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One advantage of electric transmission for military vehicle is that you don't have a single driveshaft to fail on you rendering you immobile, nor clutches, nor a chance that a single broken wheel will jam the rest of powertrain.

The last point is the biggest advantage of many wheels vehicles over tracks. A detracked tank is a sitting duck, but an 8x8 without a single wheel will happily run away after taking damage

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How easy is it to insulate the electric motors? My thinking is electric motors in the wheels while crossing a river, opportunity for short circuits.

These are probably brush-less motors, so in theory, they shouldn't pose any specific challenges in that scenario, as there are no exposed conductors, only sets of insulated coils/windings and permanent magnets that would end up being immersed in a river.

EMP sensitive?

Not the motors. They are designed to withstand high currents.

>How easy is it to insulate the electric motors?

Very easy. There are submerged electric motors for marine propulsion after all.

True. But they don't take hits and vibrations like a military 4x4 would.

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