![]() It’s job was probably scaring the living day lights out of the defending forces. After all, this vehicle would likely be taken out by artillery, considering the size and the weak wheels attached in a tricycle designed layout. The Tsar Tank was an experimental tank by the then “Russian Empire” during 1914-1915 and was never used during conflicts. It was marginally more effective than in the mine clearing role. This time the idea was to use the force of the engine’s blast to knock out oil well fires. Even if modified to take two MiG-21 engines. This was simply a good idea that did not work out. It just was an easy target and no assurance that every mine would be cleared. The T-55 hull could take the weight with no problem however. The MiG-15 engine also used a lot of fuel. Additionally, weighing in at 37 tons, it is not light, and would have found it difficult to get to areas with rough terrain. The only problem with the design is the size of the tank and noise generated do not make it a stealthy at all. Easy right? The Soviets tried to do just that with the Progvev-T… Take a jet engine and use the considerable heat and blast effect to clear and disable mines. ![]() ![]() Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie. It was conceived in the Soviet Union-era and was not really effective in its role and was quickly retired. The jet engine played the role in blasting away at mines from safe distances, although it never really came to this sort of use and would probably have a better role at clearing ice/snow. That big laser-esque cannon on top of the body of the tank is a jet engine. You’re probably thinking, “What purpose does this tank serve?” Well, it was a tank that literally blasted away at mines. The Russians were exceptional in their ability to produce strangely designed tanks and they produced quite a few: Progvev-T Gasdynamic Tank Trawler The jet tank It’s the most peculiar thing, as tanks were really never visualised in such a way and as such many strangely designed tanks and armored vehicles came into fruition from the very start and also from the middle-ages of tank history. Ah, the modern age of warfare and the bizarre introduction of armored tanks rolling across the battlefields of France.
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