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MANPADS are anti-air weapons. Also, what western tank doesn't store most of its ammunition in the turret?
by SubjectToChange 4y ago
MANPADS are anti-air weapons. Also, what western tank doesn't store most of its ammunition in the turret?
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoOn an Abrams the ready to use rounds are stored in a partitioned sort of "duck tail" hanging off the back of the turret, with an armored door separating it from the crew compartment, and blast off panels on top. The specific issue the other comment is referring to is unique to Soviet designed tanks that combined an autoloader with an ammo rack carrousel that's below the crew in the turret. This proved to be a big design flaw, but is not one universal across non Soviet tanks.