Proving Ground
The closest island is 5km away
No shipyards, no airlines. A God-forsaken place
We'll finish it tonight. The Committee members are coming tomorrow. Good luck
The Committee members are coming tomorrow
How interesting! So this thing can read our thoughts?
Yes, it reacts to someone wanting to destroy it
The so-called 'hatred impulse'
When an artilleryman is aiming his gun...
...a special block in the tank...
...receives all the aiming data...
...while it's stored in the artilleryman's head.
Once he takes action...
...the tank catches the impulse and changes location to avoid being hit
The machine is catching biological currents, i.e. ...
...the enemy's thoughts and intentions
So the enemy, against his will...
...will regulate the tank's behaviour
Excellent. But so far this is only defence. How does it attack?
I have to switch on another block
Go on
It's hot!
On my oath, colonel, you're dreaming of a cold beer!
I wouldn't say no
Is it stuck?
Oh, no, it's OK
It needs a signal, an impulse of fear
The enemy, afraid of being destroyed...
...reveals information about its weak points to the machine...
...then the tank begins the attack
OK, let's have lunch. We'll carry on later
The test seems to be going well, yes?
If we had a few hundred such machines,
we'd still have our colonies
Most importantly, it's immune to surprise attacks.
Do you remember Africa?
How many of our tanks did the blacks burn?
Why can't we make a plane on the same principle?
Not just a plane...
Rockets... all kinds of weapons.
Are you all right, professor?
Wake up!
Why didn't you invent your machine earlier?
We would've stayed in our colonies forever.
My son was in the colonies with you
He was even given a medal
Congratulations!
Posthumously
My condolences
Thank you
This is war. Losses are inevitable
Yes, this is war
You like battles? You like your new weapon?
Wonderful
Try it on yourselves, not on others
I told you, this tank reacts to impulses of fear
Try not to think of danger. The machine can read your thoughts
I'm not afraid of anything. I have no one left on this earth
Damn, it's aimed at us!
The firing's stopped. They must all be dead
And I'm in the dead zone
Horrendous machine!
How did that idiot invent it?
What if it uses its caterpillars?
Now it'll start rolling
Nah, it won't reach me. Too deep
If only I had a grenade...
...but I haven't
If I could climb on it!
I'm an idiot! I must not think
Now it will move aside and fire
I must stay in the dead zone
I mustn't leave the dead zone
Damn it!
It can increase speed
Run!
Tell them... that my life...
...is in danger
Tell whom? They're all dead
Well, do something!
Here
What's this?
A medal. The one you gave my son, posthumously
I can't run any more
That's it
Let it kill me
What's this?
What's the matter?!
Ah, I'm not afraid!
I don't care
You can kill me
I'm not going to hide. Go on, fire!
You can smash me with your caterpillars!
Not the caterpillars!
You see? I took revenge for you
Don't be scared!
You mustn't be scared! I'll switch it off
It won't do us any harm, don't be scared
I'll turn it off, and it won't do us any harm
What're you doing? Stop! You can't do that to me
It's me! I created you
I didn't sleep because of you
I devoted my life to you
I wanted revenge, that was all
What's it planning?
What if it decides to fire?
screenwriter Sergey Gansovskiy director Anatoliy Petrov
art director Galina Barinova camera Mihail Druyan
sound Vladimir Kutuzov montage L. Georgiyeva
animator Vladimir Zarubin ass. directors T. Galkina, N. Saykova
ass. camera N. Kozlova
background artists Yelena Bogolyubova, Nina Ivancheva, Yelena Karavayeva, I. Kulakova
voices Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Vsevolod Yakut, Sergey Martynov
script editor Arkadiy Snesarev production director Lyubov Butyrina
That's where the tests were done
And everyone died. You know...
To be on the safe side...
The End (subs edited by Niffiwan, 2021)