[BBC] In World War Two, the Soviet Union devised a tank that could fly into battle. What happened to this ingenious, if unorthodox, concept?
...The advent of large helicopters and dedicated military transports after the end of World War Two rendered the flying tank idea redundant. During the Cold War, the Soviets devised several vehicles that could be parachuted to the ground with their crew inside. The vehicles were loaded into pallets with parachutes attached, and a special rocket system which fired when the pallet neared the ground. The rockets significantly slowed the descent, and allowed the vehicles to instantly head into battle. |