An excellent item to have on hand.
1 posted on
07/17/2019 4:31:33 PM PDT by
Norski
To: Norski
When there was that International effort to put out all the fires in the Kuwaiti oil fields, an Eastern Bloc vehicle like this showed up. T-72 chassis with a mig-21 jet engine mounted on top. They would aim the exhaust at the fires be snuffed out, and right after the tailpipe was a massive fire hose injection of seawater.
So you got the full blast effect of a jet engine blowing full power sea water. There’s a cool National Geographic video about it called “The fires of Kuwait”.
2 posted on
07/17/2019 4:43:57 PM PDT by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Norski
Definitely a game changer in the fight against wild fires.......
Increase the vehicle size and holding tank of water and it would be even better............
3 posted on
07/17/2019 4:48:35 PM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
To: Norski
Dis gizmo?
4 posted on
07/17/2019 4:49:47 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: norsk; DesertRhino
Sorry, that should have been directed at DesertRhino.
6 posted on
07/17/2019 4:51:54 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Norski
I think this would be great in flyover country(plains states) but the coastal ranges and the Sierra would eat this thing alive.
A Cedar forest would turn these into fire hazards.
9 posted on
07/17/2019 4:55:27 PM PDT by
glasseye
("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
To: Norski
Excellent and very useful.
To: Norski
Great for areas that have been built-up where it could take water up through yards etc. to put out grassfires, wet down roofs, etc.
16 posted on
07/17/2019 5:28:02 PM PDT by
bigbob
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