Rich and Corporations wrote:Mozria wrote:Why use split-tracks at all? Their only benefit is increased terrain-conformation ability while cresting hills or navigating uneven ground, and then this "advantage" is negated by increased ground pressure and reliability issues. Also, external track pods are significantly more difficult to armor effectively, as well as requiring a complex force-transfer system to operate while the unit is changing elevation and depression to hug the ground.
The T95 used four tracks, the extra pair was removed for rail transport.
So there are benefits.
There are benefits in the T95's layout.
Not at all in the layout that traipses through here.