Tank Walks Tight Rope of Bridge Piles (Aug, 1939)
Tank Walks Tight Rope of Bridge Piles
Like a Gargantuan beast stalking along a giant’s tight rope, an armored Russian tank is pictured in the unusual photograph above crossing a stream by rumbling over the tops of the piles of a dismantled bridge. The shot was made during the filming of a motion picture built around the activities of the Red Army, for release as part of a celebration marking the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of the Soviet fighting forces.
This is amazing!!
Think about what could go wrong: the treads are no more than
12-15 inches wide, the stumps maybe 20″ wide, probably damp and obviously war-damaged.
They must be lined up perfectly, just the right distance apart, and if even one is loose the tank gets trapped. (not forgetting that getting your vehicle trapped as a member of the Soviet Red Army would have definite ‘frigid’ consequences)
I found a pic of one here:
http://www.madaxeman.com/galle.....38;pos=288
Comment by Stannous — September 13, 2006 @ 9:17 pm