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[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Is this why they were sinking into the ground and annihilating highways year or two ago, or is that just because of mud in Eastern Europe? (I’ve seen plenty of Russian vids with APCs stuck in the muck)

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The mud is next level and any afv will have trouble with rasputitsa. The mud yields very easily because it's saturated with water, and you would need significantly lower ground pressure to get by, hence the logs on the back of Soviet tanks; tie it to the tracks and have the tank dig itself out.

As for highways, it was probably a combination of the weight as well as poorly maintained/missing rubber track pads.