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I'm pretty sure that giant fireball is by design. The ammunition stowage is designed to blow out vertically like that in the case of a hit.

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• bendbro 10y ago
  Do the occupants survive? When I first saw this video, I assumed they got roasted.
  • GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
    In an American or western tank? Maybe, those are heavily designed for crew survival. In a Russian/Soviet design? Who knows.
  • abstractbeliefs 10y ago
    The occupants don't survive, but it's better for munitions to burn out slowly and upwards than quickly and outwards, turning the tank into a grenade. Other tanks, infantry, passers by will be glad for it.