Yeap, however if your lacking grip on the rear your not going to be braking straight, the front will overtake the rear...
I'm talking about snowy conditions here...
if you have no grip on the front which is doing the lions share of the your going to lock up and plow on anyway, so who cares in that situation, your going to crash anyway...... plus if your you wouldnt have the front end grip to make steering changes to avoid an accident.
IMO there are so many more reasons to go for the front axle over the rear. I never experienced loosing the rear end in snow in the 9 years i was in germany, and i used winters on the front axle only for 2 winters there.
@ bodger, completely agree, winters all round are unquestionably better. But consider you wouldnt go around a bend thats covered in snow at that speed, and we have many many more traction and stability control systems than those cars. Maybe thats why ive never had that issue.
That said this is talking from my experiences in my own cars, not from watching youtube videos.
We all have our opinions.