Tuossa Charioteer T-vaunun profiilin vieressa: "standing tall" niinkuin taalla sanotaan.
- ei mikaan huono ominaisuus, jos meinaa puolustuksessa kayttaa maastoesteita suojana
Ground Pressure0.98kg/cm2
Noilla yksistaan ei viela mitaan, koska kuvan T-vaunun telapaine/ per pinta-ala on pienempi, mutta sen 14,6 hevosta per tonni kalpeni kylla Charioteerin vastaavalle luvulle 21.
Mutta Lapin maastossa on omat erityispiirteensa ja kurun pohjalta on paha puolustaa kohti ylarinteita. Toisinpain toimiessa tykin suuntauksen sai 5%:n alenevaan kulmaan, kun taas T-54:n kaytosta pitkaan kestavassa ammunnassa ent. israelilainen panssarimies kirjoittaa seuraavasti (muista asioista hanella on hyvaakin sanottavaa):
"The cons:
- It had the slowest turret since Little Willie (who didn't have a turret...). You could see the other tank's crew eating sandwiches while they waited for you to train your gun on them.
- It had manual gears. Though not that exceptional at the time, anyone who had to crawl a tank uphill into a firing position can appreciate what a nightmare it was to play with the clutch while doing it. Nasty.
- The main gun was horrible. It would heat rapidly and lose accuracy, and the breach protruded so much into the turret that the loader stood a very real risk of getting hit when it fired. One of my loaders broke his jaw in 11 places in this way.
- It had the worst fume extractor ever invented. Well, the T-54 barely had any, and the T-55's was at the very end of the barrel. About 50%-60% of the fumes entered the turret when the breach opened after a shot, and the fumes were choking and black, so you would work in a dim smoke cloud coughing your lungs out and with burning eyes. You could not fight a prolonged battle with this tank with the hatches closed.
- The T-54 didn't have a bottom floor to the turret. When the turret swiveled, the loader (and commander when inside) had to either run in the same direction or hang onto some levers, otherwise they'd get crushed like bugs. The T-55 fixed this incredibly stupid oversight. "
Silloin kun Charioteer viela palveli Suomessa olin sita mielta, etta niita olisi pitanyt kayttaa Lapissa mm. siksi , etta harvojen tieurien kautta tykiston mallia "vedettava" siirtely on erittain haavoittuvaa hommaa. Kumma kylla
en ole mielipidettani muuttanut, vaikka nyttemminhan silla ei ole valia. Palvelusaika olisi toki jaanyt lyhyemmaksi kuin mita se toisarvoiskaytossa oli - joutuivathan ruotsalaisetkin vetamaan oman Ikv 91 -vaununsa pois kaytosta, vaikka se oli nimenomaan suunniteltu heidan Lappinsa olosuhteisiin ja liikkuvuuteensa nahden omasi hyvan lapaisykyvyn:
The Infanterikanonvagn-91 core was its Bofors high-pressure chamber rifled 90 mm KV90S73 L/54 (model 1973) which had a +15° elevation and −10° depression. It was capable of firing either HEAT and HE rounds with an accuracy and velocity approaching the NATO L7 105 mm gun.
- ensimmaisia pysaytettavia Lapin oloissa eivat kuitenkaan varmaan ole MBT:t vaan tiedustelu- (silloin PT-76) ja maahanlaskumuodostelmat (joilla kai silloin oli viela tukenaan 57 mm:n tykilla varustetut kevytvaunut).
