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Offline nic-e

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tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« on: 29 December 2014, 03:27:13 PM »


looks like it was pulled right out of some pulp/sci fi setting, or like it should be firing laser beams.
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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #1 on: 29 December 2014, 06:47:14 PM »
I want one - at least in 28mm scale.
And one of these too - the Impuls 2M fire retardant rocket launcher:

<a href="http://www.moddb.com/groups/tanks/images/errm-rocket-tank" title="Errm... Rocket tank! - Mod DB" target="_blank">Errm... Rocket tank![/url]

<a href="http://www.moddb.com/groups/tanks/images/impulse2m-fire-fighting-tank2" title="Impulse2m Fire fighting tank - Mod DB" target="_blank">Impulse2m Fire fighting tank[/url]




Offline nic-e

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #2 on: 29 December 2014, 06:54:27 PM »
I want that chunky looking thing in the top picture....

what is it?

Offline Vanvlak

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #3 on: 29 December 2014, 09:03:32 PM »
I want that chunky looking thing in the top picture....

what is it?
Apparently a tank chassis with a large water tank and a water cannon - couldn't find details on it.

Offline Connectamabob

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #4 on: 29 December 2014, 09:24:00 PM »
Dang. I remember seeing a clip of that thing way back in my non-fiction film class. Always wished I'd kept a note of the documentary it was from, as I kept finding myself describing the awesome MIG engine tank that blows out oil well fires like candles to my friends.
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Offline Etranger

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #5 on: 29 December 2014, 10:29:58 PM »
Nothing new under the sun.....



So what was it intended for use as....? ;)
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Offline Michi

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #6 on: 29 December 2014, 10:38:23 PM »
Nothing new under the sun.....



So what was it intended for use as....? ;)

Runway de-icer

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #7 on: 29 December 2014, 10:53:36 PM »
Trucks with jet engines are pretty cool too. Cold War era Soviet TMS-65 decontamination vehicle:

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Offline Connectamabob

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #8 on: 29 December 2014, 10:55:10 PM »
Nothing new under the sun.....



So what was it intended for use as....? ;)

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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #9 on: 29 December 2014, 10:56:50 PM »
Also used for de-icing airfields btw.

Offline Connectamabob

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #10 on: 29 December 2014, 11:03:48 PM »

Offline Etranger

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #11 on: 29 December 2014, 11:34:53 PM »
Michi, Carlos - quite right, although i do remember an alarming tale that it was also meant to be used to clear minefields!

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Re: tank chassis+jet engines=awesome
« Reply #12 on: 30 December 2014, 12:15:52 AM »
Specially made for an attempt at the world's largest crème brûlée.

 lol lol lol
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