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weed
Optio
Location: Germany
Posts: 154
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Sat March 31, 2007 05:25
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Rating: 10.00
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I can imagine how cramped the inside must be! Glad I was a U.S. tanker.
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Redleg
The fire is everything...
Location: Norway
Posts: 12,819
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I'm 187cm and I could barely get inside the commanders and gunners seats, so it isn't much room inside... They didn't recommend/have tank crew over 170-175cm.. 
But lower height of a tank means that it's a more difficult target to hit, so it should be (relatively) easy to find cover for this one.
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weed
Optio
Location: Germany
Posts: 154
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A smaller tank is probably harder to hit, but I wonder if the cramped fighting compartment hampers the crew's ability to "fight the tank" effectively. Hhmm, sounds like a good forum topic. Anyway, nice pics Redleg! I wish I could have seen that show where you took all those pics.
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Redleg
The fire is everything...
Location: Norway
Posts: 12,819
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They did actually have a max height for tank crew to prevent space problems.
I don't remember what it was right now, but I believe the max height was around 170cm.
And I didn't take those pics at a show by the way.
I took them during the NATO exercise Cooperative Adventure Excange 2002 in Ukraine.
Lots of interesting former Soviet/Russian vehicles there, and one of the most interesting experiences was "test driving" the BMP-2.. 
http://www.military-quotes.com/media....php/photo/165
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Team Infidel
Milforum's Postmaster
Location: United States
Posts: 45,250
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Sat September 15, 2007 07:51
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sounds like tanks for midgets
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phoenix80
Banned
Location: Canada
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Sun September 23, 2007 02:11
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interesting!
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