The logs themselves are quite good, but I assume they are not seen as neessary for German tanks because Grmany has a limited amount of terrain where that would come in handy and the tank bataillon structure assigns 2 recovery vehicles for 40 tanks.
So help should be close by if you get stuck…and if bad comes to worse, you can always use a Panzergrenadier to do the digging for you :D
yeah but I state the reason for there not being log the West just doesn’t believe we need them.
The log basically creates a paddle effect when the belly touches the ground and the tracks can’t get traction. NATO MBT design:
a. has more ground clearance, so gets stuck less often in similar conditions;
b. they either use tow cables or dedicated Recovery vehicles.
c. see @Tankskis1 remark ;)
Also the log method is extremely messy for the crew, one person has to secure the log to the tracks. drive forward or reverse, then remove log, place it on the start position and repeat. all this potentially up to your knees or waist in water and or mud.
Yeah and the other reason is they will just dig the tank out. so add that to yours as a C. point.