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Yes, all loaders in the Armored Corps can slam a shell in under 6 seconds. He can slam those shells 24 times in a row. But it's not like he'd have to, in a tank battle targets would rarely appear that fast where he would not get rest between loads. Even if they did, he'd have 3-5 seconds of rest between them while the gunner is firing. It's called PT, the army does a lot of it. Not to mention the carousel auto-loader on Russian tanks is the dumbest design idea in the history of tanks, it puts the ammo in a circle around the turret. If the turret is penetrated, BOOM, bye bye tank. On the Abrams, it's separated from the crew, there has been plenty of incidencts where an Abrams' ammo explodes, and the crew survives. I beleive there was one instance in the Gulf war, where a T-72 hit the flank of an Abrams and blew it's ammo (only tank penetrated by direct enemy fire). The Abrams swung around and killed it's attacker with the round in the tube. Yes, the US army can train loaders that fast. It's not that hard, bang knee against switch, door opens, pull correct ammo out, put ammo in breech, close breech, turn safety off, yell "Up". The M1A2SEP's optics are also the best in the world, a x50 FLIR channel for the gunner means he can see and ID targets before any other tank out there, especially the T-80U or T-90M. The T-90 and 80 has an identification range of less then 2km, while the Abrams can ID them from almost 4000 meters away. The M289A3 APFSDS round is also best long rod in the world. That said, all western tanks, the Challenger, Leclerc, Leopard, Merkava, outmatch Russian tanks. Thats why Russia has a lot of them, their doctrine states "quantity over quality" You're right about Shtora though, I'd like to see something like it added on the M1A3, which I believe it will be. |
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not really yurry...here a paste from the FAS site on the fire system of the tank
The stowage for the main armament ammunition is in armored ammunition boxes behind sliding armor doors. Armor bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks. The tank is equipped with an automatic Halon fire extinguishing system. This system automatically activates within 2 milliseconds of either a flash or a fire within the various compartments of the vehicle. The top panels of the tank are designed to blow outwards in the event of penetration by a HEAT projectile. doesnt mean that you cant find the fuel tank or ammo but at least these are compartmented off to allow the crew to live. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm |
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That said, the turret compartment is very unlikely to catch fire because of what's mentioned above. The Abrams has had it's ammo cook off (40 120mm rounds with explosives and propellent) and it's crews keep fighting. About the Iraqis not having good AT weapons, the RPG-7 and it's upgraded versions are extremely potent against all tanks. The T-90 has about 600-700mm of armor over it's front with ERA, the RPG-29 penetrated that in Russian tests. This means the Abrams is very vulnerable over the side to it, as are all tanks. If you want tanks that catch fire easily, try the T-72 and T-90. |
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