Russian T-90 tank with wading snorkel erected

Military wheeled vehicles, like Jeeps, are capable of mounting snorkels for the air intake and engine exhaust, to allow them to wade through relatively deep water, limited by the height of the driver's head. In the case of a Jeep, all of the engine openings and wiring are sealed, and the driver must first operate a damper that over-pressures the engine vacuum, to prevent water from entering. After fording, the vehicle's wheel bearings must be repacked by a mechanic. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1779x1161, 585 KB) Author=Sergey Dukachev Date=September, 2000 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Snorkel Shtora ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1779x1161, 585 KB) Author=Sergey Dukachev Date=September, 2000 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Snorkel Shtora ... The T-90 is the newest main battle tank (MBT) in service with the Russian Ground Forces, a further development of the T-72. ... Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of DaimlerChrysler. ... Manifold vacuum or engine vacuum is a phenomenon found in internal combustion engines burning petroleum on the Otto Cycle, where incoming air is channeled in such a way as to create a reduction in air pressure (a vacuum). ... Bearing is the following: Often, bearing is the state of having something as a quality, characteristic, or permanent attribute. ...

Such snorkelling equipment is available as an aftermarket accessory for some four wheel drive vehicles. The snorkel is typically routed out through one of the front wings and up beside the "A" pillar to the level of the roofline where it is terminated with either a mushroom intake or a forward-facing intake. Aftermarket is an umbrella term for the collective network of vendors who design and sell vehicular components that are intended to replace the stock manufacturers parts in order to alter the appearance or performance of the vehicle. ... Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ... Vehicles are non-living means of transport. ...

Deep-wading tanks

Deep-wading equipment on an M4 Sherman on Tinian in the Pacific, 1944

Deep-wading equipment for armoured fighting vehicles was developed in the Second World War, to allow them to come ashore and support infantry during an amphibious landing. Image File history File links Tanks_on_beach_tinian_lg. ... Image File history File links Tanks_on_beach_tinian_lg. ... WWII foreign variants and use: Lend-Lease Sherman tanks Post-WWII foreign variants and use: Postwar Sherman tanks The Medium Tank M4 was the primary tank produced by the United States for its own use and the use of its Allies during World War II. Production of the M4 Medium... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Amphibious warfare is the assault of an objective located on land by a force attacking from ships. ...

During the planning of the proposed invasion of Britain in 1940 (Operation Sealion), the Germans developed the Tauchpanzers, modified Panzer III and IV tanks, to be dropped from a landing craft around 1,500 metres (1 mi) offshore. A rubber hose supplied the engine and crew with air and allowed the waterproofed tanks to drive on the seabed up to fifteen metres (50 ft) deep, making it an extreme example of a wading tank. Some were used by the 18th Panzer Regiment during River Bug crossing in Operation Barbarossa. Operation Sealion (Unternehmen (Undertaking) Seelöwe in German) was a World War II German plan to invade the United Kingdom. ... The Panzerkampfwagen III (PzKpfw III), more commonly referred to as the Panzer III, was a tank developed in the 1930s by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. It was designed to fight other armoured fighting vehicles, serving alongside the infantry-support Panzer IV. It soon became obsolete... Panzer IV is the common name of a medium tank that was developed in the late 1930s by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen IV (abbreviated PzKpfw IV) and the tank also had the ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 161. ... Combatants Germany, Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia  Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt C.G.E. Mannerheim Giovanni Messe, CSIR Italo Gariboldi, ARMIR Joseph Stalin Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Fyodor Kuznetsov Dmitry Pavlov Ivan Tyulenev Ivan Konev Semyon Budyonny Georgy Zhukov...

The German Tiger I tank, too heavy to be supported by many bridges, was designed to ford four-metre deep water. This required unusual mechanisms for ventilation and cooling. Submersion required about thirty minutes of preparation. The turret and gun had to be locked in the forward position so they could be sealed. Tiger I ( ) is the common name of a German heavy tank of World War II. The initial official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H (abbreviated PzKpfw VI Ausf. ...

The Allies fixed extended trunking to their tanks to allow them to come ashore in a few metres of water—no more than the height of the tank. British Churchill tanks were so equipped for the Dieppe Raid, and U.S. Forces used similar equipment for tanks, tank destroyers, and wheeled vehicles. The swimming Duplex Drive tanks were also used in the D-Day landings. The Infantry Tank IV Churchill was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ... Combatants Canada United Kingdom Germany Commanders Louis Mountbatten J. H. Roberts Gerd von Rundstedt Strength 6,086 1,500 Casualties Canada: 950 dead, 2,340 captured wounded or not; United Kingdom: 600; United States:4+; 311 dead, 280 wounded The Dieppe Raid, also known as The Battle of Dieppe or... A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. ... DD Sherman tank with its flotation screen lowered. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

Many modern tanks and other heavy armoured fighting vehicles have snorkel equipment for wading across rivers up to about five metres deep (many lighter vehicles can swim). Deep-wading operations are very dangerous, and not normally attempted unless there is no alternative. An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, protected by armour and armed with weapons. ...

Western tanks' wading snorkels usually include a wide tube attached to the commander's hatch on the turret. In case the tank stalls under water, the crew can escape through a ladder inside the snorkel. The snorkelling equipment is bulky, and only issued to tank crews when needed. Soviet/CIS forces use such equipment only as a training snorkel. In the field, each tank is normally equipped with two narrow snorkels, and the tank crew is issued with rebreathing respirators, in case of emergency.  Member state  Associate member Headquarters Minsk, Belarus Working language Russian Type Commonwealth Membership 11 member states 1 associate member Leaders  -  Executive Secretary Viktor Yanukovych Establishment December 21, 1991 Website http://cis. ... Inspiration Closed Circuit Diving Rebreather Description A rebreather is a type of breathing equipment that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycles exhaled gas. ...

Wading operations are only attempted where a shallow river bank approach and bottom have been reconnoitred and prepared in advance by engineers. Tanks under water are somewhat buoyant, and tend to turn wildly. Each tank's snorkel has a flag affixed, and the tank company commander remains on the river bank to give navigation orders to each crew as they traverse the river. In the case of the Soviet T-72, a stalled engine means loss of over-pressure, and a quickly flooding engine compartment (and subsequently the crew compartment). Underwater escape is extremely hazardous, and crews have been known to panic and drown during training. The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. ...

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