In basic training at Fort Knox we all watched in horror as a trainee/tent peg somehow lost control of an M60A3 going about 5 mph. He hit a pine tree that was somewhere between 25-30 feet tall. There was a gawdawful sound and then ten thousand matchsticks break with one massive snap as this dang big tree snapped. About this time the rocket scientist driving the tank figured how to stop it, helped that the DS had climbed down to the 'hole' and was screaming and hitting him. He backed up as the tree mostly fell over, held up at an angle by other trees.
He was pulled out of the hole and made to do squat thrusts in about 12"s of muddy water. Why he did that another DS finished knocking it over then demonstrated the power of the tank by running over the felled tree several times, turning it into kindling wood. Awesome though the splitting sound of the wood under such weight went right through you. Neat.
Admitted the M60A3 weighs roughly 60 tons, pretty accurate for the Tiger and not too far off for the Panther. The thoughts of a tree winning that fight is just arcade game stuff with little reality.
Just my two cents.
Boo
