<VV> Re: heavy motors

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:36 hours 11/15/2005, UltraMonzaWest at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/15/05 8:52:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, tonyu at roava.net
>writes:
>
>
> > The M-60 engine was a boxer, not a V engine
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>http://www.army-technology.com/projects/m60/
>http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/tanks/magach/M60.htm
>
>"Besides its main gun, the M60 series tanks are equipped with a 7.62mm M240
>coaxial machine gun and 12.7mm M85 antiaircraft gun. Power is provided by a
>Continental AVDS-1790-2C 750 hp V-12 engine


My error... I'd only seen one M-60 apart (we had M-551 Sheridans) and 
the engine on the pallet looked to me like a boxer-12.   The fans 
were off and it looked for all the world like a boxer/horizontally 
opposed engine.    There was a gutted M-60 100 ft away; I assumed 
this engine had come out of it.

If I was in error, I stand corrected.



>In a message dated 11/15/05 8:52:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, tonyu at roava.net
>writes:
>I talked to a motor pool guy, SFC with 20 years in,  and he said that
>an M-88 can't lift that much weight.   I hinted that I'd seen an M-60
>dangling from an M-88 boom and he said it was impossible.
>***************************************************************
>An M-60 weighs 4 tons less than an M-88 [ 57 vs 53]......We always used 2  to
>lift one M-60...and the back ends always raised uo!


Ahem...


>M88A1 HERCULES
>Manufacturer BMY Combat Systems Division United Defense
>Primary function recovery vehicle for main battle tanks
>Length 352.5in (Boom Stowed) 27.13 feet
>Width135in  At track 11.25 feet
>Height123in Boom Stowed 10.25 feet
>Ground Clearance17in
>Weight, gross, fully loaded  70 tons

(snip)

>Vehicle hoisting capability   Spade down (50,000 LB 4-Part Line) 35 tons

Thus, they overloaded the vehicle's lift capacity by about 40%.    I 
*did* say it was an amazing sight and that I thought it was dangerous 
as hell.   If nothing else, it was a testament to the M-88's brawn... 
as well as the adventuresome nature of the crew running that 
particular M-88.


Now:  Doubt me if you will but there was daylight under the tracks of 
that M-60 while they wrestled it up and out of the ditch.


>Now I'm wondering about ALL  of Tony's stories!  gggg LOL!


Don't make me come down there...       ;)


tony..