Vehicle recovery

[Weasel]

Well as an ex-zipper head I can tell you even an easy track break...is not easy. You have to knock the track pin out with a torpedo (not submarine) just to break the track to get good ends. Then if the track break is on top, which it never is it is always on the bottom, you have to roll the vehicle backwards to access the track and replace it. Then put the track back over the drive sprocket and move forward and put the pin back in. This is just a brief, not exact summary but you get the idea.

BTW - time to change a tire on a 21/2 ton truck (if outer) is about 1 hour, inner easily doubled.

All of this requires standing and hammering with a sledge hammer etc. With someone shooting at you, you would be dead. The time is hours, even on an M113.