Re: AFV Driving was RE: Titanium snails

At 9:12 AM -0700 6/28/02, John Atkinson wrote:
>--- Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>  The US seems to really favor the T-Bar as a method
>>  of control. The
>>  M114's have them as well.
>
>It's easy to use and fairly simple.  What's not to
>like?	You start screwing around with complex levers
>and soforth and if you have to crew your tanks with
>kids fresh from basic training you'll start getting
>foulups.

No argument there. However, some times the designers go for something 
more. Take the Daimler Fluid Coupling and the Epicyclic Preselector 
Gearbox in my ferret. I'm not certain why Alvis went with what they 
did in the CVR(T), but they kept the same setup in the Fox (CVR(W)) 
as was in the Ferret, Daimler Armoured Car and Daimler Dingo.
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