Superior Secret Soviet Invention Revealed At Last

 

Good Soviet comrades, clicking this link will get you sent to gulag!

1. It figures a german dude was the one to dream up the idea back in ww2.And its funny that chrysler actually spent a few dimes to play with one too.
   The fact that the soviets got carried away is no surprise. Once plan is approved it had to be tested to either the death of the idea or the death of the creator,,ewe.

   Posted by Rich K       12/15/2010  at  09:24 PM  



2. OK Shame on me for not clicking ALL the links. I noticed right off it said ‘fordsun’ and ignored that at my own peril. Stupid and lazy is no way to go through life RICH K.

   Posted by Rich K       12/15/2010  at  09:30 PM  



3. I do think those would be a big seller in minnesota right about NOW.

   Posted by Rich K       12/15/2010  at  09:35 PM  



4. Yup a snowmobile, It was on a blog last year, maybe built by Henry before the war (39-45)

   Posted by Chris Edwards       12/15/2010  at  10:45 PM  



5. 1926 I think it was. Check the video, it’s neat!

   Posted by Drew458       12/15/2010  at  11:22 PM  



6. Actually I can see the sense in this.

   Yes, a tracked snowmobile will do better on snowpack, and will be more forgiving of sudden changes in elevation (rocks, etc). But think about a permafrost/taiga environment for a minute. It’s not just snowpack. In winter it’s a combination of snowpack and ice slicks. How well do tracked snowmobiles do on ice? Tanks in WWII did badly, I know that much. Also, during the summer months permafrost is mush where it’s thawed. The screw drive vehicle would skim over the swampy areas where a tracked vehicle would sink in it.

   The screw drive vehicle would tear up the roads a lot more when you have to drive it on a bare surface… but if we’re talking about Siberia, is damaging the one or two roads within 500 miles of you really a major worry?

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       12/17/2010  at  10:49 AM  



7. http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/D/dafrolling/dafrolling.html

   Apparently the Dutch still use em.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       12/17/2010  at  11:11 AM  



8. Shhh! Don’t tell Президент Оба́ма....

   Posted by Macker       12/17/2010  at  09:29 PM  

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