"Roco Truck without Tires" Topic
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| Bunkermeister | 31 Aug 2025 6:49 p.m. PST |
link Roco Minitanks truck with tracks instead of tires. The US Army has worked on this off and on for decades but never seem to be happy with the result, but often look cool. So I have been making this one as a test to see if it is practical from a miniatures perspective and may do more if it seems to work out. I have set aside the Matchbox trucks for the project. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| 14Bore | 01 Sep 2025 8:14 a.m. PST |
Always assumed the few real examples was for use in winter. Tracked vehicles just don't move as fast or as long as a wheeled vehicle, even if the few places a truck can't get through.
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| Bunkermeister | 01 Sep 2025 6:22 p.m. PST |
14Bore, quite so. The concept was wheeled vehicles are faster, cheaper to operate and less maintenance than tracked, but in the snow tracks are better. So the Army wanted a vehicle that could switch to tracks for a season, with the switch done by the crews both to tracks and back to wheels.
I suspect mostly Alaskan use. Thanks for reading and commenting. Mike |
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