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Re: GEV Physics and GEVs for engineers

From: "Don M" <dmaddox1@h...>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:27:56 -0600
Subject: Re: GEV Physics and GEVs for engineers

I never could get my rather conventional mind around this one.
Knowing the need to have both your recovery and engineer
assets keep up with the maneuver elements.The simple solution
I came up with in my MTO&Es for both Grav and GEV units is
a large flatbed GEV on the same principle as the USMCs' large
hovercraft. This can carry a conventional tracked recovery and
engineer vehicle.The main reason for all this is I just couldn't see
how you made a plow work on either a GEV or Grav vehicle. And
towing a GEV would be bad....)

> > For a highly mobile force, it might make sense to have engineering
> > vehicles that use Ground-effect mobility for fast movement. But they
> > would need auxiliary tracks/wheels for actual work - complex and
likely
> > to be expensive.
> >
>
> Unless...
>
> You use portable grav units powered off the GEV.  The engineer
> hops out, places the grav units at predisgnated positions, and
> flips the switch.  The Disabled GEV rises into the air and is
> slowly towed home.  Decelleration would be fun to watch.  :)
>


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