Armortek

I know that, here in the UK, we're not suffering the extremes of temperature our Australian and American friends are 'enjoying' but we've had a good dusting of snow - around 6 inches worth on the edge of Salisbury Plain. And that, of course, is a good excuse to run a tank ........

Liesel managed OK, although she built up a fair old pile in front of her. It makes me appreciate just how important flat track plates are for operating in the snow - Mark IV's and T-34's should cope, but I'd be interested to hear of other experiences, especially German armour with their cleated tracks.

Here's a picture of Liesel, alongside a Mark IV 'snow female' that Helen cleverly made -

Everyone else enjoying the weather ? Let's see some pictures ! And then, of course, don't forget to let your tracks thaw out on the warm .....

All the best,

Chris

Apologies to Helen , but that looks like a Male to me

If you do run the tank in the snow, make sure it has been sat outside for a while, so as to lower the temperature of the running gear. Otherwise the snow hits the warm(er) metal, thaws, then re-freezes, causing prototypical frozen running gear.

Adrian.

Adrian Harris wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:34 pm

Apologies to Helen , but that looks like a Male to me

She says she forgot the rear-facing m/g's on the sponsons, and she couldn't dig up any more twigs ..... don't make her feel any worse !