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This one specific thing just keeps puzzling me, because I'm not a tank specialist.
Why is rubber required for building tanks? Is there a logical reason for this?
I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.
if you watch the movie Saving Private Ryan you know why rubber is that important.
Every tank has 'tires' (I don't know how to name it in english)
and if you 'destroy' these 'tires' (like in SPR) the tank is useless.
no rubber, no tanks.
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um kinda. well i guess they do not really need rubber but what would have been something extra that they would require so as to make them less readily availiable.
rubber was a strategic resource in WW2. i know germans had to switch to strategic variant.
try thinking about tanks as you do about mech divisions. they have not only tanks in them but many support vehicles. and they all need rubber.
A tank's tread rolls on what are usually called "bogie wheels" -- you know, all those 8+ wheels on each side of the tank. The wheels would be on the ground if the 'track' (aka tank 'tread') was not there.
The wheels may be made of metal, but where they make contact with the track is lined with rubber. Sort of a permanent 'tire' on each wheel, I would guess 2 or 3 inches thick.
During World War II, Japan quickly conquered the vast majority of rubber producing areas in the whole world. Fortunately, "synthetic rubber" was invented by the Allies before stockpiles ran out.
I suppose the invention of synthetic substances isn't covered too well in Civ3.
Well thats what i thought too. I don't actually care if tank needs rubber or not as civilization is not a simulation. It's just a game balance thing to make game more fun.
rubber was a strategic resource in WW2. i know germans had to switch to strategic variant. try thinking about tanks as you do about mech divisions. they have not only tanks in them but many support vehicles. and they all need rubber.
Hopefully you don't mind, LaRusso, but I'll have to
add that the rubber problem was a significant
problem also for Luftwaffe, and not only Wehrmacht.
But anyway, you're right large that Panzergruppe's need
large supply convoys (and also air protection).
That was one of the reasons for the setback in
Stalingrad.
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Has anyone here ever worked on a car? Apparently not.
If you want to know why a tank needs rubber, then pop open the hood on any car you find and you'll notice a few rubber things in there such as...
Hoses
Gaskets
Belts
Seals
You still need rubber to have a decent engine and without an engine a tank would have a very hard time moving across the street much less the thousands of miles they might have to move to attack or defend some area.
The reasons listed are also more than likely why you need rubber for mass transit as well.
In practical terms, Firaxis made it so that tanks would require rubber because tanks are a powerful unit in the game, and they wanted to make it hard to make.
Anyone agree?
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Originally posted by Jason Beaudoin
In practical terms, Firaxis made it so that tanks would require rubber because tanks are a powerful unit in the game, and they wanted to make it hard to make.
Anyone agree?
I agree. "Rubber" could be replaced with "The Strategical Resource Needed To Build Wheeled Industrious and Modern Units" and it would make no difference.
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To Jason Beaudoin: You are right. As the resources oil and rubber appears very late in the game, it can turn the complete game. IMO is it good for gameplay.
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