Mud v Tanks in 40k?

[Smith Kappa]

Tanks undoubtedly weigh a lot, especially space marine tanks I presume, for they are designed for interplanetary use. Imagine a scenario, your tank is stuck in some pretty ugly mud and you have lost communication with everyone else in your army. I suppose you could risk it and wait, abandon the tank or use logs to provide the tank the ability to pull itself free. As far as I'm aware in this scenario there is no such equipment to act as that log if this situation does occur. Would this justify having logs strapped to tanks for cosmetic purposes, or am I missing something more high tech?

 

 

 

 

[E_50_Panzer]

For Guard vehicles, I see no problem in having logs strapped to the tank. If a Leman Russ gets bogged down in a combat zone, they can't really have a Trojan safely come and pull it out. I'm not so sure about putting these on Super Heavy's though, these logs would be like tooth-picks to them. I also don't think logs would look good on a Space Marine vehicle.

[Grotsmasha]

I honestly believe that the occupants of a Rhino or Land Raider would have more than enough servo-assisted strength to dislodge their transport. There's a scene where a lone Astartes lifts a tank off of another in one of the Salamanders books. A squad should be ample numbers to achieve the same.

 

Cheers,

Jono

[Semper Fortis]

I remember my Dad telling me about seeing tanks with strips of Marsden matting on them in the Philippines in WWII. (Yeah, I'm that old.) That's the stuff they made temporary runways out of. The tankers used it to get unstuck from the mud the same way I'd use a piece of carpet to get out of a snow rut.

 

I know they make photo etch of it in 1:35 and 1:32. That may be another option besides logs, for example those occasions when you have your entire army based in a desert scheme or Martian earth. :)

 

Perhaps BCK has more info. I get the feeling he's done a lot of military modeling.

 

edit to correct autocorrect

Edited June 29, 2017 by Semper Fortis