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- First round was battle carried, sabot. Then I attempt to load a heat, driver is backing down into the defilade, brakes a little too hard, got the round in far enough to raise the breech, but not fully. Have to lower the breech manually, pull the round out a bit, then reattempt to load it. Third round is heat, loaded with more ease.
Heat rounds weigh 55 pounds and are about 4 feet long. They're a tad bit ungainly to move around in the tank.
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I love the little ammo door in back just be like: "Hey you need more"
"No"
"How about now"
"You do, you don't, you do, you don't"
Yeah, pedal knee switch that activates it is really easy to bump.
Lmao that was described so well😂
@@empire-classfirenationbatt2691 so true 😂
I served in a german leopard 2. This door is rallye dangerous wenn its oben by a mistake. I also never load a heat and the verschluss? Die Not closed
@@nicolasrau3460 meine dispatcher says theres something wrong mit deine kabel
I love this point of view. 30 years of tanking but have never seen this angle. Thanks for capturing it for us and sharing it. Speed and Power!
3-69
Speed and Power! I was with C 2/69 1995-97
@@cflat3355 '88-'90 for me and then Ft Livingroom!
@@cflat3355 Ah yes, the back to back NTC rotations and a couple DRB fly away's and a couple trips to Stewart for gunnery because Hastings broke (while I was shooting I might add) ........ what a wonderful year that was
This is why people in the military spend so much time training, so they stay calm no matter what happens. Well done!
Thanks man. It was nerve wracking for sure, but in more of a "god fucking damn it, here we go with this shit" kind of way
*calm, but with no heart from manipulation.
@@lylerubins9159 what's your point kid
@@zhongxina9420 We need to stop being controlled.
@@lylerubins9159 by who? Your parents? your girlfriend? Your peer? The government? Dream on kid humans evolved to follow, the only difference is whether you're the one leading or another guy
Kept cool as ice during the malfunction, can't ask for anything more than that
Man I'm glad someone understands that it was a malfunction (mostly a fuck up) and not just a slow ass load
I mean no pressure when firing dummy rounds unless you wanna impress your turret operator
@@SuS_NuG_It Well, any time it takes tools to get a gun back up should be pretty obvious evidence of a malfunction. Lol. But, most people aren't that bright when they see what's right in front of them.
Your third round was perfect, far as I could tell.
US Army standard for loading those is one round every 3 or 4 seconds, isn't it?
I was a tanker on M60A1s with the 4th infantry in the early 80s. If I was the TC on that tank I would not be happy with the guy's performance at all. The malfunction was caused by the loader not being strong enough to fully slam that round into the chamber so the breech could close. Maybe it was his first time at gunnery, I don't know, but that was a mistake that could get the whole crew killed in a real tank fight so I would seriously school this guy once the run was done.
@@wulfmaer8919 Yeah, you could tell he wasn't putting full force on the aft cap all the way into the breach. Kind of just hoped it was gonna slide in
Praise the almighty algorithm! Could anyone explain to me why the Inside of a modern Tank always sounds like a PS4 on a hot summer day ?
Because everything is powered by hydraulics, and the hydraulics are powered by the turbine engine, so there's just a shit load of noise.
Umm i think it's only Abrams
Sommer lol
@@SuS_NuG_It yeah I hate when the hydraulics in my ps4 act up too
ps4 pro or fat??
My man staying frosty during a malfunction and just handling it. Good shit.
The job inside these vehicles is another tale. It's very dramatic and intense. People are starting to realize how dedicated and disciplined these people should be. They deserve recognition for all those hours of service.
In four years as a loader, I was never faced with this situation. Closest I came was when the avcap got caught in the deflector. I grabbed the breech lever and pried it out of there. Only took a couple of seconds. I was prepared to not like this guy because of his clumsy loading technique, but he solved the problem quickly and calmly. Good work.
You solved that malfunction mighty quick.
This is why we don't use auto loaders in our tanks folks.
