Strange Russian armoured vehicles

[Mickc1440]

I was just scrolling through You Tube and came across a programme called Craziest Soviet machines you won't believe exist. The first two were the 2B1 Oka, a self propelled gun with a 65 foot gun and then the 1K17 Szhatie a laser tank. It's weapon was 13 artificially created rubies, each weighing in at 66lb each. Amazing some of the things you find when you're bored

[boatman]

I was just scrolling through You Tube and came across a programme called Craziest Soviet machines you won't believe exist. The first two were the 2B1 Oka, a self propelled gun with a 65 foot gun and then the 1K17 Szhatie a laser tank. It's weapon was 13 artificially created rubies, each weighing in at 66lb each. Amazing some of the things you find when you're bored :smiling3:

WOW Mick can u put on a link so i can see it ?

[Mickc1440]

WOW Mick can u put on a link so i can see it ?

[Mark1]

Well you gotta give em 10 outta 10 for creativity.

[Guest]

Off to have a search Mick :thumb2:, just back .

I was just scrolling through You Tube and came across a programme called Craziest Soviet machines you won't believe exist. The first two were the 2B1 Oka, a self propelled gun with a 65 foot gun and then the 1K17 Szhatie a laser tank. It's weapon was 13 artificially created rubies, each weighing in at 66lb each. Amazing some of the things you find when you're bored :smiling3:

Can't believe that laser machine was even thought of. Suprised they didn't think about the damage the recoil could do to the vehicle itself .

[Guest]

Can't believe that laser machine was even thought of. Suppressed they didn't think about the damage the recoil could do to the vehicle itself .

Of a laser weapon? Oh, you mean of the 2B1 (That said, I have a friend who is a laser physicist at the university of Glasgow, and he mentioned at some point that in their lab they have a laser spring — two almost-perfect mirrors that they bounce laser light between, and nothing else — that, IIRC, can support something like 10 kg …)

Annoying American measurements in that video, though, that have clearly been converted from metric, rounded off, and then converted back for the subtitles …

[dave]

I saw that myself recently, I think there is a second you tube video of other wired soviet machines

[Mickc1440]

I'm going to find the other episodes tonight