Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: [GZG] [brushfire] Final Summary [long] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Ryan Gill <rmgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 5:35 PM +0300 10/11/06, John Atkinson wrote:
> >
>
> You ever driven a 5-ton offroad?  It's bumpy, but it can be done.
> Slowing, yes.  Slowing enough to matter?  Not really.

Depends on the roads. Properly setup off road 
vehicles can get some useful speeds that are as 
good as slow road speeds. Not 55mph, but not bad. 
If it allows you to bypass strong points and 
cornhole your opponent, then it's good.

I have driven wheeled and tracked stuff off road 
and it is tricky, the advantage is that the more 
modern stuff has better suspensions and more 
allowance for higher speeds. The other thing is 
that once one vehicle has broken ground the 
others can make speed through it as well. Open 
ground allowed 25mph with our little dinky Bren 
Carriers. I could do about the same in the Dingo 
over open flat ground, slower in dense woods but 
I could navigate fine between trees. With newer 
suspension and more horsepower in those, I could 
get some faster speeds.

You can however find terrain features (eroded 
ditches that are 10 feet deep!) surprising in a 
bad way. Good maps help prevent that though.
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