I allways looked at cats like you remember some of the times running tanks,they were a lot of fun to operate.The new age of automatic transmissions and hydrolics has changed the world of heavy equipment, and yes I'm sure even how tanks are opererated
and function in todays world.Not sure when it comes down to tanks and cats,who coppied who.Seems like I watched a show on the history chanel about cats and they kind of stated they were not sure who realy invented the first one.But most tracked vehicles and equipment use a lot of the same termanoligy for most of their parts.I would like to see the inside of one of our new model tanks,I have seen a little on TV about them but not enough to realy understand all the changes they have made to the over-all drive system in one.To me if a tank had a blade on the front and a winch on the back,they could do just about anything you wanted to do with one.
I am supprised that they did not have a winch on them,seems like a winch would have been a very usefull item to have for many reasons. BIGMIG