<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/99e78968-a9be-4836-9321-483a3a7a81a9/2BA78490-0988-4E0F-992C-C96234629B8E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nzherald.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837"><DIV class="featureImage"> <IMG border="0" alt="The tank and armoured truck owned by Charles 'Tankboy' Knight. Photo / Jason Dorday" src="http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Tank_300x200.jpg" /><BR /><H2 class="caption">The tank and armoured truck owned by Charles 'Tankboy' Knight. Photo / Jason Dorday</H2> <UL class="linkList"></UL> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837"><P>Jonathan Lahy-Neary, who operates five armoured vehicles at a tank driving range in Christchurch, said would-be owners need permits and a firearms licence. To make them legal for public highways, they need a warrant of fitness or New Zealand Transport Agency certificate of fitness.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837"><P>Most tanks are bought overseas and importing them is a large part of the cost. A big tank such as a British Centurion or Russian T-55AM2 will cost between $100,000 and $200,000. But the fuel costs are "horrendous," said Lahy-Neary, with the fill-up price reaching $2000.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837"><P>Tanks and military vehicles occasionally sell on Trade Me an Alvis Spartan armoured personnel carrier and Alvis Stalwart MK2 are currently listed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10603837"><P>The New Zealand Defence Force has 105 Light Armoured Vehicles 88 wheeled armoured vehicles with 25mm cannons. Lahy-Neary said they were not classified as tanks because they did not have tracks or big enough guns.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2BA78490-0988-4E0F-992C-C96234629B8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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