Re: [MV] MVs and Snow, etc.

John S. Buckley (jbuckley@falcon.tamucc.edu)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:23:05 -0600

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Rob and List,
I was a tank platoon leader in Germany in the 1969- 1970 time frame.
We found that M-60 series tanks with the rubber tracks would slide on
hard packed snow. At Baumholder I had the fun of sliding down a road
backwards with the tracks running forwards. We almost ran over the
Battalion Commander's "Jeep"(M151). We learned to drive in the ditch
whenever possible. The tanks did quite well on open snow on the hill
sides where it was not packed down like a Bobsled run.
John Buckley
MVPA 4679
M29 Weasel

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