Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Taylor

While your initiative is appreciated, and the results sure to be interesting, I think that sort of misses the point of mecanums.

I do understand that the mobility is the advantage, but I have suspicions that people on this forum seriously overstate the difference in torque in between the two drive systems. I don't dismiss the experience people have here off hand, I just want some real world data specific to this argument.