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.

[–] anteaters@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm42sikiW3Y

If the crew reacts in time and really wants to stop, they can.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Fucking balls of steel.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know what the braking distance is

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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.