Because, you see…
Cats.
In cardboard tanks.
Andy writes:
Spotted two truck loads of these on the Naas Rd in the last 30 minutes. Too clean for farmers but just about right for a web summit main stage backdrop maybe??
Eoin Ó Súilleabháin tweetz:
Unmarked troop carriers in Dublin city centre…is Ireland about to be annexed by Russia!!
Anyone?
Previously: APC Ina Shuí
Update:
Carlis writes:
Irish naval Ship (Samuel Beckett) arrives on the Liffey coordinated with (army?) helicopter overhead (flown by three times now). This is a planned thing, maybe? Related to the Dame street vehicles (above)?
Aleesha Tully tweetz:
Welcome to Dublin LE Samuel Beckett! Irish Navy’s newest and fanciest ship.
Beckett cruises up the LIffey earlier.
Thanks Cormac
YouTuber and trainspotter walstib373 sez:
Military equipment train loaded with tanks and other vehicles of war rolls through Morgan Hill, Calif. on Jan. 19, 2012. The train originated in Oxnard and is headed to the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong. This train ran as the UP 7623 SOXHR-17 via the Coast Line.
Not a loop and not an uncommon sight, apparently. Here’s another monster from a wider angle in Oregon.
And the Irish version (from David M)