The killer machine spent most of its life based in Germany, patrolling borders along the Iron Curtain.
Mr Dalry, 46, imported the tank from the UK in 2009 and is the only one of its kind in New Zealand.
For the last three years, he's used it for charity fundraisers, weddings, stag parties, and A&P shows.
"It creates havoc wherever it goes," Mr Dalry says.
"I've only ever received one complaint about it when an elderly chap got a bit of a fright when he saw it driving down the road.
"Some cops came and asked why I had it on the road. I told them it was fully roadworthy, with rego and WOF, and they couldn't believe it."
The K60 Rolls Royce multi-fuelled engine runs on diesel, petrol, kerosine or "a mixture of any of these," says Mr Dalry, who also says it's cheap to run. "Fuel is basically free as we just collect mixed fuel from workshops and throw it in."
It is fitted with rubber tracks, meaning it doesn't tear up the asphalt, and can also be used indoors.
It also has an amphibious kit, which "means it floats", and is the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
But the bit that excites most people, from small boys to grannies, is its massive cannon.
"The gun has a range of 19-miles in a straight line - you could fire a shell to Akaroa, or Burnham," Mr Dalry says.
