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The history of fire and heavy tanks bleak. Bring it all, and in all countries there is no sense - a lot of words, but the essence is - as a residual, and touch wood. To begin acquaintance with the unique pictures - fire Tank Baikonur. One of two. During the launch of "Buran" she commanded them Malahovskiy San Sanych.



Fire tank - the T-55 chassis and the top of the square hefty tank. Reinforced for some reason ... And one hose ... And ... Places in - for two. The carrier and the operator-extinguisher ... There is a place to store and Dembelskaya paradki album ... Well flask of alcohol. All. The main advantage of the fire to the tank fire engine - it can blow disperse the burning object caterpillars crushed debris and pour on top of the last remnants. But if the fire strong - the crew inside the tin can that? That's right - paragraph. And what could be a fire on the launch site?
It was at the Kharkiv Machine Building Design Bureau named AA Morozova here is a monster with very rather big caliber. Base old, proven - Tractor MT-T.


With years of experience and best practices sad extinguishing fires powerful technique yet started to develop with the use of the brain, rather than a sledgehammer and some mothers.


GPM-54 at least could be watered with water from a distance. In steel tanks instead of hoses to put fire monitors with remote control, such as LSD-S100U.


Chinese and Czech brothers were walking along the same path, using as the basis of our own T-55 tanks
Czech SPOT-55






GPM-54


GPM-54M


And this idiot put forward on the tripod and a flask of water emptied.


This monster is actually a working tractor


Finally things went smoothly


The first sample installation "Impulse-1" was designed by Professor Zahmatovym and manufactured in the USSR in 1990. Installation successfully tested to extinguish pockets of burning complex. For example, a ravine 30 m long, 2 m deep, filled with rubber tires 300-500 pcs., Which spilled about 1 ton of diesel fuel and 100-150 liters of gasoline. The hearth was extinguished after 8 volleys, 10 barrels each, with a distance of 10 to 35 m.





Further, more powerful.


Track Fire Truck "Impulse-2M
Fire truck destined for extinguishing large fires in storage tanks, oil field, log storage and a variety of industrial and civil objects using multiple rocket launchers Fire-extinguishing powder capsules with, and if completed, then the sand spit.