I think that these Irish Guardsmen were not paying too much attention…
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wonder it improves performance cross country ? 
TinyDog01
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Setup for NASCAR?
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tighter turning circle I think… 
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Been there done that after throwing a track in the dark 
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I heard a story from a Swedish tank officer. They were replacing the worn out tracks on a Centurion tank
Lay out the new track, roll the tank over the new track while removing the old track.
Rinse and repeat for the other side. When they were done they saw that they had reused one of the old tracks instead of a new.
Rinse and repeat …
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Improves turn rate.
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Would that help prevent this? British tanks negotiate slippery roads (1945)
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No.
Those steel chevrons are just as slippery in any direction.
Rubber chevrons or blocks are just as bad.
The only thing that helps is ice cleats.
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There was another vid of a Challenger trying to climb an icy hill but cant find it. Did relocate this. Ever seen a tank brake dance? Type74 & M1A2 Abrams Know the Stridsvagn 103 had hydraulics but could it get this fancy.
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H.P.
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The Strv 103 can tilt forwards/backwards more than the type 74.
This was needed since the gun on the Strv 103 is fixed in the chassis,
the Type 74 can elevate and depress the turret mounted gun.
The Strv 103 does not tilt sideways (as far as I know), not really needed
since the aimingsystem can compensate for the gun barrel being slightly rotated
when the tank is on a side slope (same for every normal modern tank).
The original patent does mention that the suspension system could compensate
for side slopes but I don’t know if Strv 103 was actually built with this feature.
The ability to compensate will still be small so something else must exist to
adjust the aim for larger side slopes.
In the patent description: Aiming left/right was done in two steps, rough adjustment by spinning the whole tank (pivot turn). Fine adjustments by hydraulics pushing against the
track on the ground, like sitting on a chair and moving your “bottom” sideways inside the trousers, have to have loose fitting trousers …
In the real tank I think it was only by pivoting, I presume they managed to fine tune the steering system to allow for fine adjustments.
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That must of been fun and a bit scary all at the same time. Having a 70 ton beast out of control is no fun, BTDT.
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