Rachel Douglas Jun 12, 2015:

In the U.S. Army English-Russian/Russian-English Glossary of Military Terms, dating from 1955, "техническая скорость" is "speed of movement". From other (Russian) sources, it clearly means what Oleg said under your other question - "start to stop" movement, i.e., speed during the time the vehicle is actually moving. Meanwhile, "net" speed of movement is that same speed, adjusted by averaging in the time-outs caused by breakdowns, etc. I guess one could contrast "net speed of movement" with "start-to-stop speed of movement", although a few sources I saw led me to think that "net cross-terrain movement" or "net cross-country movement" might be used to characterize the former. I don't feel confident enough to suggest them as translation options.