CMP riddle #003

Hanno Spoelstra · #1 23-01-10, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Let's start a new* game: CMP riddles!
*) IIRC we did play this game earlier, possibly on the old forum?

Yes we did, it was called quiz time!.

For answereing the riddle Why were the windows of the nr. 13 cab slanted inwards?, I grant Keith Webb 5 points.

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Originally posted by Keith Webb
To quote from Bart's Observer's fighting vehicles P. 212:
" The new cab had reverse-slope windscreens to reduce glare and also to prevent the piling up of snow, slush, etc."
Another reason was for blackout convoy driving so the driver could see the pinspot tail lamps of the vehicle ahead without reflections.

Close enough ... this is the answer I was looking for:
"The windshield slants forward placing the surface of the glass square with the driver's line of vision to the road and reduces the possibility of reflected light interfering with the driver's vision. It is exceptionally effective during blackout operations. "
Source: Ford instruction book Special Pattern Vehicles (third edition) p. 208.