"Tanksis" Turn London Into a Battlefield

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Nice to see that Cold War era military build up put to some kind of use...

 

[BaronUberstein]

Technically one of those was a tracked APC, not a tank...

The other looked more like tank destroyer than a true tank, but that's just nitpicking.

 

[Sonicron]

As much as I don't give a flying fuck about both BF3 and MW3, I cannot deny the coolness of this advertising stunt. Hard to believe the folks who came up with this awesome idea are also probably the dipshits behind that abysmal TV ad for Dead Space 2.

 

[RA92]

And did I mention they weigh 33,000 pounds?

Man. London has good roads.

Exactly what I was thinking.

As much as I don't give a flying fuck about both BF3 and MW3, I cannot deny the coolness of this advertising stunt. Hard to believe the folks who came up with this awesome idea are also probably the dipshits behind that abysmal TV ad for Dead Space 2.

Not to forget the Dante's Inferno ad campaign. That was mind-numbing pain...

 

[Sonicron]

As much as I don't give a flying fuck about both BF3 and MW3, I cannot deny the coolness of this advertising stunt. Hard to believe the folks who came up with this awesome idea are also probably the dipshits behind that abysmal TV ad for Dead Space 2.

Not to forget the Dante's Inferno ad campaign. That was mind-numbing pain...

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just come clean: I bought that game (in part) because of the absolute hilarity of the months-long advertising campaign. I guess it must have fried my higher brain functions so quickly I was left to burble happily at display after display of mind-melting stupidity.
Luckily, I still remember their one genuinely funny move during their promotion of Dante's Inferno... when they sent a review copy to the Escapist office in a wooden box Yahtzee had to smash with a hammer in order to stop it from singing some irritating tune, whereupon the box determined the lovable cynic deserved a special spot in the 5th circle.

 

[Formica Archonis]

I just realized I spend too much time hanging around an army brat. I caught myself wondering why the barrels weren't cemented. (From what I've gleaned - about the Canadian military at least - if a tank is to be sold to civilians it has to have a completely and obviously nonfunctional weapons system.)

 

[DSK-]

I'd hate to be a...tank nazi? but the Abbot is a SPG (Self-propelled gun). I also saw an/some FV432's (APC's) that my dad used to drive back when he was in the army. They should have used some Stollie's and put them into the Thames with swim gear!

 

[Vrach]

I just realized I spend too much time hanging around an army brat. I caught myself wondering why the barrels weren't cemented. (From what I've gleaned - about the Canadian military at least - if a tank is to be sold to civilians it has to have a completely and obviously nonfunctional weapons system.)

Who said it was sold to civilians? They probably just worked out a deal with the army.

OT: Too awesome for words, wish I was there when they pulled this off

 

[Voodoomancer]

"... Parallel parking is probably a nightmare. ..."

The hell it is. A vehicle that can turn on the spot (yay treads) and drive OVER other cars. That's awesome.

Now do heli-dropship busses.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

And did I mention they weigh 33,000 pounds?

Man. London has good roads.

Not quite, the amount of delays from them getting worked on is unreal!

OT: I had to be out of town, didn't I! Ah well...

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I may hate EA, but I will say that's pretty awesome. I would love to take a tank into work someday. That would be amazing!

 

[karloss01]

In other news, Sega has announced the devlopment of Crazy Tanksi. details include able to fire the turret backwards in order to gain momentum, the ability to ignore traffic by driving over it and earn points through gravity defying stunts.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

That's just coo'.

 

[Lunar Templar]

As much as I don't give a flying fuck about both BF3 and MW3, I cannot deny the coolness of this advertising stunt. Hard to believe the folks who came up with this awesome idea are also probably the dipshits behind that abysmal TV ad for Dead Space 2.

i second this, cause who wouldn't wanna show up to work in a fucking TANK

 

[The Critic]

Perhaps for Ace Combat, Bamco should have had airstrikes arranged on major cities with leaflet drops. Nothing generates interest then being strafed by fast moving strike craft using blanks before getting covered in promotional material.

I'm sure the 30mm shell casings falling through the glass of rooftop greenhouses would cause quite a stir.

I'm fairly sure that the guns on military fighter jets don't eject the spent shell casings. I think that they're just cycled back and kept internally, so that they can be removed back at base and be reloaded with a fresh powder charge and shell.

OT: That was a pretty darn cool way of drumming up some attention for BF3. How come cool stuff like this never happens where I live?

 

[Drops a Sweet Katana]

Technically one of those was a tracked APC, not a tank...

The other looked more like tank destroyer than a true tank, but that's just nitpicking.

Self-Propelled Gun but close enough.

 

[theonecookie]

As much as I don't give a flying fuck about both BF3 and MW3, I cannot deny the coolness of this advertising stunt. Hard to believe the folks who came up with this awesome idea are also probably the dipshits behind that abysmal TV ad for Dead Space 2.

i second this, cause who wouldn't wanna show up to work in a fucking TANK

Well move to England then it's legal and you can get loads of ex-military vehicles for about 12500$ so its not totally impractical hell you can get a basic apc for about 5000$ so think about that when you buy a new car

Meh tanks in the middle of london is hardly new there's a crazy guy with a bright yellow one that used to go round regularly don't know if he still has it

 

[gyroscopeboy]

Activision will be spewing...thats really something MW3 should have done..seeing as its actually set there. EA are on the ball!