Thanks man! Felt slow as fuck, but I'm glad you can appreciate it.
Damn right. Autoloaders suck.
It's more a manpower reason. A tank with an autoloader only requires 3/4th the crew of one that doesn't. Which is useful for nations that have manpower restrictions. And yes the USSR and Russia was one of those post WWII. Look up "Echos of the lost generation" if you want more detail. However, it does have a big downside. This means that each man in a 3 man crew is now having to do a the maintenance and upkeep work of 1.3 of what it would be in a 4 man crew. In addition when it comes to defending the tank in closer engagements and against infantry having a loader gives you an extra machine gun and pair of eyes.
Good thing this wouldn't happen with an autoloader in the first place.
@@cpthrki5852 You are really foolish to think those systems don't jam or encounter issues that take much longer to fix.
@Jahtzee The round got stuck in the breach somehow. He used a “breach operating lever” to open the breach and reinsert the round lol
Seeing you try to open the door just reminded me of the door stuck meme:
“Door stuck! Door is stuck! PLEASE!”
"Out of my way son."
Round to the breach
Where do the empty shells go? Toss them out the window?
@@wadep9916 The casings on the main gun rounds are vaporized in the breech; all that comes back out is the back face of the casing (where a primer would be on a regular bullet) which drops into a basket under the breech. If you watch other videos of Abrams gunnery with a clear view of the breech you can see the leftover being ejected after the gun fires.
@@Orca19904 commonly referred to as an afcap. Back in the old days lol shells hit the floor in that basket. Oops shit dated myself.
@@realityhurts8697 I remember that was a thing with the early 105mm-armed Abrams, since the M68 used old-school metal casings that got spat back out intact after firing.
honestly that was a pretty fast fix for the malfunction like ive seen similar things and some guys just take ages to fix them so props to you for doing that at a decent speed!!
Thanks!! It felt like a God damn eternity in the moment, and you can see that when I just drop the tools, instead of putting them back. But I felt alright about it.
@@SuS_NuG_It greetings from a german tanker he since we have ruffly the same cannon but loading it more from the side we can fix the problem i assume you had by kickinng it in with the feet
Not really, just fucking kick it.
@@codythomas52 fuck yeah good old kick wwith the foot
Without gunnery experience I just thought it looked like a slapdash procedure. Thanks for mentioning the bugger up.
As a former Navy GM, I have always loved watching these crews operate. Awesome rolling ass to save the day, is what we saw over there.
MM2!
Love it!
The king himself cometh
Commenting for the almighty algorithm
I never thought anything of mine would end up in the algorithm, but here we are
@@SuS_NuG_It it ended up in mine lol
@@dareksosnowski8068 same
@@SuS_NuG_It congrats 😉
And here I go into the algo abyss
when the final boss pauses to give you the kill shot.
Lol, am I the boss or the one he's pausing for?
@@SuS_NuG_It you're the one the boss is pausing for, the joke here is the cliche of some games letting you do the honors of executing the main antagonist, but that also means the boss has to pause for the player to finish them, giving the player literally all of the time in the world
Man the boss never pauses for me. Bit I. The first gulf War they sat there like duckies, ping ping.
Mad Props! That looks like an intense job
It was really fun. Never quite to stressful, but certainly intense.
A bit more intense if you have incoming rounds!
@@magicmaybach Been there done that
Best job I’ve ever had
GG fellow loader. I felt your pain when the breach malfunctioned lol.
If you watch very closely, you can see me contemplating whether I should actually put the cookie cutter and breach lever back in their spots, and then my brain yelling "it was already slow as fuck, drop them and fucking send it"
That's a pretty cool shot. It was interesting to see the barrel elevation compensating the tanks forward movement. I bet there's some serious computing happening in that beast.
There's a pretty good amount.
So much so that the M1A2 sep has an air-conditioned for the electronics, not the crew lol. How would I know just ask. Me
@@realityhurts8697 please, do tell
I need that system on my beer fridge, as I'm finishing my beer it just opens to let me grab another 🍺
Commercial: ”with a firing rate of four rounds per minute the M1 Abrams is capable of…”
Real life: ….
