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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2017 1:04 p.m. PST

"The Eastern Front during World War II brought the enduring image of tanks bogged down in seas of thick, sticky mud.

While it might come as a surprise, the twice-annual Russian mud is still a major military problem. So, Russia has developed a road-laying truck for its engineering troops called the KVD, short for "temporary road system," to lay down a 50-meter-long aluminum sheet to help tanks and other armored vehicles to cross some of the stickiest paths.

More than 72 years of tank development since the end of World War II have not found a military solution for the mud — just quick fixes like the KVD. For an illustration of just how bad the mud is, here's a video of a T-90 getting stuck in a morass before being pulled out by another tank…."
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Bellbottom09 Dec 2017 4:59 a.m. PST

1950's technology.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP09 Dec 2017 11:26 a.m. PST

But… it work or not?….

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Bellbottom10 Dec 2017 4:14 a.m. PST

Of course it works Tango, the British invented it.

M1911Colt10 Dec 2017 8:51 a.m. PST



Both from WWII

Begemot10 Dec 2017 11:28 a.m. PST

JARROVIAN – I had a British car in late 1970's. Worst electrical system in any car I've owned. "The British invented it" isn't a recommendation in my experience.

And besides, some ideas are obvious.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP10 Dec 2017 3:30 p.m. PST

If the British invented them… for sure it's work!… (smile)….

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