It’s a weapon of war that’s turned over a new leaf.
Tankballing is paintball, but with tanks. The paint pellets: 40mm. The site: a former WWII bombing range in Leicestershire, England. The weapon of choice: a retrofitted 17-ton war machine. Two hours will cost you as much as a few tanks of gas. Spectators are welcome.
The Brits invented the tank: it was called a landship, a ‘behemoth.’ Tanks helped defeat Germany in World War I, and German embarrassment about that defeat spawned the panzers, and the tank graveyard that became the Battle of Kursk. Tanks are iconic, mechanical beasts that long served as a symbol of liberation - just as often as they crushed dissent.
But sometimes, war can take a backseat to shooting brightly-colored balls of paint at your mates.
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