The unditching roller is a device fitted to the front of military vehicles, such as the M3 Scout Car and the M3 half-track, for the purpose of preventing...

over. Unditching beams remain a commonly carried standard ancillary on a number of Russian produced armoured fighting vehicles. Unditching roller Foss...

250 mi (400 km). The vehicle’s four wheel drive and bumper mounted unditching roller enabled it to cross a 1.5 ft (0.46 m) wide trench and climb a 1 ft...

MCG made by Tangalakis in Greece Adolphe Kégresse Kegresse track Unditching roller Artillery Tractor Halftrack Vehicle Somua MCG 5 in the Armament Encyclopedia...

Another innovation was a set of two rollers mounted at the front bumper that were intended as an unditching roller to aid in crossing of ditches. The latter...

increased operational range. Like the T-54/55 series, the TR-85 has an unditching beam and a snorkel (to allow river crossings) mounted at the rear of the...

one is a Finnish StuG III with Zimmerit, concrete armour, and logs for unditching. Parola Tank Museum, Finland. Two StuG III Ausf. G in museum area and...

disassembly to fit within the loading gauge. Rails on the roof carried an unditching beam whose purpose was to help extricate the tank from difficult trenches...

fuel into the exhaust system. Like the T-54 and T-55, the T-62 has an unditching beam mounted at the rear of the hull. The tank can be fitted with a thin...

the members of the committee. Hankey proposed to build a gigantic steel roller pushed by tracked tractors to shield the advancing infantry. Churchill,...