Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
Beamr, you need to explain to me why the crew are going to be much better off if only 10 shells ignite rather than 40 inside the turret. The issue of the turret blowing off is completely incidental ( apart from video sequences ) isn't it ?
All i can think is they have analysed knocked out armour ( they have a lot to chose from ) and worked out the locality that most penetration of the turret occurs when hit. Then ensured that those empty spaces in the Autoloader ammo ring at the bottom of the tank are left vacant. You have also reduced the chance of and explosion by 75% having removed that amount of ammo.
I would imagine most top hitting ATGM's will have a narrow zone of penetration.
Another problem I can see with up armouring the top of the turrets has to be the crew hatches, it's ok adding inches of armour to the top of your tank, but the crew still need to be able to open and lift the hatches which are going to be a weak point?.