No, on British vehicles the tread is backwards to help braking and wear, the old wheel driven muck spreaders had their tyres on backwards to what the tractors were, this gave the spreader extra grip, so if you brake hard on soft ground you will have better braking, also if your lorry is 4WD you’ll have more traction in reverse when you are stuck.
But there maybe some other military reason as to why their on backwards !.