Four rounds is easy, when shit goes smooth.
malfunction bro
rate of fire for M1 abrams is more like 8-10 rounds per minute. At least with a strong loader )
@@tarasbro8935 What about a strong loader being shot at and pumped up with adrenaline? Guy slamming rounds into the breech at 20 rounds/min lol
4-6 second load time is quite feasible for your first 12 rounds. You can send a lot of heat downrange (no pun intended) if the need arises.
What were you using those tools for. Did something go wrong when you were loading the round?
Edit ( just read the description nvm.)
3rd division? My great grandfather served in World War 1 in the 3rd division as a trench gunner. Huge respect man, thank you for your service.
3rd ID, 3-69 CAB.
Don't thank me, thank my recruiter.
Your grandfather did far more than I ever could've, please don't hold me in the same regard as him. The shit they went through was otherworldly. Thank you for the appreciation, but I didn't didn't do shit in the 3 years I was in.
@@SuS_NuG_It I was in 3ID 2-69AR at Benning before it was disband in like 2015, I got out in '13. Thanks for uploading, I miss gunnery sometimes
He's one busy man.
uploaded 4 years ago, recommended to me today...
This made it into recommended?! Wild.
Yeah same for me lol, but as an old tanker meself i dont complain ;)
I am wondering what happend and what was going on with that first SABOT?
Never mind found your discription, cheers
3 years ago
Me too. But it's only 3 years ago
You never forget that sound. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I'm going to bring this video along to my final out disability determination. Well done on the corrective action.
Hahahah, yeah it's one of those noises that just gets burned into your being. Hopefully they'll give you disability for the tinnitus.
In my day, they didn't say "on the way" until the round has left the muzzle. Thanks for this, it's really educational for me.
Seems a bit pointless to say it then, I think they'll know by that point.
7 second reload my ass! You tossed the 2nd HEAT in like it was a rock on a river!
Thanks man!! I'm usually pretty on it, but that was a hefty fuck up. Second round was smooth though.
TC seems pretty chill. Maybe even a little proud of his baby private.
That whine would reduce me to a quivering lump in about an hour, that or you become deaf to it I guess
The headsets are both very insulated against noise, and are mildly noise cancelling.
@@SuS_NuG_It lol i got gunnery in 2 weeks... kill me
@@SuS_NuG_It and unless you're unlucky, they have wiring issues and loud spiky noises whenever someone uses inner-comms.
You become deaf to it, never been in a tank, or at least for long, but factory I worked was pretty noisy with tons of hydraulic pumps running and exhaust fans etc. Its annoying at first then eventually you just get used to it.
@@kyleterris2481 lol as long as it isn’t 100 degrees like in Texas, it shouldn’t suck too much
never saw this view inside before, have so much respect for your cool head in that tough workplace. thanks for sharing
On the M-48A5 and M-60 series we had a safety switch above the breech that we opened before we grabbed the next round which was right behind the loader. After loading we quickly closed the switch and shouted "UP' so the gunner knew he was clear to fire. These light blue rounds are inert practice rounds but are capable of a great deal of destruction on any target. We did a little dance with our feet to kick the spent case away from us as it ejected, being quite hot. All kinds of noise in a tank during operation.
I will always be a proud 19k. Loved every moment of it.
Why does the ammo door keep fidgeting like that?
Because I kept hitting it with my knee when the tank would rock or move.
@@SuS_NuG_It ah that makes sense. I got to drive one when we supported a tank company at JRTC, but they didn't let me mess around in the turret at all. During my time at Hood I did not envy the tank guys at all seeing how late they'd always be in the mopo
@@jerjerferson Motor pools at hood got hot quick in the summer time we'd be lucky to get off at 1900
@@insanetanker5261 yeah it was bad even just doing mopo Monday in the morning. My recruiter was a tanker and looking back he did me a huge favor talking me out of going that route
@@insanetanker5261 Georgia was fun cause in the summer you'd get a 10 minute warning that it was about to be a monsoon level downpour, and if you couldn't get inside or under something, you get royally fucked. But it would only last 10 minutes, then it'd go back to 90 degrees and 95% humidity.
