The Soviets once tried to build a gliding tank
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“Instead of loading light tanks onto gliders, as other nations had done, ...” Article implies other forces made this work.
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"Hey Antonov build a glider for a tank"
"No I'll just strap some wings onto a tank and pull it through the air at 200 mph what could go wrong"
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By this account, they DID build a gliding tank, they just couldn't build a good enough tow craft
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Anything can fly with large enough wings and a strong enough motor. And often with just the latter. Sadly, this project lacked the latter.
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