[_Jim]

A 'male body' causes a tank tread to loose a track, sorry, but, that's really not within the believable realm of possibilities ... unless that body was Superman ...

[drypowder]

I appreciate your skepticism and I agree, it sounds impossible. It's been a couple of years since I've seen the movie "Rules of Engagement" but that scene of a tank going through a wall and then backing out with a body caught up in the track was particularly horrid. Have you seen the movie?

[Yasotay]

A 'male body' causes a tank tread to loose a track, sorry, but, that's really not within the believable realm of possibilities ... unless that body was Superman ...

You would be surprised how easily a track can be "thrown". I was almost killed by a CEV that crashed through a "sea of wire" ... anything that gets caught in the rear spocket can cause you to lose a track. I have not seen the film that they they are talking about but throwing a track is really easy .... superman needed no .... only a 2 x 4 or maybe a bone.

[donh]

A 'male body' causes a tank tread to loose a track, sorry, but, that's really not within the believable realm of possibilities ... unless that body was Superman ...

I seriously doubt that that's so. A human body is perfectly capabable of causing a mis-mesh between a tread and a wheel, causing a derailment of the tread, in probably less than two full traverses of the tread. Human bones are not made of chicken fluff and derailment does not require a pile-driver's worth of force, just a properly angled wedge, or jam, to prevent a sproket from finding its link.

[Darksheare]

Tanks have tossed treads for less Jim boy.
Have you ever served in the military?
I have, and you'd be surprised by the stupid things that will make a tank tread come off.