Rescuer - Answered

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Sorry that's no clue, we already did it ourselves 😎

Nov 6, 2022 8:19:57 GMT hhgygy said:

Sorry that's no clue, we already did it ourselves 😎

It has been noted. Not everyone would pick it out as the item of interest.

Historic image, but the clue helped for me!

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Very well done Walter_V_R

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in fact, i knew that thing but i did not recognize it, sigh...

thanks for the clues

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Well done everyone.

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{Answer}Russian: Спасатель "Rescuer", "Lifesaver".

Our target of interest was the lesser known 2nd Lun Class Ekranoplan that was originally going to serve as a missile carrier but was converted to an Ambulance.

The Lun Class is not to be confused with the earlier Caspian Sea Monster (The KM (Korabl Maket) (Russian: Корабль-макет, literally "Ship-maquette"))


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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasatel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

Ah, thanks for the answer! I was half expecting another clue, an easier one for those or us who are not in the military or are not military experts (am I the only one around here?) and cannot tell the name of any Russian ship, submarine, airplane, missile, rocket or "lesser known Lun Class not to be confused with the earlier Caspian Sea Monster" just by looking at them from above, covered in snow or not. I did see the word "sea" in your post, I did see the tiny map showing it was in Russia, I did ask Google to translate "rescuer" into russian for me (not sure I got the same word though), and I did look at photos of russian military equipment, vehicles and weapons, but that's pretty much all I could do. There are tons of those

And the fact that I had heard of the damn thing (or maybe the "better" known one, I'm not sure) says a lot about how hard it was to guess what it was. It is mentioned and plays a major role in the 2008 James Bond continuation novel by Sebastian Faulks called Devil May Care, which takes place in 1967, after the events of The Man With The Golden Gun, Ian Fleming's last novel. I had read it at the time, and read the Wikipedia article about the Ekranoplan (which James Bond gets to pilot in the novel). But it was 15 years ago and I didn't make the mental connexion with something I had mostly forgotten about, even though it is described in detail in the novel...

Now if there are non experts in the history of russian military equipment who still found this, I'm interested to know how you did it. Thank you.

Nov 12, 2022 8:00:26 GMT johnluke said:

Now if there are non experts in the history of russian military equipment who still found this, I'm interested to know how you did it. Thank you.

One of the RIS providers recognised the cut-out image

Nov 12, 2022 11:19:48 GMT hhgygy said:

Nov 12, 2022 8:00:26 GMT johnluke said:

Now if there are non experts in the history of russian military equipment who still found this, I'm interested to know how you did it. Thank you.

One of the RIS providers recognised the cut-out image

Which one? Google Lens and Yandex didn't work for me.

I must admit that I thought this would ring bells with just about everyone.

5th one down.

Nov 12, 2022 8:00:26 GMT johnluke said:

Ah, thanks for the answer! I was half expecting another clue,

I'll admit that another clue didn't even cross my mind, sorry.

Nov 12, 2022 11:26:42 GMT johnluke said:

Nov 12, 2022 11:19:48 GMT hhgygy said:

One of the RIS providers recognised the cut-out image

Which one? Google Lens and Yandex didn't work for me.

Bing also has RIS function.

Nov 12, 2022 12:25:34 GMT Neil said:

I must admit that I thought this would ring bells with just about everyone.

5th one down.

I guess I'm not just about everyone.😊 Thanks for your reply. I should have guessed the word "sea" was in the nickname of this rocket shaped thing right in the middle of Russian land, I suppose. 😊

Btw, my google search only returns a plane, not a monster, and in 10th position, but I would've jumped on it! And found it. But for that, I should have already known what it was, making this search unnecessary, shouldn't I?... 🤔 A typical case of "it's easier when you already know the answer". 😁 Thanks anyway. 😎

Nov 12, 2022 12:28:24 GMT hhgygy said:

Nov 12, 2022 11:26:42 GMT johnluke said:

Which one? Google Lens and Yandex didn't work for me.

Bing also has RIS function.

And it found it using your own answer image ! Aaarrgh. Thanks for the tip. 😎

Nov 12, 2022 12:53:04 GMT johnluke said:

Btw, my google search only returns a plane, not a monster, and in 10th position, 

Interesting, google results are different depending on? Location? Search history? Time of day? The wonders of the internet!

Nov 12, 2022 12:57:08 GMT johnluke said:

Nov 12, 2022 12:28:24 GMT hhgygy said:

Bing also has RIS function.

And it found it using your own answer image ! Aaarrgh. Thanks for the tip. 😎

Actually that is the same as the second clue.