Tank Driving Scotland : Military Themed Experiences

The New Recruit experience is a grouped activity allowing you to experience the thrill of driving a real 18 tonne army tank!  The rest of the troop will be in the crew compartment, so you will have to negotiate the obstacles on the course with consideration (only a little)!

Geared up in army kit, you will firstly have the opportunity to experience traveling in the hull with your troops.  We do have seats, but not much else in there.  Our tanks are ex-military and have all seen active service - you will see the bullet holes for yourself!  This gives you a chance to see what real soldiers encounter, and all you have to worry about is telling your friends what a great time you had!

You will also act as commander during the experience, standing out of the hatch directly behind the driver.  We’ll drop you off at the observation bunker in the centre of the course, where you’ll also have a great opportunity to take some shots at your comrades (Photographic or video of course)!

After your experience, as long as the tank comes back in one piece, you will be awarded a Tank Driving Scotland Certificate of Achievement. (Looks good on the wall).  Your group will be a maximum of 6 people, who will all have the opportunity to drive.  You’ll be with us for around an hour and a half. New Recruit experiences run on set days each month.

The New Recruit Experience is a fantastic outing.  It makes for a great gift, or we won’t judge if you treat yourself to some excitement. Please note to drive our tanks, you must be over 5ft in height.  If you are under 5ft, you can come as a Civilian or Commander for a ride in the vehicles.

Prepare yourself for the outing of a lifetime!  In this exciting driving experience, you will have the opportunity to go for a taster drive in three different vehicles!

Take one of our tanks out for a spin round our customised obstacle track and get a feel for what these old troop taxis are like over the rough stuff. (Free facial wipes provided to wipe off the Scottish Countryside at the end of your drive). These vehicles are so powerful and impressive off road, you won’t believe what they are capable of! 

After you have got your adrenaline pumping, we will move you onto four wheels and see if you can contain yourself long enough in order tackle our monster off road circuit in the Mini Monster Truck.

The Mini Monster Truck is as it’s name suggests, sits 5ft above ground level, and wheels are over 3ft in height and 1.5ft wide!  This vehicle really can go anywhere, but the preference of our drivers always seems to be to the mud!!  You will have an excellent time learning how to control the vehicle in this introductory experience. 

Just when you thought you were beginning to be suitably smug about your off-road driving skills, we move the goal posts!  Did we mention the next vehicle is a Puch jeep as used by the Dutch military?  You’ll soon find out why they use them!  This vehicle requires more driver skill over squashing tactics (particular skills of the Tank and Mini Monster Truck), and is great fun to take round the course. 

Why not bring your friends or family with you on the day of your experience?  They can ride in the tank with you, or take shots (Photo and video) from our observation bunker in the centre of the course.  Please see our Civilian Voucher for further details. 

After your experience, as long as the tank comes back in one piece, you will be awarded a Tank Driving Scotland Certificate of Achievement. (looks good on the wall). You’ll be with us for around two hours and receive personal one to one driving tuition on the vehicles for a minimum of an hour.

The Multi Vehicle Introduction is a diverse experience, which allows you to drive three off road vehicles on our complex course!  Any Dutch Army drivers are required to disclose this at time of booking so we can provide a vehicle you won’t show off in.

Please note to drive our vehicles, you must be over 5ft in height.  If you are under 5ft, you can come as a Civilian or Commander for a ride in the vehicles.

The Field Marshall is our most advanced Driving Experience on offer.  Not only will you be able to drive one of our 18 tonne Tanks over a series of challenging inclines, dips and water troughs, but there are more vehicles on offer as part of this fantastic in depth Experience! 

Have you ever seen someone operate a digger and thought ‘I could do that…’ Well now you can!  (Or you can try!).  Dig some trenches with our Ford Digger on site, before moving onto our Mini Monster Truck.

