Another factor, is that in an urban environment, there are two omnipresent obstacles Street gutters and stairways. How do small wheel tanks fare against these?
(Let alone bricks, a debris from destroyed areas) Steven C --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Chris. b <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris. b <[email protected]> > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Tensioned cable tracks? > To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 5:46 PM > ^yeah thats what im getting at, its > designed to go fast, sure it can > get to battle quickly, but once its there engaging targets, > ie going > slow, its vulnarable to small arms fire... Thus it needs > armour, which > will slow it down... > > Chris. b > > On Jan 1, 8:16 am, Gregory Kampjes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yeah. In the modern battlefield (urban), speed doesn't > mean anything. That's > > why they just upgraded the Abrams to have slat and > reactive armor added and > > stuck a CROWS on top. It doesn't matter if you can go > 60 mph, you are > > restricted to going 5. > > > > -Gregory > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > As for speed reducing the need for armour... if > that were the case in > > > full scale, would people be replacing Leopards > with Leo II's vice > > > going with something armoured like a Leo I that > does 70mph? > > > > > -- > > > Clark in Georgia > > > > > -- > > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank > Combat" group. > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" > group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
