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To: GalaxieFiveHundred
I'm going to assume that those wheels are puncture and bullet proof... right?
11 posted on 11/12/2003 1:14:46 PM PST by nuffsenuff
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To: nuffsenuff
2 "run flat" tires on each side. The others aren't. Limps at a few mph if it has to use just those.
14 posted on 11/12/2003 1:17:27 PM PST by JasonC
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To: nuffsenuff
Tracks aren’t invulnerable.
34 posted on 11/12/2003 1:52:55 PM PST by R. Scott
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To: nuffsenuff
I'm going to assume that those wheels are puncture and bullet proof... right?

No. Because on the necessity of having a Central Tire Inflation System on the vehicles, the sidewals are necessarily thin and subject both to easy penetration and deflation beyond the capability of the CTIS package to cope with such deflation in the event of hits of .50/ 12.7mm or larger. The tires ARE fitted with runflat inserts; which may get the vehicle out of the beaten zone unless the tires catch fire; there's an unarmored external fuel tank in the wheel well behind the two rear nonsteering tires, and multiple fuel cans are frequently carried in racks on either side as well.

The necessity of the two front pair of tires to turn for steering prevents the fitting of effective armor sideskirts. And the handling characteristics of a Stryker with all flat tires on one side are iffy indeed; there've been rollovers in training with all tires inflated, much less with multiple flats.

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58 posted on 11/12/2003 3:58:18 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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