Normal (land) Steer Operation

TM 9-2520-249-34&P

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Normal (land) Steer Operation

a. First Gear, Normal Left Steer (fig. 2-21).

Figure 2-21. First gear, normal left steer operation-torque path.

(1) The power flow through the range

at its center (during full steer). Lesser application of

section and right output section is the same as that

steer will lengthen the radius in which the vehicle

described in paragraph 2-50a. However, in the left

travels.

(3) In first gear, normal right steer operates in

output section, the reverse-range clutch is engaged.

the same manner as left steer except the actions

The power flow in the left output section is, therefore,

described in (1) and (2), above, take place in opposite

the same as that described in paragraph 2-50a.

sides of the transmission. (The right reverse-range

(2) In first gear, one transmission output

clutch is engaged and the left transmission drives as in

rotates as in straight travel operation while the opposite

first gear straight travel.)

output rotates as in reverse gear. Thus, one vehicle

track drives forward while the other drives in reverse,

causing the vehicle to pivot about a point approximately

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