Quote Originally Posted by Warsaw View Post
The two driver's seats were not a fluke. It was implied that it took two marines to operate the tank, but the Chief could do it all by himself because of Cortana.

Other than that, your analysis is good. Just had to point that out because I'm OCD.
This. I always pictured the MC leaning over to control both seats at once

Also, I'm still bugged by the density of wire at the back of the turret and on the back of the tank. With the lights, it serves a purpose. On the top, with those dimensions, it doesn't look like it serves a function at all