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Originally Posted by Cdnwolf
One little problem with your setup...
The barge is essentially a steel shell divided into four compartments
by bulkheads. One end is covered by wooden planking,
but most of the deck material has long since been stripped
by scavengers searching for firewood
If you remove the bulkhead you will weaken the hull structure of the barge.
I am wondering since the ZU-23-2 weighs 2,094 lbs. would that force down the front end of the barge too much when it is being pushed?
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Barges are quite buoyant so in regards to the 1000 or so kilograms of the ZSU-23-2, it's not enough weight to push the front down. You can see these sorts of river barges in Europe with cranes, excavators or other plant machinery (many of them weigh in excess of 15,000kg) parked at one end with little impact on the buoyancy of the barge.