Re: Hills, Mountains, etc.

Quoting KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de:

> Roger Burton West schrieb:
> 
> > I've heard stories about this from US troops posted to 
> > Germany. "We don't want you using snow chains on your APC because it
> 
> > damages the roads". "OK." (Later:) "See that APC-shaped hole in the 
> > wall of your church at the bottom of the hill?"
> 
> Possible inaccuracy: AFAIK, the US only have used tracked APCs, and 
> snow chains are for wheeled vehicles. Either the story was about some 
> other vehicle, or about snow pads added the APC tracks, rather than 
> chains. 

Don't some tracked things have holes in the tracks to bolt cleats into
for icy