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Have you ever been north of 60 ? Alaska in the interior gets very very cold , NDakota Minnesota also get pretty nippy I've seen it as -40c without windI disagree, nothing in the United States could comapre to the Russian winter. It was so cold that all gas powered vehicles ground to a halt.
The point here is that the Opel Blitz did just as well as the GMC, and was by the Germans considered just as vital to their victories as the GMC C-47 Dakota was to the Allies.
....NDakota Minnesota also get pretty nippy I've seen it as -40c without wind
I still fail to see how the GMC handles such an inviroment better. I bet that if the GMC had worked under such conditions then it would've done miserably, just as every other gas powered vehicle would.
I disagree, nothing in the United States could comapre to the Russian winter. It was so cold that all gas powered vehicles ground to a halt.
God I've never seen any one know so little about so much .Oki pbfoot, lets see you claim that the GMC will perform better than the Opel Blitz at -40 degree Celcius and beyond. It will amuse me for sure.
The winter of 1941 on the Eastern front the temperature was measured at -55 degrees celcius at one point.
God I've never seen any one know so little about so much .
My proof is in my age in the 50's and 60's and 70's for certain vehicles Euro autos were nice in the summer but park them in the winter so you could drive something reliable
Now lets see the proof that the GMC does better at freezing temperatures than the Opel Blitz. I'd certainly like to see it.
It does that regularly in Alaska as well. In the winter time the interior of Alaska regularly reaches below −60 °F (-52 °C). For crying out loud, there are parts of Alaska that average a low temp of 34 °F (1 °C) in July!
In 1971 temps were measured in the interior at −80 °F (-64 °C).
To say that parts of N. America are not as extreme as Russia is a very false statement.
Is there actual 100% proof for vice versa? Have there been tests that will prove either one?
If not then any and all of this is nothing more than opinion or speculation. We know what your opinion of opinions is, based off of your post in the Best Jet of the 50s thread.
to paraphrase Mr Rogers "Can you say Alaska HighwayRight back at ya
Now lets see the proof that the GMC does better at freezing temperatures than the Opel Blitz. I'd certainly like to see it.
Adler, I will concede that Alaska perhaps has a roughly similar winter climate, but that's not the point, the point is that the GMC wasn't anymore reliable than the Opel Blitz in such an environment. Why would it be ? Was it a Diesel ? No.
to paraphrase Mr Rogers "Can you say Alaska Highway?"