From: Stu Ellis (stuellis@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 16:08:33 PST
I can't believe you actually saw those movies!
"Stu"
Southern New Hampshire, USA
'Live Free Or Die"
MVPA #14790 MVMVC
1967 M151A1 Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV Blazer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronzo" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Russian T72, sorry, my fault
> Hi Steve:
>
> Possibly because:
>
> 1) they only had a couple of hundred miles of paved roads in all of
> Russia
> 2) Tanks on roads are targets
> 3) Tearing up the roads of a country you are overrunning is not high
on
> your priority list of "things to avoid" while winning hearts and minds.
> 4) Crushed peasants tend to stick to the rubber blocks while steel
> tracks work similar to 'Miracle Blade III' knife sets favored by Chef Tony
> and are therefore self cleaning.
> 5) Cost of 1 track pad equals 1 main gun round or 400 co-ax rounds.
Ammo
> wins hands down?
> 6) Sound of steel tracks on cobble stones sounds cool and strikes fear
> in the hearts of citizenry. Also see 4 above.
> 7) Lawyers who sue Russian government over road damage tend to
> disappear.
>
> Anyone else got some I missed?
>
> Ronzo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Russian T72, sorry, my fault
>
>
> > Hello Andreas,
> >
>
> I don't know why Soviet/Russian design has so completely shrugged off
> > rubber padded tracks, but they have. Probably a cost issue.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
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