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‘All German culverts and bridges have a weight restriction sign for wheeled and tracked vehicles,’ says Matthew Robinson. ‘Can this be the first ever example of German inefficiency?
Surely a tracked vehicle will distribute its weight over a greater surface area, meaning it can more safely cross a bridge under its own power rather than on the back of a lorry that will have an additional weight and a smaller surface area holding that weight.’ Is he right? If so, who is going to tell the German army?

March 28, 2007 in backbytes | Permalink

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