Always a fun time when your glasses literally won't stay on your face when you just standing normal.
Super kudos to the loader,he definitely knows his job.
These soldiers earn their pay. 100% respect.
“Another TH-cam gem for my collection”
Ouch. I've had some gunneries go similarly before. I hope that a practice run and not on qual. :-|
To the best of my memory, this was in Poland, so the whole thing was kinda scuffed anyway. We did still Q1, if there was even really any official scorekeeping, and it didn't actually go too terribly.
Russians right now : What's a loader?
Also Russians : Hey. Where did my turret go?
I love the Commanders helmet! Patton's Bastards!
Rock of the Marne Dog Face Soldiers Good ole 3rd Infantry Division !
Me to the tank noise: "Will you shut up man"
Don't worry, those headsets block nearly all of it out. It's still there, but it's waaaaayyy more tolerable.
@@SuS_NuG_It Lol, its almost like the people who make the things they dont use and then someone has to design a bandaid to fix it. Its almost as if they intentionally designed the engine to sound like that, lol.
@@GitSumGaming they didn't, that sounds is the hydraulic system
@@aperturetrades7464 its just jokes bre... especially the original comment which relates to Biden
My father was a Gunner in the army. He started out on the m48s and ret on the M1A1, the A2s where just starting to come out when he ret. Always told us never be a tanker, your in a 64 ton Coffin.
That's so true. With the javelins you see the destruction it does to Russian T72 tanks. And I bet you the A2s wouldn't fare a lot better against those anti tank missiles we have today.
@@emiledin2183 eeeh, kinda, actual modern tanks (like the sep v3) have active protection systems like TROPHY installed, which should completely destroy/stop incoming missiles or slow shells like HEAT
That has always been the problem with tanks, the ammunition got so long and heavy in tight confines. Firefly, Panther, Tiger II, Pershing, Super P.
Navy learned a 4 or 5 inch shell, even with 2 piece ammo, is as large as can be manhandled
Hence why we British have used multi piece ammo for decades....until CR3 switched to smoothbore because of cheap ammo from US and Germany.
@@catlee8064 Ah yes, that cheap, foreign depleted uranium trash. Just a fad
Looks like hard work. Thanks for serving guys !!
I am from Canada, but thank you for your service
Don't thank me, thank my recruiter.
@@SuS_NuG_It ARMY - A Recruiter Misled You
Who knew real life is just as smooth as in the movies.
Being an ex tank crewman, I think the gun drills leave a lot to be desired.
Gunnery is a good tool. The simulators suck for everyone except the gunner. We never had dummy rounds to practice loading with,.otherwise that would've been a wonderful asset.
Agreed. That kid hasn't been in the Loaders seat long. This looks like 1st time table VIII or basic. He should slam those HEAT rounds in harder and the breach won't jam. I'd have been screaming at him to unfuck that breach. His TC was much nicer than I was. Lol.
@@cwd243 and you think it really helps to scream at the guy who’s performing the job of unfucking the breach?
@@rolux4853 yep. Wait till someone is shooting at you and RPGs are bouncing off the tank. If you can't handle my yelling, you could get everyone in the tank killed.....
@@cwd243 I repeat my question, you think yelling makes this situation better and helps the loader to act faster?
The concept of leadership and management that the „boots on the grounds guys“ have is pretty questionable.
But maybe people on this rank/level only understand yelling, so the tactic might even be right in the end, who knows.
That high-pitched whine would drive me insane in about 3 minutes
Loader slowed this crew down
That time was not bad at all for the type of malfunction they encountered.
