One positive thing is this probably had the Army work some logistics muscles in moving a lot of heavy shit. Reps and sets on these things matter.
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NCR Parade Rumint
- Thread starter Max Q
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Every unit moving there can call themselves a T in “Perform Expeditionary Operations.”
Also, just so everybody can hear it… Tanks don’t damage roads. I’m just gonna say this because I wouldn’t want any of you repeating the same dumb reason to get mad I keep hearing from idiots… tanks always have rubber pads. We haven’t had a steel track tank in the military since Dad was in it, tanks can drive on public roads without damaging them. The god damned horse cavalry will do more damage to a city street than an Abrams tank. Asphalt is built to a 200psi standard before deformation takes place. An Abrams is ~17 psi at full combat weight, Brads and Paladins are lower and Hercules is pretty close. The Stryker is more Attritional to roads than any of our tracks.
I’ve got 8 miles of motor pool full of tracks where I’m stationed. The roads leading in and out of them aren’t special, and the tanks regularly cross them to get to the tank trail. Fun fact of why the tank trail is dirt…. Asphalt/concrete actually wears the track down faster than driving in crushed gravel or dirt.
Bruh….have you seen some of these roads around here?
Also, I can’t wait to see the DC govt fake outrage when these tanks blow through a bunch of speed cameras and red light cameras but can’t get tickets because they don’t have real license plates.
The funny part is out of an abundance of concern you’ve had the Corps Of Engineers up there spending their money to build up what local government was inept to maintain.
DC is getting the same infusion of federal dollars in their infrastructure that an International sporting event or major grant would give, and they don’t have to do anything to get it.
One might argue that a lack of heavy tank supportability on DC roads is a “feature not a bug.”
Again, a tank can travel on any road you can drive a commercial truck on.
Bridges and causeways are a different animal.
I guess the 250th birthday of the Marine Corps will be celebrated by a victory parade after the Battle of LA is won by 29 Palms.
Blasphemy. The real Battle of LA was 14 years ago.
Battle: Los Angeles - Wikipedia
I'd agree to being recalled if I could just do some good deal flights of the LA VFR Helo routes as a copilot TBH. Call it a 'show of force', or whatever...I'd just want some good pics.
You do realize every road in DC is basically a de facto bridge or causeway, right?
DC roads twist and writhe over the metro, various overpasses, underground parking garages and pedestrian tunnels, the mole people underground shops of Crystal City metro. And if there isn’t anything beneath a DC road, that just means it was built on tidal basin swampland and is only prevented from washing away into the Potomac or Anacostia by the decades of goose poop and cherry blossom petals that form a naturally occuring and unqiuely strong adhesive the likes of which have accidentally trapped many forlorn Senators and Congressmen here long beyond their natural expiration dates.
It's possible we're looking at challenges to the 3rd Amendment...these 29 Palms Marines will not abide talks of LA dreams while sleeping on cold fed bldg floors. It will inevitably branch out to takeovers of granny flats, and unattached garages. I'd do the same if I was ever stationed at that god-awful place. 😁
Wouldn’t be the first time the Army broke something during a birthday celebration.
It appears a roads max GVW load is only one limfac for this boondoggle. TIL.