I remember a slide in a San Francisco park made out of an old jet with the center line intake being the exit to start the top of the slide. The cockpit was modified to crawl into. I think it was an F-100.
I grew up across the street from the park. It was completed in 1976. That M-41 used to be parked at the Plano Community College (now gone) on Custer Rd, just north of Ironside Dr. The small building north of the church is all that remains of the college. The tank was parked adjacent to the road between the buildings. When it was moved to Liberty Park, it was originally left unlocked & without the ladders that were later welded to the hull. Yes, it was the best piece of playground equipment in the park. My brothers and I would get inside of it and lock the hatches from within. The engine was gone, but the rest was intact and functional. We would sit for hours waiting on some unsuspecting kid to show up (sometimes with a parent) and get on the hull. I'm sure during the summer it was well over 120 degrees in there, we didn't care. At the time, all the periscopes were functional, so we had 360 degree vision of the tank from within. When another kid (or kids) got on the tank, we'd stay real quiet. They always liked to get out on the gun tube and sit on it like a teeter totter. As soon as they got seated on the tube, we'd drop the barrel, causing them to fall off, the quickly raise it back to where it was. Sometimes the kids would get on the hull and hang out. Our remedy was to traverse the turret and either knock them off, or scare them off. Sometimes we'd have parents knocking on the sides asking if anybody was in there. Obviously we never answered. A few years later, they welded the hatches shut (including the one under the driver's seat) and put the ladders on it. Today it looks about the same, except some of the periscopes are busted and or painted over. It would be a great restoration project as the inside should be as it was all those years ago.
also what kind of dumb mentality do you have " oh man hes gonna be soo pissed he aint gonna respond to my comment soo im gonna had a nothing and an adios to sound like i just demolished that guy"
@@thesheriffmt also mind this i didnt responded to your comment cuz i was doing way more important shit than just look at your dumb comment man , i have a life i got responsibilities i got shit to do
At the time, the end of WW2 I imagine the returning soldiers seemed like heros to kids. I kinda understand it. It's like having a batmobile parked in your playground
shut up. tanks are cool. save your woke ideas to yourself. entire western economy based on petro dollar system. and this system working on usa marines and navy. is usa evil? nope. if usa dont china or russia do same... if you want be free you have love weapons... by the way i am Turk. and not live in usa...
Me running over children to be the first one on the tank play set.
"Little child, if you can correctly identify what tank model this is, you may play on it. Nothin? Aight adios"
I remember a slide in a San Francisco park made out of an old jet with the center line intake being the exit to start the top of the slide. The cockpit was modified to crawl into.
I think it was an F-100.
Oak meadow park (Vasona) in Los Gatos also has a playground with a t33a jet, an old firetruck and a train that goes around the park
I grew up across the street from the park. It was completed in 1976. That M-41 used to be parked at the Plano Community College (now gone) on Custer Rd, just north of Ironside Dr. The small building north of the church is all that remains of the college. The tank was parked adjacent to the road between the buildings. When it was moved to Liberty Park, it was originally left unlocked & without the ladders that were later welded to the hull. Yes, it was the best piece of playground equipment in the park. My brothers and I would get inside of it and lock the hatches from within. The engine was gone, but the rest was intact and functional. We would sit for hours waiting on some unsuspecting kid to show up (sometimes with a parent) and get on the hull. I'm sure during the summer it was well over 120 degrees in there, we didn't care. At the time, all the periscopes were functional, so we had 360 degree vision of the tank from within. When another kid (or kids) got on the tank, we'd stay real quiet. They always liked to get out on the gun tube and sit on it like a teeter totter. As soon as they got seated on the tube, we'd drop the barrel, causing them to fall off, the quickly raise it back to where it was. Sometimes the kids would get on the hull and hang out. Our remedy was to traverse the turret and either knock them off, or scare them off. Sometimes we'd have parents knocking on the sides asking if anybody was in there. Obviously we never answered. A few years later, they welded the hatches shut (including the one under the driver's seat) and put the ladders on it. Today it looks about the same, except some of the periscopes are busted and or painted over. It would be a great restoration project as the inside should be as it was all those years ago.
Thats an M41 Walker Bulldog light tank.
yes yes it is
we have got one in a wood not far from where i live used by the bundeswehr as target practice if i remember correctly
Wtf!!! Where was this when I was a kid?????
A giant hunk of steel baking in the Texas sun becomes a play thing. Reminds me of my childhood and the 30ft high metal slide.
Wait. This park has an M41 Walker light tank. God Bless America!!!!
There was a half track at a city park when i was a kid.
Rest in peace tank
The M41 Walker Bulldog is what cought my eye. I have one in 1/35 scale sitting on my work bench as we speak! very cool!
Is that the only thing that caught your eye?
@@auraeliuswrinn3756 pretty much!
I’m jealous I don’t have a deactivated tank at my playground
I would have flipped my shit having an M48 in my playground! wAy tOo kEwL for words!
M41
Its an M41!
@@Shloomy_Shloms Damn, I sucked at ID that one!\
Tanks and children….the way God intended.
Thank you!
That’s pretty damn awesome
i feel bad for the bulldog
"Little child, if you can correctly identify what tank model this is, you may play on it. Nothin? Aight adios"
@@thesheriffmt is cuz of the peter griffin pfp or what?
also what kind of dumb mentality do you have " oh man hes gonna be soo pissed he aint gonna respond to my comment soo im gonna had a nothing and an adios to sound like i just demolished that guy"
@@thesheriffmt also mind this i didnt responded to your comment cuz i was doing way more important shit than just look at your dumb comment man , i have a life i got responsibilities i got shit to do
Wow, never realized how tiny M41 was...
AmeriGUN...
We let our children play with decommissioned tanks.
The Gatorade is part of the park
Tonk
They dare neglect armor
Swords to Plows.
Tank
Tonk
Why dont we have this in france ! I just want to leavemy country for the land of freedom !
You guys need to stay and fight for the freedom of European civilization!
Best army recruiting ever. Get them while they are young.
Now that I'd want to take home from the playground. Lol.
What lunacy to put a tank in a childrens playground.
They got inspiration from Russians
“wHaT lUnIcY-“
Shut up karen
If a tank would think it would probably prefer kids play on it than it get used for the actual purpose. Get a life hippie
At the time, the end of WW2 I imagine the returning soldiers seemed like heros to kids. I kinda understand it. It's like having a batmobile parked in your playground
shut up. tanks are cool. save your woke ideas to yourself. entire western economy based on petro dollar system. and this system working on usa marines and navy. is usa evil? nope. if usa dont china or russia do same... if you want be free you have love weapons... by the way i am Turk. and not live in usa...