“Heard the Screams the Whole Time”: Competitive Arnold Schwarzenegger Once Jeopardized 15 People’s Life Just to Win a Silly Race

After winning seven Mr. Olympia titles and various acting awards, there is no doubt about how competitive Arnold Schwarzenegger is. But how much competitiveness is too much competitiveness? Once, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Schwarzenegger boasted about his famous “tank” and how a race on the gigantic vehicle risked 15 people’s lives.

The actor recalled the ridiculous incident while sending the audience into a fit of laughter.

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After learning to drive the “military vehicle,” Arnie had successfully brought a 1951 M-47 Patton tank from his homeland to the States. Although he has driven tanks in films and for certain noble causes, the actor disclosed how it once killed nearly 15 people.

Once, Schwarzenegger conducted a “tank race” from a hilltop with a friend in the middle of the night. In a rush to show off his driving skills, Schwarzenegger missed an important detail, which he noticed after winning the race. “I realized that the whole infantry, 15 guys that were standing on the top of the tank. I totally forgot to tell them to get off the tank,” confessed Schwarzenegger.

As soon as the audience heard this, they broke into laughter, along with the actor and the host. He added, “So they were just holding on, and then they were falling off, and I heard the screams the whole time [imitates screaming actions]. By the time I got to the bottom, there was no one in the tank except I was in the tank.”

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Luckily no one was injured during Schwarzenegger’s insane real-life tank race, and the actor also faced severe punishment for the same. However, this was not the only time Schwarzenegger caused a disaster with his beloved vehicle.

Schwarzengger’s rookie mistake

In 1965, the “Austrian Oak” worked in the Austrian military to fulfill the one-year required services as a citizen. Although Schwarzenegger has excellent tank driving skills later during his service, as someone new to the field, he was not naturally talented.

Hence, while driving the vehicle once, he accidentally drove the tank backward and hit a wall and gas pipes. However, he soon went to report the incident to another officer, hoping for help. Instead, Schwarzenegger nearly gave the person and heart attack when he described the incident.

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Regardless of such incidents, Arnie’s love for the huge vehicle remained the same. Not even almost killing 15 people made him discontinue driving tanks.