Rocket tank or what ever the hell this Soviet thing is.

11 comments

1. Russian tank crews are still called cosmonauts today…

2. Tank lighting off the afterburners.

   Edit: This thing would light up thermal imaging like nothing else.

3. Fuck it. Rocket tank.

4. Not something I’d use if friendly fire is on.

5. I can see the utility but i question the sanity.

   edit: also, better hope your infantry support isn’t to close when you light it off

6. It was Soviet. Kind of a neat idea for moving through difficult terrain, but could also go horribly wrong.

   > https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a31981151/soviet-union-rocket-tank/

7. Fuck fact the m1 Abrams uses a airplane style turbine engine. It consumes way more fuel then a comparable diesel engine but in turn weighs much less. It actually has a device on it that recycles the heat from the engine into power so it doesn’t leave a big ole trail like that sucker there.

8. Oh, Ukraine helps make these rocket tanks out of current russian tanks right on the battlefield now-a-days.

9. CCCP did so much awesomely insane shit back in the day. I kinda miss the Cold War tbh.

   Before the current war I loved the EnglishRussia web page, touched on so many wacky Soviet things.

10. Competition creates innovation. I guess this did not make it through but in times of peace no one would even try something like this.

11. A quirky girl post.

    *How fun*