military vehicles.

I think you are correct, Charlie.

[Utah Bob #35998]

That's a PT 76. Piece of junk.

Mebbe so, but an innovative vehicle for it's time. If somebody offered me one, I wouldn't turn it down.

Can't imagine the red tape and shipping costs!

I could use that weasel here in the winter.