Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to guns@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoSize comparison between M1 Abrams and T-72 tankhexbear.netimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageSize comparison between M1 Abrams and T-72 tankhexbear.netTervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to guns@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareHumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agookay i understand there are practical limitations to building and maintaining a 60 ton cannon on treads but every 12 hours??
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoThey need to rev the engine up to a certain speed to blast sand particles out of the filter every twelve hours. It can be done from inside the tank and only takes a couple of minutes.
minus-squareKarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoGetting because I had to stop and rev my tank loudly for several minutes in an active war zone
minus-squarehalyk.the.redlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/11/30/the-biggest-problem-with-ukraines-m-1-tanks-they-dont-like-staying-dirty/?sh=7b0b1bcf51f6
okay i understand there are practical limitations to building and maintaining a 60 ton cannon on treads but every 12 hours??
They need to rev the engine up to a certain speed to blast sand particles out of the filter every twelve hours. It can be done from inside the tank and only takes a couple of minutes.
Getting
because I had to stop and rev my tank loudly for several minutes in an active war zone
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/11/30/the-biggest-problem-with-ukraines-m-1-tanks-they-dont-like-staying-dirty/?sh=7b0b1bcf51f6