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thumb|right|235px|The Tankboy Crew 2008, L-R: Krispy, Humma, Tankboy, Sarge and Nuke

Tankboy (also Tankboy TV) is a reality show based on the antics of Captain Tankboy and his crew as they travel the world, blowing things up, driving tanks over cars, building rockets and generally creating havoc.

The show is often touted as the next generation in destruction television and the show's tagline  "Girls, Guns and Tanks!" has become very infamous with the politically correct.

Cast
The show has 6 main characters. The Captain, Captain Tankboy aka Tankboy  Charles Knight, a licensed arms dealer and pyrotechnic specialist who works on a strict military style ‘need to know’ policy. The remaining characters ("the Tankboy Crew") are:

Sarge Evana Patterson an ex-model who only lasted about 5 episodes. After that a new Sarge Iana Bikoulova appeared, a blonde Russian girl with attitude.

Krispy Jody Hooker, is the crew engineer who manages to fix anything, anywhere, anytime.

Humma Paul Blenkiron, Nuke Nick Scott and Legs Sarah Bailey form the remainder of the crew and they end up in all sorts of crazy, unbelievable situations, depending on whatever perilous exploits Tankboys has them on.

Gungirl Tina Knight is Tankboy's daughter and although she only appeared in one episode of Tankboy season 1, she is rumored to be one of the main cast from season 2 onwards.

Vehicles
The main tank used in the show is a Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, but Tankboy also uses a British Sabre light tank when the need for a small, lightweight tank arises.

The other common vehicles used on the show, is a 6-wheeled British amphibious army truck, the Stalwart FV622 and an Ex-Army Land Rover.

Guns
The show uses two primarily firearms, the M4 Carbine and the Heckler & Koch G36. But they also use a number of other military firearms, most of which are owned by the Captain who is also a licensed firearms dealer.

Captain Tankboys weapon of choice is the Glock G19 Pistol but various military firearms dating back as far as WW2 have been used on the show.

History
The show is the first of a kind. It redefines the concept of Destruction TV and has inadvertently created a whole new genre.

Koichi Sakamoto and the Alpha Stunts team provided stunt training for Captain Tankboy and the Tankboy Crew in Dec 2007, just before filming began. Koichi also directed fight scenes for a Tankboy episode, Operation Stuntman.

The Tankboy Crew are also know for performing live stunts at such events as the Kumeu Car Show, The Great Lakes Medieval Festival and numerous war re-enactments.

Tankboy Season 1 was shot in 2008 in HD and is screening worldwide, for those stations brave enough to run an extreme reality show featuring crazy antics with guns, explosives, military vehicles and semi naked chicks.

Tankboy season two, "Tankboy Unleashed" is believed to start filming in 2009.