From: J Travis (dagobert@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Jun 14 2004 - 14:44:37 PDT
Yeah, I guess you're right- it IS half tracked, half-wheeled. Just not
what I think of when the term "Halftrack" comes to mind. Funny,
though. The Germans had one, the Italians had one (although that might
have been after the war?), and yet, even though we copied the BMW R75
for Africa, I don't think I've ever heard of the US building a tracked
motorcycle. I wonder why not? I guess the Weasel was the closest thing
we had to it, wasn't it?
Jay Travis
Ryan Gill wrote:
> At 2:01 PM -0500 6/14/04, J Travis wrote:
>
>> It wasn't just the halftracks; remember the Kettenkrad tracked
>> motorcycle also had a similar set-up for its front fork. Talk about
>> something that would have just scrubbed the front tire without it! (I
>> believe they even just pulled the whole front fork assembly at times
>> for bad terrain- I guess it was just there to make it easier for the
>> average German soldier to figure out how to drive the beastie. Does
>> look like it'd be a blast to ride one, though.
>
>
> Technically isn't the Kettenkrad a halftrack? I suspect the track
> braking thing was applied to most of the sd kfz families of half
> tracks that Hanomog and Bussag NAG built.
>
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