Why Gun Tractor Shape

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It's almost like they took the guy ant prototype and simply made it bigger. It looks like the rear deck has brackets that are holding legs similar to that used on mortar tripods. I can't place what artillery equipment used those legs.

Re the HHMWVs, they sloping back is on the "slantback" hardtop only. I suspect the slantback was simply so the gunner in the turret ring had an unobstructed view to the rear if he wanted it, or that the hatchback simply gave a little protected cargo room than a flat cargo bed. Kind of the same reason they made car trunks into hatchbacks.