A snatching success

There's a reason you stand well back when using a snatch strap to recover a bogged vehicle, and this is it.What you're seeing above the tow-point (black metal looking thing) from a Toyota Troop Carrier lodged firmly in the side of a Goodyear Desert Wrangler tyre. What you don't see is the 100mm D-shackle that's attached to the tow-point (now inside the tyre), or the internal sidewall armouring of the tyre (now completely shredded by said tow-point).
Of course, this happens when I'm halfway through my final assessment for vehicle recovery (the two guys in blue shirts above are the instructors, Darren and Noel).
At first, I think it's an easy task - a Toyota stuck fast in thick, up-to-the-axle mud - until Noel tells me that in setting up the exercise, he's really, truly got the vehicle bogged.
So, after assessing the situation, I rig up a snatch from the front left tow-point of the Toyota to the back of the recovery vehicle, and making sure the usual set-up process is checked and double-checked. With that done, I tell the recovery driver to start off, and give it a little extra grunt...he does so, and a second or two later, there's a terrific whoosh and an almighty bang as the tow-point snaps, and hurtles into the spare tyre. Given the strength of those tyres, and the pressure they were at, the tow-point (solid steel) and D-shackle (cast iron) must have been moving at well over several hundred kilometres an hour.
(For those that don't know, a snatch strap is like a big rubber band tied between two vehicles - as the recovery vehicle moves off, the strap stretches all the way to its limit - and then, as it springs back to its original state, the stored kinetic energy pulls out the stuck vehicle. They're highly effective, but also violent, unpredictable and highly dangerous.)
In the end, I get the Toyota free, pass the assessment (blamed on the Toyota being a rental and in a fairly sorry state to begin with) and the only damage is the write-off of a brand-new tyre, but I'm damn happy I told everyone around to stand even further back than usual before the recovery process began.