In Germany, I was once leading a convoy down the Autobahn (A62)
north from Kaiserslautern on hard packed snow. Using chains on the
wheels we really had no problems. The tracks didn' t seem to be doing
too badly either. Again, I think it was due to the weight and the very
large footprint of a tracked vehicle. The civilian vehicles on the other
hand were sliding all over the place, bouncing off guardrails and other
vehicles. Those with chains were doing much better. The biggest factor
was keeping the speed down. Despite the size of the footprint and
weight, inertia will keep those things in motion tending to stay in motion.
Once off-road, even in deep snow, our wheels and tracks did very well.
Even our old worn out M577 Command Post vehicles could pull through
the snow pretty well.
Jim Rice
'43 GPW
'52 M38
'51 M100
'46 CJ-2A Column Shift (should pick 1/17/98)
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