But sometimes even rocking the panzer wouldn't free up the road wheels.
Like the later German tanks of the war it had, in this case eight, overlapping road wheels.
The main external difference was that the nine road wheels were not overlapping.
These hollow road wheels increase the tank's buoyancy by 30%.
There were three road wheels (one of them double) on each arm.
Suspension is made up of 6 road wheels and lead or return rollers.
The interleaved road wheels had a lot to do with that.
They are sized to fit within the space of a conventional 18- to 24-inch road wheel.
The road wheels are smaller and lighter than those from the Type 59 main battle tank.
It has five road wheels and three return rollers on each side.