GZG DS2 GEV: Mobility of GEVs.

Tony Christney <acc@questercorp.com> wrote:
>There is one very important military use for GEVs that no one
>has brought up - coastal landings. After watching "Saving Private
>Ryan" I think that everyone would agree that some GEV tanks would
>be very useful during such incredibly costly landings.
    Actually, I did earlier. The US Marines have several GEV landing
craft
and the Soviets have a lot that very large.

>IIRC, the Soviets made a very large GEV landing craft. Not
>particularly well armed, but at least it gets you through the
>intertidal zone...
    That's right! They were made so they could go across tundra, large
inland lakes and ice caps where conventional tracked and wheeled
vehicles
couldn't go.

Andrew Martin
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