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Uh-huh...
Spiritual cousin to the US beast which would have had to storm Japanese beaches had the nuclear stuff misfired...
Re: TOG one, TOG two...
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 9:38 pm
by Craiglxviii
The Old Gang 2:
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A39 Tortoise (excuse the stack of tables in the way):
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Those tracks are about 600mm wide. It’s a big beastie.
Re: TOG one, TOG two...
Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 3:03 am
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
Somewhere on You-Tube, there's a recent documentary about the US 'super-heavy-tank', technically an 'Assault Gun'. Those outer tracks' sponsons could be dismounted, linked together, towed by truck or 'tank'. The combo would then fit narrower access, weaker bridges etc. IIRC, took about ¾ hour to mount or dismount them...
Re: TOG one, TOG two...
Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 8:18 am
by M.Becker
That's quite quick!
Re: TOG one, TOG two...
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 5:04 am
by James1978
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 3:03 am
Somewhere on You-Tube, there's a recent documentary about the US 'super-heavy-tank', technically an 'Assault Gun'. Those outer tracks' sponsons could be dismounted, linked together, towed by truck or 'tank'. The combo would then fit narrower access, weaker bridges etc. IIRC, took about ¾ hour to mount or dismount them...
Was it one of these?
Re: TOG one, TOG two...
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 9:51 am
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
Yay !!
Those sponsons: Considering the team had not done it before, I reckon they were learning on their feet...
If their A-frame crane had come in on a wider arc, would have knocked 10~~15 mins off business. Two such trucks, working from opposite sides, would make a 'production line'...