Marmite!! Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 There's a few more here. I like this one: I've seen a fair few MTLBu converted for civil use too. Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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