CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 3 months agoYes comrade just stick a pantsir on platform and call it a dayimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageYes comrade just stick a pantsir on platform and call it a dayCDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoHavent seen these before. Kinda crazy looking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower
minus-squareYourPrivatHater@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months agoIn fact they didn’t die because the removal would be sooooo fucking expensive that most of them are “retired” into other purposes for now. Like seriously, these things are massive steel and concrete Castels, removing them is possible but super hard.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI guess that they can probably support a lot of weight, more than a typical building. I don’t know what would be that heavy and something that you’d want elevated, though. considers I guess it’d be possible to set a water tower up on them.
minus-squareeggymachuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoOne of the Hamburg ones just got a hotel and a public park of sorts installed on top, so that’s one option I guess…
minus-square31ank@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoVienna made one to an aquarium (Haus des Meeres https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_des_Meeres)
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 months agoHoly shit was today years old when I learned that Flak Towers weren’t just a thing made up in videogames for final bosses.
Havent seen these before. Kinda crazy looking
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower
In fact they didn’t die because the removal would be sooooo fucking expensive that most of them are “retired” into other purposes for now.
Like seriously, these things are massive steel and concrete Castels, removing them is possible but super hard.
I guess that they can probably support a lot of weight, more than a typical building. I don’t know what would be that heavy and something that you’d want elevated, though.
considers
I guess it’d be possible to set a water tower up on them.
One of the Hamburg ones just got a hotel and a public park of sorts installed on top, so that’s one option I guess…
Vienna made one to an aquarium (Haus des Meeres https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_des_Meeres)
Trebuchet
Holy shit was today years old when I learned that Flak Towers weren’t just a thing made up in videogames for final bosses.