sorry for crappy pics, it comes by way of the Russian version of popular mechanics, high speed, combat capable (read as: shoot on the move!) tank landing craft from FSU.
High speed tank landing craft
Posted in Images on September 21st, 2010 by mld | Report This Post | 
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September 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Ah…they’ve FINALLY recognized the virtues of the shovel-jawed spider-eyed hydrofoil catamaran design.
September 21, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Looks like Soviet stuff from the 60′s
September 21, 2010 at 4:24 pm
When the craft beaches, how does the tank get off?
September 21, 2010 at 4:34 pm
drives right off supposedly
September 21, 2010 at 4:56 pm
It appears the front part of the foil moves upward, bringing the rest of the craft down, allowing the tank to drive off.
September 21, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Oh yeah, it does in the second image. I couldn’t work it out at first.
September 21, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Flying tanks, swimming tanks…now all we need is a digging tank.
September 21, 2010 at 8:47 pm
We call those bulldozers. Only the Israeli army uses them frequently.
September 21, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I think he meant more like a tank that tunnels or burrows. Like the Devil’s Tongue tank or the Tick Tank from Command and Conquer 2.
December 6, 2011 at 12:54 am
Atragon