monty2 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 This showed up on facebook to day wauuw I have to say. Always worried how it is to be inside when it lands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 not very!:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 The driver will be fine its the guys in the turret who will pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 There's a great Russian youtube vid showing the T90 doing a jump while firing. It's an interesting video as you get to see inside the factory too... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hzC4jSnRis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 they did it with the M3 Lee too : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 they did it with the M3 Lee too : crikey...:wow:..... even if ( as I guess they'd have had to somehow ) the crew managed to 'brace' themselves ready for the landing ...would a landing such as this not have put a colossal strain on the suspension and other components ?..if immediately not smashing or breaking something? I can guess this was probably done for publicity of some sorts but surely this wouldn't have been suggested as any manner or method for driving these tanks in 'normal' operations????......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B. Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I suppose its a bit like an airborne jeep !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It would certainly give the bump stops a good testing! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hope they tested the surface of the ground first else you may need a digger to get it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrev Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Someone I met, somewhere along the line recounted to me a conversation he had with the Leopard 1 factory driver who did one of those jumps for the manufacturer's publicity at the time. Effectively he said it was the stupidist thing he ever did and that the landing was beyond description. In short, it hurt beyond belief. I would suggest you imagine having a car accident in the downwards direction and what that does to the internal organs. Regards Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Old news! :yawn: Apparently it did fly once. Landing was described as 'rather hard'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 find the vid on u tube of a stolly leaping into the water at speed:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Old news! :yawn: Apparently it did fly once. Landing was described as 'rather hard'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40 Good grief. Was it amphibious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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