sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 13 days ago"Big Wind"—A fire engine made by mounting two MiG-21 jet engines onto a Soviet T-34 tank chassis to blow out Kuwaiti oil fires like a candleimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down13
arrow-up1215arrow-down1image"Big Wind"—A fire engine made by mounting two MiG-21 jet engines onto a Soviet T-34 tank chassis to blow out Kuwaiti oil fires like a candlesanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoUsed only once. The fire blew out and the tank was last seen at 35,000 feet over Saudi Arabia.
minus-squareDanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoThis isnt true I can’t tell if this is a joke or not. There’s some footage of it doing its thing and it really does seem to blow it out like a candle.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoIt was a joke. Sorry, I thought that would be obvious.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoIs the footage you’re referring to oil fires in a desert? Because that’s Kuwait. It’s the only video of Big Wind that I can find Technically it was used a couple more times in Hungary, but to poor results and no fanfare
Used only once. The fire blew out and the tank was last seen at 35,000 feet over Saudi Arabia.
This isnt true I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.
There’s some footage of it doing its thing and it really does seem to blow it out like a candle.
It was a joke. Sorry, I thought that would be obvious.
Is the footage you’re referring to oil fires in a desert? Because that’s Kuwait. It’s the only video of Big Wind that I can find
Technically it was used a couple more times in Hungary, but to poor results and no fanfare