Russia's state-of-the-art tank stops during parade rehearsal

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So what happens when the autoloader in that unmanned turret jams under fire? :lol:
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Cybrludite wrote:So what happens when the autoloader in that unmanned turret jams under fire? :lol:
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Just looked it up on Wikipedia, interesting. This is not only their main battle tank but the hull is the basis for every tracked vehicle in their arsenal. Kind of like the F-36 is supposed to do every combat task. Only 43 tons too. HERE
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Cybrludite wrote:So what happens when the autoloader in that unmanned turret jams under fire? :lol:
They contracted it out to Glock AG so it wont jam :lol:
More seriously my guess is anything that three crew cant do becomes recovery and depot maintanence.
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Is this going to be like the Soviet Space Shuttle?
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The real problem with this tank is that the engineers weren't told to design it to kill Germans.
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From "Is gun, is shoot" to "Is tank, is shit"
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slowpoke wrote:
Cybrludite wrote:So what happens when the autoloader in that unmanned turret jams under fire? :lol:
They contracted it out to Glock AG so it wont jam :lol:
More seriously my guess is anything that three crew cant do becomes recovery and depot maintanence.
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evan price wrote:
slowpoke wrote:
Cybrludite wrote:So what happens when the autoloader in that unmanned turret jams under fire? :lol:
They contracted it out to Glock AG so it wont jam :lol:
More seriously my guess is anything that three crew cant do becomes recovery and depot maintanence.
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Of course this may be the real reason the turret is unoccupied.....
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