What is it?

TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Friday, July 1, 2011 5:27 PM

Check these.Seriously cool.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=fire+fighting+tanks&rlz=1R2RNTN_enUS357&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=995&bih=511&wrapid=tlif130955915072410&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

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RBaer

Member since
September 2006
From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA

Posted by RBaer on Friday, July 1, 2011 9:52 AM

Looks like the world's fastest T-34..... Big Smile

Apprentice rivet counter.

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stcat

Member since
March 2010

Posted by stcat on Friday, July 1, 2011 8:02 AM

Reminds me of the decon vehicles the Russians used to build to decontaminate their vehicles. Those had a jet engine that forced hot steam.

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, July 1, 2011 7:46 AM

They used vehicles similar (or maybe the same?) to put out the oil well fires in Kuwait that Sadam set back in 91.

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Spamicus

Member since
April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:07 PM

Looks like some sort of Soviet chemical decon device.

Steve

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Milairjunkie

Member since
October 2007
From: Scotland

Posted by Milairjunkie on Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:32 PM

WALL-E after steroid abuse?

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Phil_H

Member since
August 2005
From: Sydney, Australia

Posted by Phil_H on Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:16 PM

The hoses pump water/retardant into the exhaust stream of the two jet engines mounted on top.

http://www.kritzberg.com/thebig.htm

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bbrowniii

Member since
April 2003
From: 41 Degrees 52.4 minutes North; 72 Degrees 7.3 minutes West

Posted by bbrowniii on Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:00 PM

Is that an oil well fire burning in the background? Is it some sort of firefighting vehicle (you being a firefighter, it would make sense). Maybe those turbiney thingys are supposed to blow the fire away from the well-head so that a cap can be put in place to smother it?

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)