Fire Fighting Tank..

[Marmite!!]

Demonstration of a tank for firefighting purposes at the Interschutz 2005 convention, Hanover. It is equipped with 2 IFEX impulse cannons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loeschpanzer.jpg

[schliesser92]

Nothing new. There have been several conversions of tanks for firefighting, especially in Russia. Some of these being fitted with jet engines. This one looks rather interesting.

[steveo578]

I assume it is a modular system able to be carried by any MBT hull -not just a rather expessive to maintain LEO 1 -consider the expense of the LEO track getting nicely toasted on some burning oil field when a T55-T72 would do the job better with less overall cost.

[schliesser92]

Here is one preserved at the Fire Services Museum in Fulda (Germany). It was called the Hurricane, and I believe it came from the GDR.

 

[Stone]

There's a few more here.

 

I like this one:

 

 

 

I've seen a fair few MTLBu converted for civil use too.

 

Stone

[steveo578]

schliesser92

Here is one preserved at the Fire Services Museum in Fulda (Germany). It was called the Hurricane, and I believe it came from the GDR.

 

Reminds me rather of the Valentine fitted with a Goblin engine for mine clearing