Re: DS2 Another armour\mobility idea

At 6:45 PM +1000 4/11/02, Alan and Carmel Brain wrote:
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>Interestingly, the Churchill was reckoned to be very maouverable -
>it could go up slopes and cope with rough ground that a Sherman
>couldn't. Of course a Sherman was capable of moving faster than
>a jog on most terrain, which the Churchill couldn't do downhill
>with a following wind. The difference between a normal car and a
>4WD permanently in 1st gear.

The Churchill was/is very good on rough ground because of the very 
long tracks and low ground pressure. But it's top speed was on the 
order of 15mph, 11 for the up armored models (which had thicker front 
armor than the tiger it turns out..).

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