After Action Report<div>Leopard 2A6 </div><div>Field Test 004 - 4/1/2012 </div><div>Slickrock Hill Climbing</div><div></div><div>Background Information:</div><div></div><div>Test Location, N 38d 25&rsquo;16&rdquo; W 108d 49&rsquo;42&rdquo; West End Desert Proving Ground</div><div>Montrose County, Colorado, USA</div><div></div><div>Slickrock, the local name for bedrock exposures of Tertiary and Cretaceous sandstones eroded into dome and shelf like structures. The name was given by early pioneers who found the bare rock offered little or no traction for their iron shod ponies and iron rimed wagon wheels. Modern rubber tires ( and track pads ) have very good traction on &ldquo; Slick rock &ldquo; and thus the very term Slickrock now has a certain irony to it.</div><div></div><div>Weather, high winds at the test sight precluded topping out on the hill climbing portion of the test. The engineering team determined that wind speeds of over 25mph ( scale speed approximately 400mph ) could roll or flip the tank when the pressure wave was directed under the tank bottom while cresting the slope. Due to these weather constraints, crew and vehicle safety was an issue so only limited testing was possible. </div><div></div><div>Test Data, slope angles of 30 degrees presented no traction problems for the Leopard 2A6 on both hill climbing and side-hilling exercises. Above 30 degrees of slope, only front on hill climbing, or &ldquo;Highmarking&rdquo; was attempted. Angles of up to 40 degrees were achieved with this method however holding position on the slope was difficult. It was found that the motor power required to climb the slope, and the motor power required to hold position on the slope without rolling back, became equal at approximately 40 degrees of slope. At angles above 40 degrees any throttle setting other than full resulted in motor stall and the tank rolling back down slope uncontrolled until applying maximum forward throttle would again allow engine breaking to be effective. The rapid deceleration this caused was often quite unpleasant for both the tank crew and the test director. Reversing back down slope under control was only possible by slowly changing the forward throttle from full to neutral. </div><div>No track slippage was noted at the rubber pad / rock interface even at maximum achieved slope angles. </div><div>No track related problems occurred. </div><div>All testing was done using the standard power setting on the DMD unit.</div><div></div><div>Conclusions, insufficient data was collected from this test session to draw any dependable conclusions. More testing will be necessary at a future date.</div><div></div><div>Link to TOP SECRET film of Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srWeMuMBoDA</div><div></div>

Really nice background..Almost screams for a T-72 or T-64.


Gunner did a commendable job shooting those holes in the hillsides.

I keep thinking about a T-55.

Holes in hillside are from past gunnery practice.<br type="_moz" />

Off to hunt Easter Eggs in the park with the kids... over and out.

As usual, great video  brother! I look forward to seeing what you are going to do next!

I just love that digital camo brother! So KOOL!!










~ Jeff

Thanks guys.<div>
</div><div>I look forward to seeing what is going to come out next too...   I never know, this stuff comes to me like a dream.</div><div>
</div><div>I see visions, I hear voices...  now where did I set my drink?</div>

Did you say drink? Hmm..good idea.

Hmmmm, definitely not Iced Tea, huh? Maybe Long Island Iced Tea?

Those will kick your *****!!










~ Jeff

Ta&rsquo; kill ya&rsquo; (Tequila), straight up. Good stuff, PLEASE. <div></div><div>Lets save the Jose for the young punks.</div><div></div>

I prefer Jameson with a Guiness chaser please?

Great Video Pah co chu puk

your back yard is awesome

Thanks Dude!

America's public lands are an awesome back yard. Most of my movies have been made on my hunting property, but this one was "taken on the road" to a remote location on public land in the desert. In other words, I took some tanks camping with the family for Spring Break from school. I hope to get the tanks out for more road movies. I keep having this vision of the Leo cresting a pink sand dune in Utah... but then what happens?!? I got to take the tank out there to find out the ending.

I live out here because of the easy acess to millions of acres of amazing public land, and because I don't do well in cities.

Guiness. Mmmm<br type="_moz" />

But whatever happened to Field Test 003? I was just thinking about that the other day.










~ Jeff