George MC Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 If this ever makes it into CM can this be included please? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, George MC said: If this ever makes it into CM can this be included please? Guess they did that on purpose, why tow it if it can run down the hill itself? It's nearly indestructible after all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Deuce Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Recovery vehicles in CM would be awesome if if only as eye candy (even with working weapons but no quick vehicle recovery function). Destroying the enemy battalion/company trains could then become an objective all itself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, George MC said: If this ever makes it into CM can this be included please? ...and just over the ridge, the rest of their buddies are waiting for them!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Blazing 88's said: ...and just over the ridge, the rest of their buddies are waiting for them!! Hhmmm... I'm not sure what I'm watching here! Maybe this could be a post battle feature as you watch your surviving pixeltruppen celebrate...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, George MC said: Hhmmm... I'm not sure what I'm watching here! Maybe this could be a post battle feature as you watch your surviving pixeltruppen celebrate...? It was from within the link you posted, a little further down the thread. I'm just being a . Edited February 25, 2021 by Blazing 88's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Blazing 88's said: It was from within the link you posted, a little further down the thread. I'm just being a I was just a tad 'disturbed' at the err...'dancing' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) When it trundled off down the hill, I thought it was going to end with something like this Edited February 26, 2021 by Baneman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Baneman said: When it trundled off down the hill, I thought it was going to end with something like this Ouchy...! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Baneman said: When it trundled off down the hill, I thought it was going to end with something like this Those Israelis - they think of everything ... it is a tunnel clearing tank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I like to think that just out of shot, there's a guy seriously considering desertion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Notice how the gun is brilliantly designed to keep the tank vertical is situations like this - like a public art installation. There's an idea...! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 5 hours ago, Baneman said: When it trundled off down the hill, I thought it was going to end with something like this Driver reaction: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCat60 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Ah the old problem of the M1 tank outweighing the M88 tank retriever. If you get going too fast and try to slow down quickly or go down a hill, the weight of a M1 can shove a M88 off the road. So far as I can remember two M88's where attached to a M1. One towing and the other pushing and acting as a drag brake. There is two standard heavy tow bars. One is rated for M1 tanks and the other for armored vehicles of a lesser weight. If you look closely at the back of the M88 tank retriever you will notice a broken tow bar still attached to its tow pintel. It appears they used the wrong tow bar assembly which is not rated for that type of tow weight. The M1 rated tow bar has two pivot points where the tow bar arms attach to the Lunette (head assembly). These two pivot points where the arms attach to the Lunette provides the tow bar arms some limited side to side shift which relieves the lateral forces applied to their connection points at the Lunette . The tow bar for the other armored vehicles has one tow bar arm fixed/welded on to the Lunette (head assymbly) the other tow bar arm is attached with a solid pin and forms a pivot point to allow the legs to be brought together for stowage or spread when connecting to a vehicle. This one fixed arm attachment to the Lunette does not allow for the relief of lateral forces on the fixed arm side. This can cause the bar to break at that point. This failure of the fixed arm can lead the other bar to flex beyond its limits and break which can occur anywhere along its length. This catastrophic failure usually occurs when the tow bar assembly is used to tow weight greater than its design limitations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCat60 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Oh and I didn't know tanks could be used as lawn darts. Who knew? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Imagine a scenario with Bergepanther recovering some bugged Panthers... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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