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Originally Posted by zraver
At least one Abrams has lost it's turret when being rolled back over after being flipped down a ravine by an anti-tank mine.
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But not due to ammunition explosion, right?
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I don't know wha the fixation with HESH is it is not used as an anti-tank round. All modern MBT's are equipped with anti-spall linings and a spaced armor package.
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HESH is useful against light armour and devastating against fortifications.
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Also HESH is not inert it is a warhead that is very simply plastic explosive (High Explosive Squash Head knownin the US as HEP High Explosive Plastic) when it hits it deforms and conforms to the target then detonates using the shock waves to cause spalling to mince the crew and start fires explode ammos. It was developed to defeat Panther and Tiger tanks. It would never be stored in the turret but in armored bins in the hull.
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So HESH would be vulnerable to burning fragments/ any ammo penetration, right?The HESH in Chally 2 afaik, is not stored in bins iirc.
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As a former Abrams tanker I must confess that in combat the Abrams record is awesome, but the CR1 and 2 are undefeated.
If I had to go into combat in something other than an Abrams, it would be a Chally
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Why not the Merkava 4? Seems to be a modern design, and arguably the only tank that includes both top attack and anti-mine protection as part of its basic design itself. Plus it is stated to have the most advanced fire control system in the world today.
