Gallia- wrote:Rich and Corporations wrote:erm
they actually do
I read of a comparison of hydropneumatic suspension and torsion bar for the Abrams
it was one or two dozen cubic feet
I wasn't able to find actual space savings for the XM1 hydrogas suspension, but the weight was about 1 tonne.
Belly tanks may be relevant.
"using external in-arm hydropneumatic suspension units (and thus saving about 17 cubic feet of space now occupied by torsion bars)"
from ARMY 1991 apparently