City commuters got a festive shock this week when a 15 tonne military tank rolled through the capital.

The beast – with Santa at the helm - surprised passers-by on Monday morning marking the release of The Expendables 3 on DVD and Blu-ray

The star-studded roll call of London’s landmarks, including Big Ben, Westminster and the London Eye was the architectural equivalent of the mega action film’s line-up, names like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Ford, Gibson, Snipes, Banderas and Sydenham’s Jason Statham.

Ben Grunbaum, from distributor Lionsgate UK, said: “If anybody knows action it’s The Expendables. We thought we’d give the City a little glimpse of what the movie is all about by driving a 15 tonne tank down Oxford Street. You don’t see that every day.”

Vibe caught up with the cast when the movie was released earlier this year. Read what they had to say here.

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