Louie the Toad Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Or is there a chance the trucks will become immobilized. Trying to get there "the fastest with the mostest" Toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Dont go on the tracks. Think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameroon Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Ugh, yeah, what the good Captain said. Of course, I never expected it to be quite as bad as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 I have no experience with this. Would someone care to fill me in? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthVader Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 News to me gents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted April 21, 2002 Author Share Posted April 21, 2002 In the scenario I am playing I decided not to send trucks, so I did not take an opportunity to do a test. Still curious... Toad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 very...very...very....very....slooowowww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameroon Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Originally posted by Captain Wacky: very...very...very....very....slooowowwwI think you missed a very in there, maybe even two. Oh, and don't forget the annoying chance to become immobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 I am surprised no one mentioned the old war movie trick where just by chance the wheel base of the trucks perfectly matched the gauge of the railroad tracks and by slightly deflating the tires the trucks could move along the tracks quite nicely. Until the train came. Thanks for the help everyone. Still inflated Toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 Hmm, that's just a little bit odd. I can imagine that driving over the sleepers might give one a bit of a rough ride from time to time, but not usually that bad. In fact, my impression is that absent a true highway, MVs might well prefer to travel on a rail line over going cross country. The rights of way are solid and well drained, so there is practically zero chance of bogging. The grades are gentle and the curves are sweeping bends as opposed to the switchbacks one might encounter on roads. At least that's been my experience in the US and I cannot believe that rail lines were any less well laid out and maintained in the ETO. Rail bridges, on the other hand, I can well see as a problem for wheeled traffic, but I don't think that's what we are discussing, is it? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 Originally posted by Louie the Toad: I am surprised no one mentioned the old war movie trick where just by chance the wheel base of the trucks perfectly matched the gauge of the railroad tracks...That should be 'track width', not 'wheel base', Louie. Wheel base can be considered to be measured axle to axle fore and aft on one side. Track width, IIRC is measured from the center of one patch of tire contact with the ground to the center of the patch on the opposite side. Tread width is the measure from the outside of that patch to the outside of the patch on the opposite side. Bet that's more than you ever wanted to know! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 Michael, Can't slip anything by you. I couldn't think of how to say it in two words or less. RE RR Tracks. Crossing them away from a road crossing might cause tank track problems, but as you point out the RR track bed should be pretty firm ground and the tanks would not have to cross the RR Tracks, could run parallel. Depends on the gauge and width of the tank I suppose. Casey Toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 Since my original post was about trucks, they too should be able to move along a RR bed better than soft open ground or fields. Addendum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 IIRC one of the design requirements for the early German ACs was that they had to be able to travel on railroad tracks without any special preperation. I'm not sure if that meant driving along the rails or if it meant bouncing over the ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 I recall reading years ago about some ACs that had a lever or something in the driver's position. You threw it and these steel wheels dropped down that were perfectly suited to running on tracks. I don't recall what nationality they were though. I do recall that the Germans had ACs on the Eastern Front that were specially modified to run on rails for anti-partisan patrolling. The Sovs may have had the same kind of thing, but for other reasons. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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