Strange military hardware: what the blazes is this thing?

[tegwin]

Its got a stonking great gas turbine on top.... that coupled with a very focused exhaust nozzle suggests that mine clearance or snow clearance would be a logical assumption

[911motorsport]

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It was used for clearing snow from runways

[norby1]

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Isn't this one used for putting out oil well fires?

Probably totally wrong though....

[HellDiver]

Odie said:

http://crcyc.railfan.net/mow/snow/crjet.jpg


same job as that im guessing, clearing snow.

My thoughts too.

[Flintstone]

911motorsport said:

It was used for clearing snow from runways

Beat me to it. In fact at least one of the Moscow airports still has a scaled-down version for blowing snow off aircraft wings. A smokey old soviet engine bolted to the bed of an equally smokey old soviet lorry.

[ShadownINja]

So it won't launch the tank 50 miles in the opposite direction, then?

[Justayellowbadge]

ShadownINja said:

So it won't launch the tank 50 miles in the opposite direction, then?

The tracks are like conveyor belts, dude.

[Poledriver]

Justayellowbadge said:

ShadownINja said:

So it won't launch the tank 50 miles in the opposite direction, then?

The tracks are like conveyor belts, dude.

So it would take off then!