Life of a BMP-2 driver
Posted on November 14th, 2009 — Posted in Personal — 2 comments
What I’ve been doing in army, and where I’m going during it.
A BMP-2 assault tank. Note: I’m not in the picture.
Unless you’ve been following my tweets, you might not know that nowadays I drive a BMP-2 assault tank in the Finnish Defence Forces. This means my military service ends in next july, around the tenth day. This week we had our drivers’ license exams and driving tests. Unless I magically failed the theory, I have a license to drive a tank along with a trustful tank leader.
Army’s been tough, but I’ve managed so far. Occasionally its even fun. The two-month basic training season was tougher than learning how to drive an age old tank, which really isn’t a surprise, but I’m relieved the physical stress has relieved.
A few months forward our tank course will see new recruits arrive at the barracks. A few months from that we will begin our war company season, and nearly half year spurt or learning how to wage war with a BMP-2. That means quite a few camping trips during 4 months.
After war company, I’ve got a few months of rest and then begins my education as a media engineer in HAMK university of applied sciences.
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Justin Kelly commented on 02/02/2010 at 17:27:
Good Luck, Hopefully you wont have to go to war in that tin can :D
Otto Rask commented on 03/02/2010 at 14:41:
Justin: Haha, yeah. Fun to drive, but quite an unsafe feeling to think of being shot at when in it! :D