mav%lizardo.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Marc Alexandrovich Volovic) (12/09/90)
From: Marc Alexandrovich Volovic <mav%lizardo.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
During WWII the Soviet Army used to hitch troop sleds to their tanks, for
speed in infantry advance. The losses were probably extreme (the sleds were
open and quite unprotected).
[mod.note: The Red Army also used armored sleds in Finland, and this was
copied by the Germans later on; but it was never common practice in
either army. - Bill ]
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Marc A. Volovic email: mav@lizardo.huji.ac.il
Linguistics Dept snail: P.O. Box 23114
Hebrew University Jerusalem, 91230
Jerusalem, Israel Israel
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Linguists do it cunningly
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) (12/11/90)
From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) > From: Marc Alexandrovich Volovic <mav%lizardo.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> > During WWII the Soviet Army used to hitch troop sleds to their tanks, for > speed in infantry advance. The losses were probably extreme (the sleds were > open and quite unprotected). Unless drivers are REALLY GOOD - it's all too easy to flip a trailer pulled by a tracked vehicle. Since a tracked vehicle tends to turn on its central axis - the rear end swings wide with every 'jerk'. The last time I allowed my M577 Command Carrier driver to pull a 10KW generator trailer - he flipped it making a tight turn. I was none too happy - either was the owner of the Gasthaus that the trailer rolled into - neither was the burgermeister of the town....neither was................... mike schmitt