FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CROSSING (PASSING) CAPACITY FOR WHEEL SPECIAL MILITARY VEHICLES

Abstract

In mountain corps, the combat surprise of the enemy is made, first of all, by mobility. For this, when the horses are not used, the access of vehicles in difficult access areas is sometimes vital because it is a surprise for the enemy, the attacks of special troops of mountaineers can be surprising or the mountain artillery companies can supply their troops better.This is the reason why my doctoral research has focused on the influences of ground features on the capacity of crossing, especially in the cold period of the year, because most of the time mountain rangers’ corps take action in this kind of conditions. The tests were made in real conditions, during the missions and the field exercises, in tough climatic and atmospheric conditions, exclusively in mountains in winter

Keywords

• mobility
• stability
• crossing capacity
• precessional transmission
• wheeling characteristic