Hard Time

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        2.   Tracks7Sus~nsiWn

             * bLake `ridq turns
             * 25 mph if operate for an hour
             * ICax distance abo~ 25 aph is 25 ~
             * Watch for sho~ probies after 500 ~1es

        3.   In~ine/~rivetrain

             *  Should be no ~gin. or traa=ission .~verheating
probleas nniess heavy toving (flax power at less than 3~. 0 aph)
               Ingine aa~age - rings to dust

        4.   Pirin~ Pr~lems

            *   ~resi~htin~     Beat wave  problems   start at  500
meters
            *  Iea~ Wa~ Problems.    It 4000 meters,   targets are
diffic~It   to identify;  you can  see  so;nething, but  you  can' t
Ld*ntify ty~e of vehicle;   at 3500 meters, it is :uch *asier to
identify targets.
             *  ~ust.   Difficult to see through;   i~ haze is the
problem, uee the night sight and shoot at the center of nass; ~eep
turrets as clean as pos~~1e; excessive running gets turret race
rin~  dirty;   temperature  of  inside  of  turrets    lag  ambient
temperature by about 4 hours:   due to no air nomoant,    turret is
extremely uncQmfortable at temperatures above ~ degrees F; turret
drive actors   (electric) may have problems in the heat and du~t;
watch for problezas vith the  feeder chutes; dust gets into a=no,
ca':5in9 it to hang up in the gun; vatch for dust (LOTS!) inside the
Tow missile tubes,  especially `tben the tubes are empty   (?); keep
the launcher and gun ~u::Ie covered `ehene~er possible!

             ~  CQrt~non Pr~bl~ms

                -~ rounds became lodged in the ~ ready box       As
belt tension increased, the tension vould overwhelm and stop the
gun.
                -~ links in the link chute `rould bind and stick due
to the high voiwne of sand and dust in the chute.
                -On  7.~2~  guns,  sand and dust    buildup in  the
ejection ports would cause the links to bind, and *vtntually stop
the weapon.

rn the area of the link chutes, if you ha~ a ~radley with a solid
~loor to the cnut~,  cutting boles in the floor of the chute will
allow dust and aand to fall out of the chute.   Thus,  if you can't


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