Poor little tanks. Once upon a time, they were seen as war machines capable of levelling a city in days. But they are constantly being updated and upgraded which means the slower, older models get let to rot on some junkyard. But it doesn’t have to be like that…

10 – A Church – 9gag.com/gag/197011/church-tank-now-we-can-go-a-crusade

While it is nothing more than a work of art there is something poetic about it as well.

9 – Playground Equipment – webecoist.momtastic.com/2014/04/29/tread-on-me-7-amazing-upcycled-playground-tanks

Some tanks get to be enjoyed for many years to come after their retirement like this one that has been repurposed into a piece of playground equipment.

8 – Digger – www.heapsoffun.com/funny-tank-pictures_1211.html

Not all tanks get chucked onto the scrapyard, some get turned into different vehicles like this digger tank!

7 – Tractor – www.collegehumor.com/post/59949/this-is-so-funny

Some war-torn countries use old army tanks as tractors to plough and fertilise the lands ready to grow crops again.

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6 – Garden Display
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285609/Heavy-petal-Britains-biggest-hanging-basket-requires-tank-it.html

When you are the owner of one of the world’s biggest hanging flower pots you need something just as big to hang it from! In this case, it’s a tank!

5 – Limo
hackedgadgets.com/2007/07/26/tank-limo

So you want a wedding limo that is both practical and memorable. This one seats up to 8 passengers!

4 – Rope Swing
webecoist.momtastic.com/2014/04/29/tread-on-me-7-amazing-upcycled-playground-tanks

The gun turret on a tank is the perfect, unbreakable branch with which to hang a rope swing from!

3 – Treadmill
gizmodo.com/5808842/an-overturned-army-tank-is-a-treadmill-for-olympic-athletes

It’s more for promotional art than any practical usage, but it is still impressive to use it in this way.

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2 – Artificial Reef
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/04/artificial-reefs-around-the-world/100042

Each and every year hundreds of army tanks get dumped in the red because within just a few months they become safe havens for all sorts of sea life, a metal artificial reef!

1 – Bar
www.recyclart.org/2013/07/bar-made-from-a-recycled-tank

So you want to build a bar in your home for a few ex-army soldiers but don’t know what style to do it in? I think this might just be the answer you are looking for.