It would be nice if the RC tank makers would dig into how the tank really moved, then design the tank to run accordingly. Looking at the DVDs on Utube, it's ridiculous to watch a Sherman spin and pivot, do a 90 degree turn in a tank's length and take off like a race car. The Sherman had a 5 speed totally unsyncronised crash box tranny and it took a very experienced driver to move it from 2nd to 4th smoothly without loosing too much momentum. It was double clutch up and down for every gear and not at all smooth, was not capable of pivots and could not stop and take off in reverse in a split second. It took a lot of muscle to jack that lateral back and shift down at the same time to make a tight turn. Lots of things are being done to make tanks look realistic, but realistic movement has not been taken seriously. The same applies to the Pershing and all German armor regarding speed and maneuverability. The Tiger family had electrically controlled automatic transmissions with a selector lever to allow the same number of gears forward and reverse and I have seen a KT almost do a pivot with one track moving slowly oposit of the other..., but very slow. The HL M-41 can be taken somewhat seriously due to the Allison CD transmission. It was very fast, extremely maneuverable and could stop and pivot on a dime.

Bill