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Old 02-25-2014, 12:53 PM
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According to this

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...102/Ch6.htm#s3

a trench 40233.6 Meters (25 miles) by 1.5 meters by 3.5 meters would take 2 M9 ACE 603.504 hours to complete.

Since the formulas are for anti tank ditches I would assume that number would go higher if you are on anything other than smooth ground.

Base fuel usage for the M9 (109 per period*), two of them working for 603.5 hours would be ~32891 liters of diesel.

* Source: http://www.pmulcahy.com/tracked_engi...les/us_tev.htm

Last edited by kato13; 02-25-2014 at 12:59 PM. Reason: forgot to multiply by 2
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