K-61 Amphibie

Extracts from a Russian military scientific magazine, Credits / Source http://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/1kkq10u/mag_soviet_mosquito_exterminator_from_1960s_vk1/

Translation of the Russian Text:
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BITING INSECTS

During the construction of new cities, industrial complexes, and power plants in Siberia, geologists and surveyors are most troubled by biting insects - countless flying, blood-sucking pests.

Various means have been proposed to fight them - ointments, liquids, dense nets. But all of these offer only short-term protection from midges and mosquitoes.

The Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences has successfully solved this problem. A floating tracked vehicle has been equipped with an aerosol generator that allows for large-scale area treatment. When the engine is remotely activated, the aerosol generator emits a jet of chemical agent up to 50 meters.

The powerful aerosol generator can be mounted on various types of tracked vehicles. The cost of treating one hectare is 12 kopeks., MAG

DBTyp	Model
Base type	K-61 Amphibie
Kit manufacturer	Armada
Material	3D-Druck Resin
Origin country	SU	Parent category: Asia, Europe
Operator country	SU Germany Ukraine Indonesia Poland Egypt Syria North Korea	Parent category: Asia, Europe, Africa, Korea, , , , ,
Built	2.7.2025
Topics	Amphibious	(Ground Equipment:) Vehicles Parent category: Ground vehicle, Ground Equipment
Aera of use	time(1950-1973)
Scale	1/72
BaseVehicle	Ground Equipment	(Ground Equipment:) Vehicles
Referenced by	Kit Combination MAG
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Kit Combination MAG	MAG, Soviet mosquito exterminator from 1960s. VK-1 turbojet engine from MiG-15 fighter installed on the K-61 amphibious tracked transporter, used to disperse insecticide aerosols and exterminate biting insects over large areas.

K-61 Amphibie

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