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Those crazy Russians!
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Posted 13 years ago
Let’s see some classic Soviet engineering
Antonov 225 and “Buran” shuttle
Shame that the hangar roof fell in 🙄
Posted 13 years agoThe Bear….
Posted 13 years ago
(GAZ) Volga Coupe, Apparently it was Krushchev’s favourite ridePosted 13 years agoI believe this is what you’re looking for…..
I introduce the ‘Caspian Sea Monster’………
Posted 13 years agoKirov Class Nuclear powered missile cruiser.
Posted 13 years agoThieving beggers
Posted 13 years agoHow about the Tsar Bomba?
An attenuated yield of 50 megatons of TNT and to quote wikipedia…
…average power produced during the entire fission-fusion process, lasting around 39 nanoseconds[citation needed], was about 5.4×10^24 watts or 5.4 yottawatts (5.4 septillion watts). This is equivalent to approximately 1.4% of the power output of the Sun.[8]
Lordy! 😯
Posted 13 years agoSomeone mentioned one of those (ZIL-29061) on STW recently. Should be good enough for this thread 🙂
Posted 13 years agoI posted this last year in a daft tank thread. It’s pre-soviet, but still barking. I believe they only made the one 🙂
Posted 13 years agoPosted 13 years agoSurf Mat, just for you:
Posted 13 years agoPosted 13 years agoThat Volga Coupe is seriously cool
Posted 13 years ago
Remains of the VVA-14 always remind me of this below, which although as far from Russia as you get, still reminds us that out of the box engineering is alive and well.Posted 13 years agoThe Novgorod circular ship.
Posted 13 years agoWorld’s first nuclear powered icebreaker:
Quite surprised nobody’s mentioned this:
Russian trucks are awesome too…
Posted 13 years agothat volga coupe is awesome – reminds me of a facel vega
Posted 13 years agothe obvious:
the monorail:
Posted 13 years agoSiberian Range Rover Sport
Posted 13 years agoIs that a 29er?
Posted 13 years agoPosted 13 years agoI have no interest in cars whatsoever, but I MUST have myself a Volga Coupe!
Where? How much?
Googleski came up with this.
Posted 13 years agoForthcoming attractions at the Links Market
Posted 13 years agoI MUST have myself a Volga Coupe!
Nah, you want a Chaika GAZ…….
They we made right up until 1981. Although I believe that the twin exhaust through the rear bumper is a corrosion nightmare.
Posted 13 years agoI always fancied one of these as a yacht.
Posted 13 years agoA truck:
Posted 13 years agoA Belaz – slightly too big for most.
Posted 13 years agothese were often stopped from flying at farnborough because the pilots were leathered on vodka 😀
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