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March 19th, 2008

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смотреть! Russian War Tubas!

The photo of Japanese war tubas I posted last month has proven very popular. A Spanish-language British blog (?) linked to the War Tubas in a post on Soviet anti-zeppelin countermeasures use of barrage balloons in World War II against aerial bombings. [My Spanish sucks, yo – YH] This looks like a sweet post, I only wish the post was in English so we could all enjoy it. Hopefully SR translates it soon.

Anywho, at the very bottom the post includes a pic of some Russian war tubas. I bet the operators are frozen stuck to them! I wonder how effective they would be against virtually silent zeppelins?

Russian war tubas

PS. I miss zeppelins. We need more. I am hereby issuing a directive — CA community, get inflating!

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mihnea
March 19, 2008
1:35 pm
achtung!
War Tubas « KuiperCliff
March 19, 2008
1:46 pm
[...] followed it up this morning with the Russian version (originally at Soviet Russia) which were constructed as anti-zeppelin [...]
Xavi (Soviet Russia)
March 19, 2008
5:56 pm
Привет !

First of all thanks a lot for your mention and my apologizes for being so delayed with the translation into English (hopefully it will be published no later than tomorrow).

This post is devoted to the use of barrage balloons in World War II against aerial bombings. I go briefly through the history of aerostats at war, I explain a little bit about how they played a key role in the defense of the UK as well as during he Invasion of Normandy and finally I focus on how they were used to protect Moscow. Those 'tubas' were part of the soviet air defense system, just like the blimps. Their purpose was to spot the German airplanes.

Please, stay tuned to SovietRussia.co.uk ;)

PS: By the way, if you're also keen on the Cold War, do not miss the post Cold War blazing skies.
ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Behold! The War Tuba!
March 19, 2008
6:20 pm
[...] ADDENDUM: Also see Russian war tubas! [...]
von Kaufman-Turkestansky
March 19, 2008
8:47 pm
"...I am hereby issuing a directive — CA community, get inflating!"

I miss zeppelins too, but I don't think that, even collectively, we are capable of generating enough hot air.
Younghusband
March 19, 2008
9:06 pm
Hey vKT, I have been doing my part for the last three years! There's gotta be at least 1 blimp in there somewhere.
Alfred Russel Wallace
March 20, 2008
12:39 am
Although not a blimp, the Hindenburg presents a useful example of why hydrogen will always be a rotten transportation fuel. After the Hindenburg had flown to New Jersey from Germany, there was still more energy in the residual diesel fuel than in the hydrogen of the vessel....
aceface
March 20, 2008
11:51 am
YH:
You miss Zeppelins? Then come back!

60 minuites over Tokyo on a cutting edge Zeppelin NT for 126000yen.
http://www.nac-airship.com/
Xavi (Soviet Russia)
March 23, 2008
7:06 am
Finally I managed to find some time to translate the post into English, so you're all welcomed to take a look at Bringing down planes with balloons ;)
Siberian Light: The Russia Blog
May 5, 2008
5:34 pm
Russia blogging roundup (plus other important stuff)...

The latest, best articles from around the Russia Blogs. Plus a warning about nasty people hacking into your blogs, and details of my Twitter profile.
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ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » War tubas, eh!
May 24, 2008
2:23 am
[...] the previously covered Japanese, Russian and British war [...]
Doctor S
May 26, 2008
3:58 pm
I'm still not sure how these Tubas work against the balloons. Do you have more details? Check out my blog at mdoncall.blogspot.com. I'd love to have more Russians visit!