Thinking about tracked vehicles

[ryoken]

the BMP was a deathtrap anyway! cool looking tho.......

 

[Fred_M1010]

This reminds me of how much i miss the MT-LB I had, when I was in the army

It looked like this:

And sounded like this

It's probably the loudest APC or Tank in the Swedish army, with it's 14.8 litre almost un-mufflered diesel V8

The drivetrain is all mechanical, with a 6-speed manual transmission with only 4th to 6th gear synchronized (or so they claimed, but I swear they're all unsynchronized )

You steer it with levers, and the tricky thing is that the turning radius gets wider the higher gear you're in.

So it could get a little stressful, coming down a hill in 6th gear, seeing a sharp turn coming up, where you need to swap to 3rd gear to be able to take the turn
(did I mention it's unsynchronized )

But in spite of all this (or maybe thanks to), it was really fun to drive

 

[four_by_ken]

Here you go this will give you the track system and what it can do.

That jump was pretty cool. Too bad most of it was cut off. I would have liked to see more of the landing.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

This reminds me of how much i miss the MT-LB I had, when I was in the army

It looked like this:

And sounded like this

It's probably the loudest APC or Tank in the Swedish army, with it's 14.8 litre almost un-mufflered diesel V8

The drivetrain is all mechanical, with a 6-speed manual transmission with only 4th to 6th gear synchronized (or so they claimed, but I swear they're all unsynchronized )

You steer it with levers, and the tricky thing is that the turning radius gets wider the higher gear you're in.

So it could get a little stressful, coming down a hill in 6th gear, seeing a sharp turn coming up, where you need to swap to 3rd gear to be able to take the turn
(did I mention it's unsynchronized )

But in spite of all this (or maybe thanks to), it was really fun to drive

Wait, Sweden had MTLB's?

 

[ryoken]

This reminds me of how much i miss the MT-LB I had, when I was in the army

It looked like this:


It's probably the loudest APC or Tank in the Swedish army, with it's 14.8 litre almost un-mufflered diesel V8

The drivetrain is all mechanical, with a 6-speed manual transmission with only 4th to 6th gear synchronized (or so they claimed, but I swear they're all unsynchronized )

You steer it with levers, and the tricky thing is that the turning radius gets wider the higher gear you're in.

So it could get a little stressful, coming down a hill in 6th gear, seeing a sharp turn coming up, where you need to swap to 3rd gear to be able to take the turn
(did I mention it's unsynchronized )

But in spite of all this (or maybe thanks to), it was really fun to drive

you didn't get to drive the infamous "S" tank? VERY interesting tank design.. about as "Swede specific" as ya get...

 

[Fred_M1010]

Wait, Sweden had MTLB's?

Yeah, we bought a bunch from former DDR, in the early nineties I think.

you didn't get to drive the infamous "S" tank? VERY interesting tank design.. about as "Swede specific" as ya get...

Nope, but it is pretty cool isn't it



But speaking of home-made track-vehicles. I just remembered about a Swedish guy who built a pretty cool little thing, with the drive-train from a diesel-Volvo, and a set of rubber-tracks from the swedish BV202

Here is a link to some pictures:
http://www.asfaltseliten.com/fredrik.htm

 

[four_by_ken]

Now that thing is way to cool.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Ah cool. What'd you guys use them for?

That thing is pretty neat.

 

[Fred_M1010]

Ah cool. What'd you guys use them for?

That thing is pretty neat.

We used it as a troup carrier for an anti-tank squad, armed with "Robot 56 Bill"
But they where also used as regular infantry troup carriers.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Cool, probably a Bofors product I'd guess.

 

[Fred_M1010]

Yup