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Snegobolotohod - The Russian Lifeguard Truck That's Impossible to Pronounce

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This huge beast of a truck is currently performing very important work for EMERCOM, the Russian Emergency Ministry. It's the start of ice fishing season on Moscow's Strogino Beach, and EMERCOM estimates that up to 200 people fish on the frozen river every day. EMERCOM called in the Snegobolotohod, an all-terrain vehicle with wheels 4 feet in diameter that can even swim in water, to patrol the beach and look for people in need of saving. Literally translated, Snegobolotohod means machine that can traverse snow and swamps. The Snegobolotohod has a 1.5 litre Kubota V1505 four-cylinder diesel engine, which enables it to reach up to 30 mph on land. It can climb barriers over two feet high and, apart from keeping the Snegobolotohod afloat in water, its four large wheels can turn 360 degrees.

Added on the 07/12/2016 18:42:37 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN

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