Tracked vehicle attrition

[95th Rifleman]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

Something else strikes me as important to Mohoender's original post. Perhaps part of the reason the French tracked vehicles got such a low track time was because they were designed for European fields and roads.

Panther Al mentioned that the M1 isn't a great rough terrain tank particularly compared to a Merkava. I wonder how much track time a Merkava gets considering it is operating in the region it is designed for (unlike the French vehicles, designed for Europe but working in the more demanding conditions of Lebanon)

Not so sure about that, the UAE uses the Leclerc and they don't seem to have too much in the way of enviromental issues.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

Not so sure about that, the UAE uses the Leclerc and they don't seem to have too much in the way of enviromental issues.

Actually the Leclerc sold to the UAE are quite different from the French ones. Still, conditions in Lebanon are in no way conditions in UAE.

Stainlesscynic has a point and I should have recall that the German had tracks problem in USSR and not only in winter.

That must make things even more complicated as the need for mechanical replacements are more common on tracked vehicles than on wheeled ones. As someone said, with time most tanks will be turned into pillboxes.