Fire fighting tank
A quenching tank is a tracked vehicle , which by military or fire brigade for fire fighting at Großschadens- or disaster situations (for example, burning oil fields, forest fires , tunnel fires or fires ammunition depots ) is used.
General
Fire fighting tanks were and are often built from discarded battle tanks or pioneer tanks . This has many advantages, including the following: There is a lot of experience with driving characteristics, maintenance and repair; Spare parts can be obtained by cannibalizing other tanks, engineer tanks already have a clearing blade.
One example is the SPOT 55 (based on a T-55 ) with 11,000 liters of water and 2,000 liters of foam concentrate . More than 30 copies were built by him.
When a main battle tank is converted into a fire fighting tank, the turret is removed; Fire cannons and other equipment (e.g. tanks, water pumps) are installed.
Advantages compared to conventional fire fighting vehicles are their high off-road mobility and protection against explosions, against heat and against objects such as falling trees or building rubble.
Furthermore, they are mostly hermetically protected against the ingress of smoke (original purpose of protection: gas attacks). Depending on the vehicle type, people can be evacuated, for example with personnel transport vehicles such as the Marder armored personnel carrier .
The high costs are a disadvantage.
Others
The "Hurricane" exhaust fire extinguisher was only built once; A jet engine from a MIG-21MF was mounted on the chassis of a T-55 to blow fine water mist to the scene of the fire .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fireballs over ammunition depot in Ukraine ( memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), ruhrnachrichten.de , September 27, 2017.
- ↑ Fire and rescue services in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Hungary ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Jendsch fire brigade press.
- ↑ Exhibition : Fire fighting tank "Spot-55" , ndr.de , July 6, 2018.