Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!emory!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Trailers on Tanks Message-ID: <1990Dec11.021159.28439@cbnews.att.com> Date: 11 Dec 90 02:11:59 GMT References: <1990Dec8.224309.441@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: The Boeing Co., MMST, Seattle, Wa. Lines: 27 Approved: military@att.att.com From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) > From: Marc Alexandrovich Volovic > 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