Russian Tanks’ Ammunition Storage
Russian tanks such as the T-72, T-80, and T-90 have an automated "hold and load" ammunition
system and carry multiple shells in a ring within their turrets, and underneath the operators.
When an enemy shot hits a vulnerable spot -- such as the top part of the tank, where the armor is thinner -- the ring of ammunition can simply explode and ignite a chain reaction that vaporizes the crew and blasts the turret off the tank's hull.
3D image by Juan Carlos Herrera Martinez
Source: Globalsecurity.org
Russian Tanks’ Ammunition Storage
Russian tanks such as the T-72, T-80, and T-90 have an automated "hold
and load" ammunition system and carry multiple shells in a ring within their
turrets, and underneath the operators.
When an enemy shot hits a vulnerable spot -- such as the top part of the tank, where the armor is thinner -- the ring of ammunition can simply explode and ignite a chain reaction that vaporizes the crew and blasts the turret off the tank's hull.
3D image by Juan Carlos Herrera Martinez
Source: Globalsecurity.org
Russian Tanks’ Ammo Storage
Russian tanks such as the T-72, T-80, and
T-90 have an automated "hold and load"
ammunition system and carry multiple shells
in a ring within their turrets, and underneath
the operators.
When an enemy shot hits a vulnerable spot -- such as the top part of the tank, where the armor is thinner -- the ring of ammunition can simply explode and ignite a chain reaction that vaporizes the crew and blasts the turret off the tank's hull.
3D image by Juan Carlos Herrera Martinez
Source: Globalsecurity.org