backup speed of tanks
 

im watching the history channel about the russian armored forces, and saw a WWII vid showing a SU gun of some type backing up VERY quickly, so i was wondering, are the speed of backup in FH the actuall speed that these vehicles could go in reverse? or are they just the stock values?

Re: backup speed of tanks
 

i would think they can go just as fast back wards as forwards... They just need the right kinda gearing...

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The puma has to gearboxes to allow the same speed in reverse, other than that, i dunno.

Re: backup speed of tanks
 

It depends on the tank but from what I have seen most tanks had on average 6 gearboxes forward and one backward. So unless I have no idea what I am talking about then it would be able to move 1/6 as fast backwards as it could forwards.


*THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO IT!*
Or in the case of the French(or if it offends you a generic country) they have six gearboxes in their tanks. Five for backward, one for forward incase they get attacked from behind.

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lol dont forget about the French Bayonetts to ...

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lol, I knew someone would make a French joke in this thread.

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lol, but i think i read some where that the tigers had 4 reverse gear boxes, so im just wondering, how do they decide reverse speed?

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nono they only had 4 reverse gear boxes if the crew were French SS ...

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Hey did you know the last three soldiers to be awarded the Iron Cross were French! ;)

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seriously, i thought i read that tigers had 8-10 forward gears, and 4 reverse. so Anlushac, please respond to this thread so we can know for sure :)