I think that might be the wackiest idea put forth in this thread yet. :laughing
Not that strange. :laughing
Back when I was designing the MPC 8X8 demonstrator suspension, there was a tire size trade study we needed to do between "huge" and "fucking huge". (I would have to look up the specs I dont remember).
Basically, there was not enough space in the wheel wells to have the suspension travel we wanted, so we went with the smaller tires as a compromise to mobility on soft soil. This is the heart of the Wheels vs Tracked debate. Interior volume is always important for armored vehicles, but more so for a vehicle that was design to be a boat on the ocean.
Then when they finally built the prototype. The tires 'looked too small' and the Nevada Automotive Test Center (cool place), so they mounted the "fucking huge" tires and limited the suspension travel.
I would expect more rigor for the production design.
It did originally look like this with the smaller tires
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