--- title: Man Crashes Army Truck Into Store for a Bottle of Wine description: A man crashed a stolen army truck into a store in his pursuit of a bottle of wine; according to witnesses, he was already drunk. canonical: https://time.com/5101653/man-crashes-army-tank-into-store-for-bottle-of-wine/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-12T21:28:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:45.244Z og:title: Man Crashes Army Tank Into Store For a Bottle of Wine og:description: He was allegedly under the influence og:url: https://time.com/5101653/man-crashes-army-tank-into-store-for-bottle-of-wine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc12155588901c5e/6988f832db29875e0e25e677/man-crashes-stolen-army-tank-into-store-for-wine-bottle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Wine background. Red wine in an old box with a corkscrew. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Crashes Army Tank Into Store For a Bottle of Wine twitter:description: He was allegedly under the influence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc12155588901c5e/6988f832db29875e0e25e677/man-crashes-stolen-army-tank-into-store-for-wine-bottle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Man Crashed a Stolen Army Tank Into a Store For a Bottle of Wine  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 12, 2018 9:28 PM UTC  Wine background. Red wine in an old box with a corkscrew. On the black chalkboard. Wine background. Red wine in an old box with a corkscrew. On the black chalkboard.SarapulSar38—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 12, 2018 9:28 PM UTC Wine night took an unexpected turn for a man in northern Russia whose desire for [some vino](http://time.com/4973301/blue-wine-taste/) and complete boredom in the moment compelled him to not only steal an army tank but to drive it into the window of a convenience store, where he then proceeded to sift through the wreckage to steal a bottle of wine. According to the [_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-42634753), citing regional outlet [Hibinform.ru,](https://hibinform.ru/v-apatitah-muzhchina-ugnal-bronirovannyj-tyagach-smyal-mashinu-i-vrezalsya-v-magazin/) witnesses say that the man not only was “bored” but also intoxicated, something that video captured at the scenes appears to capture. The man was arrested by the local police with the same bottle of wine that he stole, but he did not resist arrest. No one was injured, but the man appears to have left quite a bit of destruction in his wake. Sometimes, the thirst is truly real. 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