![]() ![]() Of course, tearing up the streets of a city doesn’t matter too much when it isn’t your own city but rather one in a far-flung corner of the globe. “Wheeled vehicles have shown better on-road mobility, savings in maintenance, and reduced crew and squad fatigue.” ![]() The inability of tracked vehicles to get around a city without causing damage came into focus earlier this year in the US, when authorities in Washington, DC said they would destroy the capital’s streets if deployed in a Fourth of July military parade. Put a tank side by side with a wheeled vehicle on a city street and there is no contest. One of these pros is speed simply put wheeled vehicles can go faster – albeit surface permitting. We’ll wade into the seemingly endless debate of whether wheels or tracks are better by pointing out some of the significant advantages of the former. ![]() The General Dynamics Piranha V, Stryker, and the Rheinmetall Boxer are some of most technologically advanced infantry fighting vehicles on the market, but they wouldn’t be able to get around if it weren’t for a Neolithic invention. When it comes to wheeled vehicles a few stand out as equally advanced as they are fearsome. ![]()
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