tank chassis+jet engines=awesome

[nic-e]

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

[Vanvlak]

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">[/url]

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

[nic-e]

I want that chunky looking thing in the top picture....

what is it?

[Vanvlak]

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.

[Connectamabob]

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.

[Etranger]

Nothing new under the sun.....



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

[Michi]

Nothing new under the sun.....



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

Runway de-icer

[carlos marighela]

Trucks with jet engines are pretty cool too. Cold War era Soviet TMS-65 decontamination vehicle:

[Connectamabob]

Nothing new under the sun.....



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

Specially made for an attempt at the world's largest crème brûlée.

[carlos marighela]

Also used for de-icing airfields btw.

[Connectamabob]

[Etranger]

Michi, Carlos - quite right, although i do remember an alarming tale that it was also meant to be used to clear minefields!

[zizi666]

Specially made for an attempt at the world's largest crème brûlée.