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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Ask the crew of the CSS Hunley what water and shockwaves does to human bodies.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I would rather not ask either.

Don't ask what all that weight does to the running surfaces either. Some things it's better to just not know.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

A modern tank is already about 70 metric tons, 3 or 4 more wont matter that much.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Yeah that sounds kinda boring. What’s the worst that could happen

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

There (shouldn't) be any blast from the gun firing released inside the tank itself. So, you've got vibration that'll pass through the water. It might increase that, but that's not direct exposure to the blast.

There's still air around the muzzle. Maybe water makes up some of the distance, but there is still a buffer of compressable air in there.

I'm not sure that it wouldn't cause problems, but I'm not sure that it wouldn't, either. I don't think that it'd just be the "depth charge near people in the water" issue.

EDIT: Though some artillery has that recoil-compensating mechanism where the breach moves back when the gun fires. I dunno whether that's true of the main gun on an MBT, but if so, that might cause issues.

googles

Yeah, here's an Abrams doing it. That might suck.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sC2ePKRvo9k

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Water transmits shockwaves to meat bags far more efficiently than air. Everyone’s lungs will be shredded if the tank is hit by an RPG.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Then add a layer of air a few feet wide between the armor and the crew compartment, duh.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I mean just put a pop-up valve at the top lol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Does anyone have a confederate ouija board?