Two jet aircraft engines mounted on a tank

This is exactly what it says on the tin, as the Brits like to put it: two MiG-21 jet engines mounted on a tank, an amazing invention used to extinguish the Kuwait oil fires after the Iraqi invasion. It’s called the Big Wind, and it can reportedly blow out burning oil wells like candles. Here’s a video of it in action.

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