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The potential of all-wheel steering to move vehicles diagonally seems like a useful feature. Tight space handling advantages aside, additional advantages includes being able to point the hull armor towards threats regardless of direction of travel and potentially removing the need for a turret. It seems like there hasn't been widespread success for this idea.
Can't find any AFV that explicitly have crab-walk as a feature, closest thing I can find is:
based on chassis described somewhat here:
![www.motortrend.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motortrend.com%2Ff%2F32020363.jpg&hash=183f9e6f25816fe2c5addd155efb0d2a&return_error=1)
Four-Wheel-Steer Jeeps
The concept of combining four-wheel steering with four-wheel drive was a favorite idea in the early days of four-wheeling. Some of the more notable four-wheel-s
Also:
![www.motor1.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FlXVvO%2Fs1%2Fvolvo-group-s-arquus-scarabee.jpg&hash=cc7fdd6b67b6043edccafb80fa0e1bab&return_error=1)
Arquus Scarabee Is A Side-Winding Behemoth Made By Volvo
Volvo Group's Arquus presents its latest defense vehicle, the Scarabee, with a distinct four-wheel steering system.
![www.motor1.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fstatic%2Fmotor1%2Ffavicon-32.png&hash=9f2f8cb8183dede069945118b518e242&return_error=1)
Still, I'd expect more prototype and experiments over the years, can anyone point me to them?
How bad is the suspension/handling problem for a vehicle moving all directions at speed?
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