Guy finds an abandoned tank in bush so takes it home and attempts to start it

A man found a tank hiding in a bush on a UK farm and – with some help from his friends – he freed it from the confines of an endless layer of twigs and took it home.

What’s more, they even tried starting it, and the results weren’t totally hopeless.

It was an FV432 APC (armored personnel carrier) used by the British military after the early 1960s.

DISCOVER SBX CARS: The global premium car auction platform powered by Supercar Blondie

A YouTuber called Mr Hewes made a video about it, and it started off with his team attempting to rescue the tank.

Man rescues an abandoned tank from a farm

If you’re wondering what he was doing there, finding and restoring tanks is kind of his thing.

His channel is full of videos of him tinkering with ancient military machines.

That also includes several tanks, so this was just another day for him.

Unlike modern tanks that can conquer almost anything, this machine was unique.

Although it has APC — or armored personnel carrier — in its name, it is still very much a tank.

It’s mostly because it has an automatic weapon attached, but that’s far beyond being in a functional state.

The team found it at a farmer’s place where it was sitting under a mountain of twigs, leaves, and whatnot.

They had to use cutters, industrial chainsaws, and other tools to even have access to the top hatch.

Moreover, the machine’s insides certainly had seen much better days because it was brimming with unworldly things and moisture.

For some reason, the farmer also had the AV432 APC’s spare Rolls-Royce engine lying around, so he offered to give it, too.

Further, they loaded everything on a truck and took the tank home.

It worked…sort of

After attempting to jump-start the engine, the electronics actually worked, and the engine cranked.

However, the engine’s pulley showed no signs of movement — so it was a dead end.

They remembered they had a spare engine and tried starting it.

The next thing you know, the spare actually worked, but there was one problem.

That engine was outside the tank, so they just put both machines aside in the hope of finding the time to restore the machine in the future.

He could try driving it around the streets of London like this guy if he ever gets around to making it work.