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"Big Wind"—A fire engine made by mounting two MiG-21 jet engines onto a Soviet T-34 tank chassis to blow out Kuwaiti oil fires like a candle (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Used only once. The fire blew out and the tank was last seen at 35,000 feet over Saudi Arabia.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    This isnt true I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

    There's some footage of it doing its thing and it really does seem to blow it out like a candle.

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  • [–] 1 point 23 hours ago

    Is the footage you're referring to oil fires in a desert? Because that's Kuwait. It's the only video of Big Wind that I can find

    Technically it was used a couple more times in Hungary, but to poor results and no fanfare

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