Tervell [he/him] to history • edit-21 year agoSoviet RF-8 aerosan (fan-driven snowmobile), used in WW2imagemessage-square18 fedilinkarrow-up162file-textcross-posted to: soviet
arrow-up162imageSoviet RF-8 aerosan (fan-driven snowmobile), used in WW2Tervell [he/him] to history • edit-21 year agomessage-square18 Commentsfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: soviet
holy shit this is an insanely cool vehicle that I had no idea about, fucking Soviet Half-Life 2 airboat :sicko-yes:
minus-squareHoyt [he/him]hexbear17·1 year agoi wonder how many degrees of incline these things could handle. im guessing not many link
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]hexbear14·edit-21 year agoWikipedia suggests that they can't handle any kind of grade... but that's okay if you're using them to fly down a frozen river super fast. link
minus-squareHoyt [he/him]hexbear17·1 year agothere's an alternate reality where the USSR won and Comrades of Duty (it sounds better in Russian) is the most popular video game series and there's a level where you get to absolutely whip down a river gunning down nazis in this thing link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear10·1 year agoThey were used on rivers and lakes exclusively afaik. link
i wonder how many degrees of incline these things could handle. im guessing not many
Wikipedia suggests that they can't handle any kind of grade... but that's okay if you're using them to fly down a frozen river super fast.
there's an alternate reality where the USSR won and Comrades of Duty (it sounds better in Russian) is the most popular video game series and there's a level where you get to absolutely whip down a river gunning down nazis in this thing
They were used on rivers and lakes exclusively afaik.