And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Anyone who has ever put a track-pad off hard standing. Ground pressure suddenly becomes more than just a number on a spec sheet. Crew commanders and drivers both need to learn what this means instinctively; and coordinate to keep on the right side of the number. And a good driver, who knows how not to make getting into trouble worse and impossible to recover from without the ARV, is someone you want to keep close by.
Looks like he's plowing with that heifer.
ReplyDeletemud...twixt the toes of the tank no less...
ReplyDeleteA Swedish tank, by the way.
ReplyDeleteTime to call the AAA for a TOW. The vehicle type not the missile variety.
ReplyDeleteInteresting series. Who knew there were so many tanks in trouble?
ReplyDeleteAnyone who has ever put a track-pad off hard standing. Ground pressure suddenly becomes more than just a number on a spec sheet. Crew commanders and drivers both need to learn what this means instinctively; and coordinate to keep on the right side of the number. And a good driver, who knows how not to make getting into trouble worse and impossible to recover from without the ARV, is someone you want to keep close by.
DeleteAwww, that's not trouble. There's no standing water or yellow flowers. That's just 30 minutes of character building.
ReplyDeleteNotice no TC in sight.
ReplyDeleteThere's "stuck" and there's "Arr-my stuck."
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