I remember a while back someone posted a picture of a T34 with a jet engine mounted on it, that was designed to put out oil well fires. can anyone post the pic again or tell me where I can find it?
I remember seeing an Imax movie called “The Fires of Kuwait” that had a short bit on that modified tank. I’ve been looking around for any pictures of it but so far have only fond verbal description of it. I got this from one site dedicated to the movie.
“Many methods were used to quell the blazes. Some teams used conventional oil-fire extinguishing techniques. The Americans used dynamite to blow out the fires. The Hungarian team recycled a Russian T34 tank to create a spectacular prototype called “Big Wind.” They removed the gun turret and replaced it with jet engines from MIG-21 fighter planes. They injected water into the jet stream to blow the fires out.”
Ahh…here we go…pictures of it [:)]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I am doing a project on jet engines right now, and I thought it wuld be interesting to have that.
Cool, good luck with the project [:)]
Wouldn’t this give the judges a fit at the next model show!!! AC or Armor?
Honestly, what category would this fit into. Man, but it looks like a heck of a scratchbuild. And it’ll definitely be something different if someone decided to make one.
That’s pretty dang cool!
put it under emergency vehicles as a fire truck…
lol yeah, a firetruck to put out the fires of hell! Really makes you think what else is out there [:D]
You’ve got to give that Hungarian team who built it full marks for originality [:)]
yeah, it was originally designed to spray chemicals to decontaminate AFVs in case of a nucleur exchange
I think it’s awsome!!! If I was better at scratchbuilding I would try it.[:P]
You and me both! [:)]
THe enclosure doesn’t even look that difficult, but it’s the engines that would be the most difficult, I think.
Plus, those are interesting shots on the web, but not enough of a resource. Maybe someone has plans for it out there somewhere…
Cool vehicle! I wonder if the guy who proposed it was laughed at in the beginning.
Ron
can you imagine revving those engines to maximum capacity??? [:D] land speed record, here we come.
Hehehe, fastest tank ever. Imagine they had that in WWII.
“The Tiger? HA! We’ll run circles around it”
“just position it so ze tiger is behind and srow the switch, Ivan!!! ve’ll try melting it!!”
hmm, does anyne know of 1/35 jet engines?? [:D][:D] jk
Allright, if I get another t-34 kit I’m going to scratchbuild it!!! No, really I will! And of course I will post pics, but the question remains:
. And if I cant find 'em I make them to! It’s a dream, but the pics will be on the forum someday…[:P] Who’s with me?
