QUOTE: Originally posted by claymore68
QUOTE: Originally posted by AikinutNY
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All three of the T-34s have the same road wheel replaced with the same wheel. Someone had a plan for some reason.
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It's not just the same one but they alternate between rubber and steel. It definately looks like it was intentional in this unit and not just a replacement with what was handy.
Did steel wheel T-34s have the same trouble as the Steel wheel panthers, I.E. cracked track links?
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What I remember from Squadron's book is that when they were doing a rubber/steel mix-and-match, they would typically use rubber wheels on the ends and the steel ones in the the middle for the best ride. Given that practice, it makes a certain sense that one might place an additional rubber wheel, when available, in the center position. It looks sort of balanced that way.
On the other hand, barring operational experience to the contrary, I would have thought that two rubber, two steel, one rubber would have made for a slightly better ride and simply alternating them, by placing more rubber in the front.