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Old December 13th, 2007, 03:41 PM
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Default Re: APCs in WWII

German half tracks were in general complex maintenance nightmares. The tracks used lubricated roller pin bushed links that had to be regularly greased...greasing every link on both sides regularly! The use of torsion bars and interleaved suspensions added huge complexity and alot of maintenance hours.
This doesn't even count the complex transmissions used or engine maintenance. The vehicles were just way too over engineered for mass production and warfare.
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