grumpa
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Thanks Si I like taking my little adventures in {the chop shop} I get an idea and just run with it. Even I don't know how they will turnout sometimes! Glad you like it.\ said:I like it, something unusual and of course first class build and painting.Si
All of the German SDK type halftracks had track brake steering which automatically engaged after steering wheel was turned more than 15 degrees though not the maultiers which were expedited truck chassis with rear wheels removed and replaced with either Cardon Loyd styled or Panzer 3 running gear rushed into service to handle the horrible eastern front roads. The American M3 type halftracks depended on front wheel drive. Hope that helped..... JIM\ said:A very good model. I have often wondered how these half-tracks (right name?) steered. If the ground is so slippery that tracks are needed to go forward, I wonder how the conventional front wheels managed to provide the sideways thrust needed to alter direction, without slipping, especially when going up hill when the downward force in the front would be lower.
Thanks. Very interesting\ said:All of the German SDK type halftracks had track brake steering which automatically engaged after steering wheel was turned more than 15 degrees though not the maultiers which were expedited truck chassis with rear wheels removed and replaced with either Cardon Loyd styled or Panzer 3 running gear rushed into service to handle the horrible eastern front roads. The American M3 type halftracks depended on front wheel drive. Hope that helped..... JIM
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