From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 01:21:40 PST
i readed they used a power take-off off there Volkswagens to start tanks
wane cold
ken m886
At 11:19 AM 1/7/03 -0600, Ryan Gill wrote:
>At 9:03 AM -0500 1/7/03, Glen Bedel wrote:
>>just an "unverified fact".
>>
>>I was told when I was a boy that the military used gasoline because it did
>>not freeze in winter.
>>and one of the reasons Germany had problems in Russia.
>
>I thought the german tanks wer Gasoline as well. Their big problem was
>letting a vehicle's oil freeze. The Russians (at least their air force)
>had the procedure down pat for draining the crank case and later filling
>it with warmed oil (after and before sorties, respectively). I'd expect
>that the Russian tanks, being designed for the environment, probably had
>block heaters of some sort for faster start ups.
>--
>Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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