Other [Issue 34] 13 Surprising Facts: Real Tanks

[Rth1131999 4]

I actually knew most of this.
 

Real life tanks are easy to take out given they hit, but destroying them is another story. Unless you use a large land mine, it's effectively impossible to destroy the tank, or at least render it unusable for a while. In fact, typically nothing can destroy the tank except land mines(by destroying the chassis). It's easier to just kill the crew than it is to kill the tank.

 

Modern tanks typically have the equivalent of several dozen inches of rolled steel armor(>800mm of armor on average for an MBT)

 

Typically, HEAT is designed to penetrate the armor, and due to the melted metal jet, does a lot of damage to the crew inside. HESH is a bit different than other rounds, in that it's not designed to penetrate in the first place. Rather, it's designed to explode on the hull, and through the vibrations, shake loose parts inside the tank, creating shrapnel. British is currently the only one in the world that fields HESH on any of their tanks, which gives them an advantage over other countries in the world.

 

I really don't consider the ripsaw tank a real 'tank'. For one, it's not really designed for tank roles, and it's a lot smaller than it needs to be. "Drone tank" is basically what it is. The fastest tank that was designed to actually be a tank(actually at TD, but still) was the Hellcat, at 57mph, which is faster than all current MBT's, and can even keep pace with HMMWV's.

 

Now, you can buy WWII tanks, even find them, but they are rare and far between these days.

 

But overall, this is a great article. One thing to note, though, some forms of composite armor don't have multi-hit capability, or are limited, and angling the armor plates does much more harm than good, a great example being Chobham armor.

[fightermalikio20115 374]

the sarcasm..the sarcasm

 

 

still good piece

 

 

[rich678 1]

there is something called a APHEI which stands for armor piercing high-explosive incendiary which is actually used in modern times, so #4 isn't 100% correct, although non-explosive rounds are more common. 

Just saying

[greyat 2,972]

How... Just... How the hell could that even happen...  :huh:

Heh... look at this; skip near the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLuiwe4lQ6s

Edited May 24, 2015 by greyat

[Quarks 2,255]

So that Vulcan I got is rendered useless, that was like 600.  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

[Jboymark53 508]

Great article! Big  from me!

[suhas_best 334]

My Isida m3 will electrify the rats :D #lol 

[qianrshci2015 0]

soooooooo true