A tank belong to a British Army driving school ended up crashing into a house in Germany after a technical fault meant it veered off course.
由于技術(shù)故障，英軍駕校的一輛坦克偏離路線撞進(jìn)一幢德國民房里。

Ulrich and Magdalene Tilsner rushed to their front window after hearing what they thought sounded like a bomb going off outside.
烏爾里希·提爾森和瑪利亞·提爾森聽到一聲炸彈般的巨響后沖到窗前。

But when they pulled back the curtains, they discovered that a British Army owned tank had ploughed into their fence and crushed their hedge.
他們拉開窗簾，發(fā)現(xiàn)一輛英軍坦克碾過他們家的柵欄沖進(jìn)樹籬里。

The couple were about to leave the house in Paderborn to meet their granddaughter Stefanie Ney but they called her saying they had a tank in their garden.
這對住在帕德博恩的夫婦正準(zhǔn)備出門去看孫女斯蒂芬妮·內(nèi)。他們給孫女打電話說花園里進(jìn)了一輛坦克。

She rushed straight to their house and said she discovered a scene of chaos.
斯蒂芬妮立刻趕到祖父母的家里，她說眼前一片混亂。

She told the Neue Westf?lische newspaper: 'There was a tank in the hedge and soldiers standing everywhere and our dog was barking like crazy.
她告訴《新節(jié)目報》，“一輛坦克停在樹籬里，到處都是士兵，我們的狗狂叫不已?！?/div>

'My Oma (grandma) was completely in shock. '
“我奶奶驚呆了?！?/div>

The occupants walked away from the crash unscathed but it is estimated that the collision caused 1,000 euros worth of damage to Mr and Mrs Tilsner's property and plants.
房子里的人安全離開，但這次撞車給提爾森夫婦的房屋和植物造成了1000歐元的損失。

According to police, the tank suffered a fault with with its drive chain, which caused it to run amok and veer off course before crashing into the wall.
警方表示，坦克的驅(qū)動鏈條出現(xiàn)了故障，導(dǎo)致它失控撞墻。

It then took police and the British Army several hours to remove the tank from the garden.
警方和英軍花了好幾個小時才把坦克從花園里拖出來。

The tank came from the nearby military driving school at the Paderborn British Army Garrison in northern Germany.
英軍在德國北部帕德博恩有一處駐地，這輛坦克屬于那里的軍隊駕校。

Forces have been stationed at the garrison on the Rhine since the end of the Second World War.
自二戰(zhàn)末期以來，英軍就一直駐扎在萊茵河畔。

However, two years ago it was announced by the then Defence Secretary Philip?Hammond that troops would be returning to bases in the UK.
但2年前，英國國防大臣菲利普·哈蒙德宣布將把軍隊撤回國內(nèi)基地。
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