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Real Life "Kerbalisms"


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7 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Probably, an improvised anti-drone/SADARM/TOW/airborne-Hellfire/Javeline protection.

Judging by other photos posted by that account - from other units, it seems - it's anything but improvised. But then RuMoD seems to be finally embracing certain popular improvisations, such as ZU-23 + MT-LB:

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Since 1.12 - with fireworks.

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The more I watch such videos,  the more I get convinced that if the first steps in air&space were happening now, the humanity would still ride the horses.

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Most people remember Lavochkin for WWII fighters. Some recall his design bureau went on to build space probes. But what was he doing in the meantime?

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La-17 in TBR-1 practice target configuration. So rectangular

 

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Lavochkin? That guy with the intercontinental cruise missile?

Yes, he had started from piston fighters in early times, and see where it came to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burya

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Буря_(ракета)

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https://www.net-film.ru/film-22002/

 

Tests.

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Too, and also some other Kerbalisms in the beginning.

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Of course, we should remember the similar but not same Buran from Myasishchev.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS-40_Buran

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