BT-7 tank record-setting jump - GIF

[Altair]

Soviet BT-7 tank record-setting jump at 42 meters (137.8 ft) in 1936.




Previously:

1918 tank motion simulator - GIF
WWII German amphibious tank - photo
WW2 Bob Semple tank - photo
Soviet T-38 amphibious tank - photos
WW2 anti-tank ditch demonstration - GIF
T-34 tank loading fail - GIFs

[Frank S]

Tank jumping sounds like a fun sport almost as much fun as tractor tipping

[desbromilow]

from memory the BT-7 was a Christie design, which meant it could run with it's tracks off on the road much akin to a skidsteer. The Christie designs all had longer travel suspension, and rubber faced road wheels. A few US designs tried them, but the army Dept favoured the design based on needing tracks, Mr Christie sold the designs to a number of other countries, and Russia used the concept in a number of their earlier tank models. The Christie design was not suitable for heavy tanks, mostly the light to small medium sizes.

[12L14]

Was it regular one(that is manned) or just so called teletank?

[mccwho]

Cooool, a tank that becomes a submarine, ...... aaahhh, a reef.

[TheElderBrother]

All I could think about was the compression fractures you'd get when you land one of these beasts.