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| Tango01 | 07 Mar 2015 11:27 p.m. PST |
…receive new snow and swamp-going vehicles. "Northern Fleet separate arctic motorized rifle brigade will receive new snow and swamp-going vehicles TTM-4902PS-10. The vehicles have passed tests in the conditions of the Kola Region and were improved by the manufacturer taking into account the exploitation recommendations in this climate zone…"
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Question: Tanks can managed in that weather? Amicalement
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| Barin1 | 08 Mar 2015 3:18 a.m. PST |
You need good preventive maintenance, but you can have your armor running. We were relocating 60+ machines at below -30C…I think only one out of 60 didn't start, and was left in the depot.
Also, arctic and antartic expeditions were using tracked vehicles for dozens of years…
Famous snowcats come to mind:
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| Lion in the Stars | 08 Mar 2015 12:28 p.m. PST |
You might need to do some special prep work (low-temperature lubricants, mostly), but tracked vehicles work just fine in the snow. You may want to make some special double-width snow tracks, but that's not required. |
| Tango01 | 08 Mar 2015 3:20 p.m. PST |
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