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Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 12:41 am
If you are unable to get around in the harsh winter this might be your mode of transportation!:
http://gajitz.com/two-tracks-one-tire-th...half-tank/
And I thought things were ugly! But this probably drives good through different terrain.
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 1:00 am
Dont seem to me that it would TURN all that well.. unless it could pivot steer...but if that was the case then the frount wheel would be redundant
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 1:26 am
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This place never ceases to suprise me, I know a guy who found one for sale and is saving to buy it.
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 8:36 am
Ceases.
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 9:24 am
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The forks link through to a proprtional gearbox for track steering and all the controls closely mimic a motorcycle, thus making them very easy to ride/drive for many wartime soldiers, who more often would have riding experience rather than car driving skills.
In Germany at that time motorcycles needed no licence but cars did!
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I see that and raise you this:
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 12, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Quiet an impressive auto syn! Nice!
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 13, 2010 at 7:06 am
Those wacky Germans
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RE: Two Tracks, One Tire: The WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 13, 2010 at 2:52 pm
The British were working on flying tanks, so let's not point fingers at the Germans shall we?
btw, a friend of mine is restoring a Zundapp KS 750, where the wheel on the sidecar was also powered. BMW later incorporated that very same idea.
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RE: Two Tracks, One TiThe WWII Half-Motorcycle, Half-Tank
March 13, 2010 at 9:57 pm
(March 13, 2010 at 2:52 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: The British were working on flying tanks, so let's not point fingers at the Germans shall we?
btw, a friend of mine is restoring a Zundapp KS 750, where the wheel on the sidecar was also powered. BMW later incorporated that very same idea.
Are you referring to the rocket propelled Valentine which was supposed to be able
to leapfrog minefields but usually ended up on its roof?
According to my sources it was "short on practicality but long on entertainment value."
Though I believe the Russians tried winged tanks.
Re the K75 do you know you can still buy the Chinese copy of the Russian copy of it?
I've seen a couple(complete with sidecar) getting around here.
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