Irish rookies beat the United States Army at the Tank Olympics, despite Ireland having no tanks
https://www.outono.net/elentir/2026/05/14/irish-rookies-beat-the-united-states-army-in-ifv-at-the-tank-olympics/
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Irish rookies beat the United States Army at the Tank Olympics, despite Ireland having no tanks
https://www.outono.net/elentir/2026/05/14/irish-rookies-beat-the-united-states-army-in-ifv-at-the-tank-olympics/
Posted by Floodzie
19 Comments
Tanks be to god.
Should buy a single tank to celebrate
Well, they won in the IFV category, using a Bradley.
Which is pretty impressive, as Ireland doesn’t *have* any Bradleys and they only had a few weeks to train on a borrowed one.
They should have let us keep the Bradley as a victory trophy. Also I should be called an IFV rather than a tank.
We’re just *that* class at tanks
The Irish were too powerful, that’s why god nerfed us by not giving us any tanks 💪
“A few days ago, [the Irish Defence Forces pointed out](https://www.facebook.com/DefenceForces/posts/pfbid0mP5uUXKYJ3ere7hZukWJm16dhjQV41UkjpNjfKDT7NfnPyVJAbLhDiWH6JQgbVHgl) the disadvantage their soldiers faced: *”Our team had a two week window to train up in theatre on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle having never used the platform before****.****””*
And then they go and beat six US teams. Fair play to them.
This should have been a Game of Thrones jousting style setup where the loser must forfeit their tanks and weaponry to the victor and ransom them back
Quite misleading title. Ireland beat Infantry Fighting Vehicle competition. Tanks competition was a separate category.
And rookies? They were new to Bradley, as Irish army uses Piranha instead. But that doesn’t make rookies from professional soldiers.
World of Tanks must be good.
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on down, it’s tanking time! Cool tanking!
It wasn’t the tank competition but the AFV (armoured fighting vehicle) competition. They were all using the US AFV – the Bradley. The Irish team borrowed a Bradley for three weeks as Ireland doesn’t have any. It is a very impressive achievement. A Irish team has previously twice won the US sniper competition. They are highly respected.
Tank you for your service!
I mean for all their money the US wasn’t won a war since WW2(though Iran looks mostly in their favor, even if it isn’t the cake wake they like to pretend it is)
I got called up by the irish army last week
They were looking for a tank! 💪
*I’ll show myself out*
Bradley’s are infantry fighting vehicles not tanks
I have a challenger in my shed so this is a lie
Don’t our snipers always win in competitions too. For a neutral country it’s mad how great we are when it comes to strategy and wargames
If that’s what they could do with two weeks with a new toy imagine waht they could do with proper investment and modern weapons.