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found this on Dark Roasted Blend Blog
Wojciech K. writes:
I've found (without any information and details) this picture of a tank based hoover/blower. Some people suggested that it's a mobile fog/smoke generator.
I personally think that this may be for blowing water onto burning oil wells." Any other ideas?
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http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/07/schizophrenic-episode-simulation.html

Note: I overwork the picture with Photoshop for better view.
 

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The tank chassis is a Soviet T-55. I doubt this is a smoke generator more likely a radiation/chemical decontamination vehicle. The Soviets routinely used jet engines to blast hot water onto contaminated vehicles to clean them. Generating smoke is relatively easy to do and any thrust from a jet engine is unlikely to blow it far compared to the wind.
 
A similar beast was used to put out the oil well fires in Iraq in 1991, much to Red Adair's annoyance.

Mark
 
It's "Прогрев-Т" (Рrogrev-T, - "warming-up - Ti"), russian mine-sweep with a jet engine from the aircraft. Blew the soil to open mines. It was tested (successfully) in Afghanistan.

http://media.aplus.by/index.php?newsid=38246 - in russian

Canadian analogue: http://community.livejournal.com/shushpanzer_ru/376116.html (in russian only. Sorry, written for the Russian community)
 
Thanks for Info Stranger_NN

well, a russian mine-sweep with a jet engine
i admire the russian way of solving technical problems
 

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