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In many parts of the world areas at high wildfire risk are contaminated by the heritage of armed conflicts and industrial or nuclear accidents. In Europe large tracts of lands are contaminated by unexploded ordnance stemming from the World Wars and other more recent armed conflicts. The high risk of injuries and deadly fatalities due to uncontrolled explosions or intake of radioactive smoke or dust particles require specialized equipment to protect fire management personnel. This specialized wildfire suppression tank, operated by a German company on UXO-contaminated lands in Brandenburg State (around Berlin), is a converted T-55 combat tank with unchanged armor. It allows safe application of 11,000 liters of water and water additives for fighting dangerous fires. This kind of technology should be used on radioactively contaminated terrain in places like Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (e.g. in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone).