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12-01-2010, 04:20 AM
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I'm assuming that was while they still had tracks in place?
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12-01-2010, 04:24 AM
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I am going to assume then that you mean another dead tracked vehicle; that being so, and assuming flat hard ground, sure, but not fast and not for far. Though this is an educated guess on my part.
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12-01-2010, 04:35 AM
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Disabled vehicle, huge log, boulder, whatever.
Although I think we can assume the big tanks aren't likely to be slowed too much by typical obstacles or similar loads, I'm curious to know what a Bradley could shift if it came to the crunch.
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12-01-2010, 04:41 AM
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I have to go along with the rest, a Bradley can generally tow another Bradley as long as its roads/trails...going cross country, then I've always seen them towed by M-88s.
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12-01-2010, 04:59 AM
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The technical rule isn't given in tonnage, but a Bradley can pull a Bradley, but not an Abrams. This is in neutral with the primary drives disengaged. If the tranny is locked up, we can't pull it without damaging ourselves, but it will pull it. My educated guess is the same about the Bradley pulling an Abrams as well, it's possible but causes damage.
As long as the Bradley isn't getting high centered and can use the towing BII like a snatch block, it can pull out just about any tree or boulder up to it's size. I'll dig in my TMs and FMs and see if I can't find tonnage today while I'm looking for some kind of work to keep me busy, but in Bradley School, they never published it.
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12-01-2010, 05:02 AM
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12-01-2010, 06:02 AM
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I've got a fair bit of experience with bulldozers and the like and understand that the ground itself is going to limit the possibilities - loose gravel or mud for example is going to make it difficult to shift a significant load as will hard rock that doesn't allow the tracks to grip.
I suppose the question has more to do with the capability of the engine and transmission than ground conditions. It also revolves around how much stress individual components can take before failing. To simplify, if the Bradley was a rope, what would it's breaking strain be... At what point are you going to break something you can't live without.
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12-01-2010, 05:00 AM
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