From: Dave Merchant (nesys_com@ameritech.net)
Date: Thu Jan 05 2006 - 20:02:42 PST
Tiger battle tracks were 28.5 inches wide, so wide that a separate 20.5
inch wide
transport track was also provided. When unloading from a train to go into
action,
the first step was to change from the transport tracks to the battle tracks.
Of course hauling the extra tracks created additional logistic problems,
and consumed more material per tank.
Dave Merchant
At 10:34 PM 1/5/2006, David Prall wrote:
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>160,000 pounds / 15 psi = 10,666.67 square inches of tread. 2 tread =
>5333.33 square inches each. 18 inches wide = 296 inches long. 24 feet long
>x 1 1/2 feet wide. Sounds a little long for a tank, but I don't have one
>handy to go measure.
>
>This is just the Pounds Per Square Inch distributed to the surface. 1 inch
>thick concrete isn't going to survive I suspect having the tank sitting on
>it for much longer then a quick drive. But put the same amount of weight
>in an 18 wheeler and it most likely would crack the concrete quicker.
>
>David
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sonny Heath [mailto:sonny@defuniak.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:10 PM
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List; David Prall
> > Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
> >
> > All I'm saying is that it sounds like such a small PSI for a
> > vehicle that
> > weighs, I believe someone said 160,000 pound, is that right?
> >
> > I fully understand that track laying vehicles have a small
> > amount of Pound
> > per square inch against the ground but this seems like such a
> > small amount.
> > I believe that I could let you roll an object over my foot
> > that weighs as
> > much as a hundred pound or so and it wouldn't break anything
> > but I'll be
> > dammed if I'll let you roll a combat tank over my foot which
> > should be about
> > the same, right?
> >
> > I read in the manual for my 1943 Cletrac crawler tractor that
> > it puts 17
> > pound per square inch on the ground and it only weights about
> > 3000 pound. I
> > think somethings wrong here fellers.
> >
> > Straighten me up, PLEASE!
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Prall" <dcp@dcptech.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
> >
> >
> > * PGP Bad Signature: 01/05/2006 at 12:52PM
> >
> > As everyone has already said 15 psi seems low, but it is
> > spread out over a
> > large number of wheels. Where as a truck has fewer wheels,
> > and truly needs
> > pavement for easy movement. A person who weighs 200 pounds
> > and has feet
> > about 2 1/2 inches wide by about 12 inches long gives us, 60
> > square inches
> > which would be 3 1/3 psi. These would be rectangular large
> > feet, but it gets
> > the point across. This number is most likely double.
> >
> > David
> >
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> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > > [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf Of Hutterer, John (MPAU)
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:26 AM
> > > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Everette,
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, the weight of a loaded M60A3 is 15 psi on the
> > > tracks, per the manual.
> > >
> > > John H
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Everette
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:01 PM
> > > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks
> > >
> > > The national guard unit here used to be tank unit they had
> > > M60s and the
> > > state highway department asked them to stop putting them in parades
> > > because of fear of what the weight would do to underground
> > > stuff in road
> > > -- water, gas, etc. but was BS according to fellows who
> > work for city.
> > >
> > > They had rubber pads so did not damage road surface and I
> > > think highway
> > > department was not smart enough to measure actual pressure
> > per square
> > > inch, my undeducted guess is that they would be less per square inch
> > > than a loaded truck / trailer.
> > >
> > > Everette
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <l51940@aol.com>
> > > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:49 PM
> > > Subject: [MV] tiger tanks
> > >
> > >
> > > >I was thinking about getting a real Tiger Tank to park next to my
> > > Atomic
> > > >Annie. In my dreams anyways. Seriously, how many Tiger
> > > tanks survive
> > > >today? I know about the one that runs in the Bovington
> > museum. Also,
> > > would
> > > >I need a CDL to drive my Tiger to town if I was only
> > buying milk and
> > > bread
> > > >for personal consumption?
> > > >
> > > > Dave McConnell
> > > >
> > > > M35A2 w/w and 50 cal ring
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