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| Subject: | Re: LONG TOM TIRES |  |
| Date: | Aug 13, 2001 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
"Mike Jones" wrote in message
> The rugged off-road tires in the AFV Club kit are correct. They were
used on the Long Tom during World War II but vintage photographs show that
the "automobile" tire was probably more common.
True. The MD/MS style, Combat construction tires in the kit used something
like 10 or 20% more rubber than the Truck and Bus designs, so they were
reserved for overseas vehicles with driven axles (with a few exceptions).
This is discussed in the Ordnance Dept's OCMs throughout the war years. One
item that sticks in my mind is a decision not to put Combat tires on AA
carriages.
There is also a debate as to whether the rim design is time-dependent, but I
haven't seen any evidence one way or the other.
Nevertheless, it would be nice to have some T&B tires for the Long Tom, the
105mm howitzer/3-inch ATG and the Dragon Wagon, plus directional
cross-country tires for early war half-tracks, trucks, WCs, and the M6 GMC.
KL |
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 | LONG TOM TIRES - Dave Kettler - Aug 12, 2001 |
| . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - David Nickels - Aug 13, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Joe Wallace - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Vintage WW II picture - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Another vintage WW II picture - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 18, 2001 |
| . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Richard Carlson - Aug 14, 2001 |
| . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Mike Jones - Aug 14, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 13, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Tom Owens - Aug 14, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: LONG TOM TIRES - Christophe Jacquemont - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Where is that wish list? (n/t) - Tuve B - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Wish Lists , where to find and how to use - Christophe Jacquemont - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I don't have an account! (n/t) - Tuve Boëthius - Aug 16, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I don't have an account! (n/t) - Christophe Jacquemont - Aug 16, 2001 |
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