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Leopard 2 hauling ass
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Too close for comfort. I don't know what the braking distance is but I doubt 60-70 tons of steel at up to 70 km/h are that easily stopped. If that truck had to suddenly do an emergency brake, then the tank would probably just roll over & flatten it, with everyone in and on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm42sikiW3Y
If the crew reacts in time and really wants to stop, they can.
Fucking balls of steel.
At 70km/h, 20.6 metres. For ordinary cars it's ~50m.
In a nutshell, a tracked vehicle has quite a bit more contact area with the ground, it's also kind of hard to lift the rear wheels up so you can apply a lot of break force before you start to skid etc. And Leos have the hardware to actually do that, there's a retarder in the drive train and additional disc brakes.
Have side views on dirt and on tarmac.
Wow, that's almost a full G of acceleration in a heavily armoured vehicle. Tracks are crazy. I wonder how hot the brake pads get in the process.