The Chinese company Norinco he developed new artillery cannons with extinguishing capabilities and used it to put out the vast fire in the mountains of the village of Guojiaping in Shanxi province.
Eight of these long-range weapons have been suitably adapted to launch special shells containing firefighters: the China Daily newspaper reports that with their use the ability to put out the fire has increased tenfold.
Take the cannon fire
According to Norinco, the fire cannons have a range of 8km and each of the launched munitions can "hit" by spreading its agent in a radius of 20 square meters: characteristics that make them ideal for large fires.
Galvanized by the success, the company is decidedly following the "military" path against fire: a special tank is being studied which increases the capacity of fire fighting agent, and can also be used for rescue operations with the ability to enter directly into the flames to reach the objectives, protected by a “water shield” with a radius of 65 metres.
Not only: with their 520 horsepower engines the fire fighting tanks also act as bulldozers and remove obstacles weighing up to 15 tons, operating on all types of terrain by virtue of the tracks provided.
Not just China
Germany and Russia have also decided to use strong methods against fires: artillery modification and adaptation operations are underway there too, and are being studied in other nations.
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