The Mini Monster Truck is as its name suggests, sits 5ft above ground level and wheels are over 3ft in height and 1.5ft wide!  This vehicle really can go anywhere, but the preference of our drivers always seems to be to the mud!!  You will have an excellent time learning how to control the vehicle, get out of a few sticky situations and successfully tackle challenging gradients. 

Finally, you will complete your experience by driving one of our tanks.  During this time, you will come into contact with some pretty large humps and bumps!  We do a flat drive first, then some small humps, then onto a few rather large ones.  Also, as long as the Scottish weather permits, a "sheepdip" drive through water (no sheep are actually involved or harmed during this experience).   As part of the Field Marshall Experience, you will be able to attempt some dramatic driving manoeuvres which are not available as part of any of our other Experiences.

Why not bring your friends or family with you on the day of your experience?  They can ride in the tank with you, or take shots (Photo and video) from our observation bunker in the centre of the course.  Please see our Civilian Voucher for further details. 

After your experience, as long as the tank comes back in one piece, you will be awarded a Tank Driving Scotland Certificate of Achievement. (looks good on the wall). You’ll be with us for around three hours, with 45 minute sessions driving each vehicle.  

The Field Marshall offers truly exclusive, one-to-one instruction on the course for a three hour period.  Due to the fact that we don’t do things by halves at Tank Driving Scotland, we want to give you our full attention on the day of this experience. Therefore we ask that every effort is made to book in with us on a weekday to redeem your voucher! 

Please note to drive our tanks, you must be over 5ft in height.  If you are under 5ft, you can come as a Civilian or Commander for a ride in the vehicles.

At Tank Driving Scotland, we believe that squashing a car has been clinically proven to relieve stress, increase endorphins and offer you the experience of a lifetime.  (Please note that Tank Driving Scotland’s views are not ‘scientifically proven’ – so please don’t send a letter pointing that out).

Crushing a car is not actually as easy as it looks.  You need to be capable of handling one of our tanks, and able to control the vehicle over the car to ensure maximum squashage.  This is why we take you out tank driving off-road first, so you actually get to enjoy two experiences in one!! 

As part of the Crush a Car experience, you can bring your own car!  We will knock off £50 from the price of the experience, and even get rid of the scrap for you.  We do ask that any valuables are removed, and signage such as ‘Baby on Board’ taken down, as this could confuse the spectators. 

Although we think everyone should crush a car in their lifetime, we appreciate this is not the cheapest of experiences.  It is however very worthwhile!!  If you work in the corporate world, this is an excellent way to finish your troops day of tank driving, where we will judge all the drivers from the day, and first place earns the car crush. 

Crushing a car is also an excellent treat for hen/stag events, where everyone has an opportunity to take part in the driving fun on our other packages, with the ultimate ending reserved for the bride, or groom to be.  If you all chip in, it’ll be worth it, honest!

Why not bring your friends or family with you on the day of your experience? (You can’t put mother in law in the car I’m afraid).  Please see our Civilian Voucher for further details. 

After your experience, as long as the tank comes back in one piece, you will be awarded a Tank Driving Scotland Certificate of Achievement. (looks good on the wall). You’ll be with us for around one and a half hours during this fantastic experience.

This is your chance to bring your chosen comrades with you in action. They too will get to experience the thrill of all the activities that you are taking part in.

Lots of people like to laugh at their wife and kids standing in the compound waving frantically and trying to get the best picture as they whizz past throwing mud in their trail.

Put a smile on their face too - Paying civilians are treated to full commando training: Camouflage cladding, Camouflage face paint to hide them from the enemy, and riding as your commander and corp in the vehicles crew compartment. They can each take turns standing out the commanders hatch directly behind you.. Navigating.. (no back seat drivers tolerated!)

They will also have exclusive access to our track centre ‘Secret’ observation bunker where they can shoot you (Photo/Video) till their heart’s content. The best picture and video angles on site are achieved from the bunker as the tank swings over the top of the steep mounds and splashes through the water dip! - Not to be missed…