Re: [FYI] World's Longest page on tracks vs wheels

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From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com>
> The main problem with carrying Bradleys in Herks isn't their *height*
- it
> is the *width*. The main cargo door of a C-130 is 312cm wide. A
Bradley
> hull is 328 cm wide... and removing the Bradley's turret won't make it
any
> narrower <g>
>
> By removing all the side armour you can shave the Bradley down to 297
cm
> (the MRLS and M4 are both this wide), which would fit - but again
> comparison with the M4 suggests that the stripped-down Bradley is
still
> much too heavy for a C-130J.

Well, the US could buy a stripped-down M2 for their mobile forces and
the
right size transport aircraft to go with them - from Antonov or (the
future
A 400) from Airbus.

;-)
Karl Heinz