Firefighting Tank

Löschpanzer Hurricane (Firefighting tank), 1991-93.

This vehicle is basically a MiG-21 engine on a T-55 chassis. The fire extinguishing procedure is called ‘aerosol method’ and works with finely atomized water and a jet engine. In this process the water is delivered in the exhaust plume of a jet engine, atomized by and through the exhaust gas stream over and it’s launched to a long distance. The main effect achieved is a cooling in a range of about 100 m.

The vehicle is displayed today at the Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum Fulda.

Photo: The Mother of Invention - Science vs Tradition

Info: BOS-Fahrzeuge.info