2y ago

Leopard 2 hauling ass

leopard2

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I'd let it pass.
- Definitely not the moment to escalate the road rage
  
  Brake check to remind him of safety distance
Curious how fast they were actually going
- As it's top speed is 42 mph, I suspect they had it going flat-out.
  
  I paid for 42mph of speedometer, imma use 42 mph of speedometer.
  
  From what i know it can go faster theoretically but has a limiter to not break down fast.
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.
- 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.
  
  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.
Must. go. faster.
- "objects in mirror are closer than they appear"

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