russian-tank-turret-blast-jack-in-the-box

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
..."The fault is related to the way many Russian tanks hold and load ammunition. In these tanks, including the T-72, the Soviet-designed vehicle that has seen wide use in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, shells are all placed in a ring within the turret. When an enemy shot hits the right spot, the ring of ammunition can quickly “cook off” and ignite a chain reaction, blasting the turret off the tank’s hull in a lethal blow."...

Want technical comparison of the Armata and the M1 pertaining to rounds cooking off in turret?

Too easy. I shared this analysis on my football site. Enjoy!

I will now address the rounds exploding in the turrets of both tanks.

The M1 rounds are stored in the back of the turret in its own compartment called the ready rack. When I order load sabot the loader pushes a switch and a metal door slides open, he grabs a round, then he chambers it. I apologize but I don’t remember the thickness of the of the sliding door. Perhaps 3 inches thick and probably made of depleted uranium. When he grabs a round the sliding door will be close automatically to protect the crew.

Above the ammo rack are blow out panels on the back top of the turret. These panels are designed to be the weakest part of the turret. With the blow out panels and metal sliding doors the concept is to protect the crew. If the ammunition in the ammo rack cooks off, the M1 was designed so the rounds shoot straight up and through the panels into the air. It’s like pressure building up and the weakest point of the system will break first, and the blow out panels in the back rear of the turret is the weakest point.

The Armata is easy to explain. The Armata has an auto loader. The rounds were not designed to go up, but unintentionally the turret was designed for the rounds in the turret to cook off in many directions. Idiots! lol