The Need for 4 reverse gear ratios.
¿Cual fue el requerimiento para su diseño y en que se basó su pedido si así fué? (me refiero puntualemnte a tener 4 veloc hacia adelante y 4 en reversa)
Respectful Hello to you Sir.
I may be able to help with the answer to the question you asked about the need for 4 reverse gear ratios.
A neighbour of mine for many years had been a Tank Crewman, and had seen combat.
According to him:
"We were often in motion (moving) more than standing still and firing, and oddly, much of the time were were going in reverse,
praying to go backwards from the danger just as fast as we had driven into the danger. Tactics like that are necessary in a tank combat, if you are going to survive."
According to my friend, the need for speed going in reverse was every bit as great as the need for speed going forwards, and often, in fact, greater.
It was safer and wiser to back away/back out of trouble, than to drive into trouble.
I hope someone can translate my reply into Spanish for you, because my Spanish is not very good at this stage of learning it.
Respectful Regards, Uyraell.