LOL @ mike that's great.

Poly counts are the bane of all mod making. This guy

https://www.volny.cz/marfyart/desertofp/index_engl.htm

is working on some great WW2 tank mods for Op Flashpoint and has done some good tutorials (the Zimmerit one is a classic and there is a wheels one as well).

You can see from the screens that his tracks are textured whole shapes- low poly work tends to rely on textures, not modelling, to bring out the detail.