From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jun 14 2004 - 11:00:02 PDT
At 6:44 PM +0100 6/14/04, noel shelley wrote:
>Once more into the fray dear friends !
>
>IF the half track is only steered by it`s front wheels then the long contact
>area of the tracks would still tend to make it want to continue in a
>straight line . ONLY if the tracks were braked on the inside track of a turn
>would tyre wear be lessened on the front axle .
German halftracks (Sd Kfz 251 and 250 types) used this type of
steering with a braking of the appropriate side of tracks. It was
more complex but did allow for better steering.
However, one question for the US halftracks and their steering would
lie in how the Kegresse suspension bogey is biased (center biased
perhaps?). If it is center biased, then there would be a low point of
pressure where it would tend to pivot on in turns.
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