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Originally Posted by Asta Kask
Are tanks very effective in squishing people? I thought the point of the tracks was to distribute the weight so that the ground pressure was low and the tank could move on uncertain ground?
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http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m1abrams.html#M1A2
Foudn this link that says its around 15psi (assuming Im reading those charts right). We assume that a human body surface area is 1.9m squ and take half that 1 square meter is about 1600 square inches. That means, rolling over a human body with a tank is gonna put about 24000 pounds on it, or about 12 of its 68 tons. Again, were assuming that they are squished against something that can normal with that amount of force (like concrete) as opposed to 'squishing' the zombies into some softer soilto reduce the weight upon them.
Nymdok
ETA: I show 42 rounds for the big gun, 900 for the .50 cal, and 8800 for the 2x7.62 guns. If we assume we kill 30 zekes for each 120mm shot, and that every single .50 and 7.62 round hits, thats still only 11k kills. And since we only get statistically 2/3s of a tank, we only get about 8k kills out of the ordinance. Out of the crushing, the tank can only go 256 miles. Theres 200 miles worth of zeke there assuming that roling over a carpet of zekes doesnt negatively affect gas mileage. Also, theres a foot and a half of clearance under that tank (between the treads).
ETA 2:
Found this link also
http://www.almc.army.mil/alog/issues...arms_ammo.html
Says we crank out 1.5 billion rounds a year in rifle ammo. I dont know how much we keep in stock. Anyone have a number on this?
p.s. Does anyone hear that voice in their head saying
American Army....Zompie apocalypse...WHO ...IS.....DEADLIEAST!