RE: Sinking GEV's

At 10:48 AM -0400 10/18/01, Bell, Brian K (Contractor) wrote:
>If you use the same house rule for wheeled/tracked vehicles in mud,
marsh,
>snow. Tires/Tracks sink in and get bogged down.

Then explain the variation in cross country mobility between the HVSS 
and VVSS shermans of WWII. A larger vehicle with greater surface area 
on the supporting structure will be able to better cross a given 
layer of ground.

Witness the use of Scorpions in the falklands campaign where the 
wheeled vehicles were confined to roads.

I'm not saying that the rule is really a bad idea, just that perhaps 
you're trying to add too much individual design complexity into a 
vehicle.

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