@@arc_4543 the malfunction are user error he did not push round hard enough to hit the 2 spots to close breach with round aft cap
@@arc_4543 the malfunction was all on the loader. I was a 19K for 12 years. Trust me, he is way to slow, and not pushing the round in hard enough. When it’s not pushed in enough, you can’t arm the main gun because it’s not seated correctly. Therefore, slowing the gunner down on his engagements
Get those loaders squared away! Every gunnery video I watch they are so jacked up!
Enlisted in the Marine Corps trying to be a tank crewman, but the Corps got rid of tanks right then. Ended up as a Combat Engineer, but a part of me deep down still wishes I had gotten the chance to be a tanker.
I’m also a little jealous. I have to carry my weapons around, but your weapon carries you.
Honestly, you didn't miss much. The tanks they did have were the OG M1A1s and they were (albeit, cools as fuck) super analog and weird.
Being a tanker was dope, but being stateside the whole time (I don't count training in Europe, it was the same shit as stateside) was fucking lame. I'd rather have been infantry and seen combat than be a peacetime tanker. Maintenance sucks ass.
@@SuS_NuG_It Damn. So they just had dated systems compared to the M1A2? Like, old ballistic computers vs digital ones? That doesn’t surprise me given everything the Marine Corps has is second hand. I just now got a plate carrier and was able to turn in the old IMTV. The majority of us don’t even have mounts on our Kevlar. It’s really that bad sometimes.
@@SuS_NuG_It Good Maintenance saves not just your crew lives, but the troops your tank is supporting in Combat! Great Tankers live by the mantra Horse, Saddle, Man.
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damn boiz the new WT graphics patch is looking mighty fine
Gameplay is annoyingly realistic though.
video's 3 year old and the madlad still answers comments
Well, it never got any in the first place, and I doubt it's gonna get too many more, so why not.
That breech closes awfully quickly when the round is loaded. Does it ever close with the loader's hand or arm in the arc of travel of the breech? Just asking because it looks very dangerous.
You always slam the round into the chamber with a closed fist--and a shove, so that you're up and away as the breech slams shut. As a tanker I never saw anyone get hurt loading the main gun. I saw lots of people smash their toes with dropped ammo, though!
@@wulfmaer8919 Thank you for this insight. But the loading process still looks very dangerous!
I was taught to ram it in with a fist. I'd heard of a fellow in Korea who'd lost his hand.
@@wulfmaer8919 No steel-toed shoes? Unbelievable.
@@jamesdunn3864 Loading the main gun really isn’t dangerous. Once the round is in, really nothing to get caught on, you just ride it up. Biggest thing to watch out for is the recoil, but as long as you pay attention and stay behind your guard, it’s just awesome. It’s everything else that hurts you, M1 is the most unforgiving piece of equipment. Everything is heavy, hard and hydraulic.
Same gun as the Leopard 2. Rheinmetal 120 mm smoothbore. The cartridge Burns up with the powder and only the bottom end falls into the basket. I was a loader on a Leopard 2 tank, in fact the grandson of the tiger 1.
My bones are still rattling from the first time hearing a sabot round go off.
Are the heats quieter?
Nope
Much louder than sabot, says the hapless T-90 crew on the receiving end. More bang, less clang.
01:10. The look that says "good job, son. Good job. Let's f rock!"
He was point up, telling him to arm the gun and say his command
Same attitude as me when I m changing my little girl's diaper: I need to keep this shit together. Don't panic!
Hydraulics my man.. It's the pumps.
so this is what my crew are doing on that 15 second reload
Prolly. Fuck ups happen. 15 second reloads allow you to get 6 second reloads.
War Thunder new tank interior camera mode.
Now I know why the tanks always take so long to reload in battlefield
Loading while moving is a unique challenge. But this was just an honest fuck up.
thank you for sharing. it is nice to get those inside visions
One day this will show up for everybody to see.....Algorithm!!!!
Apparently its already making the rounds.
the newbie done well sorting that slight shell jam thy had
This is a really good video of the mechanics when firing a tank gun could you imagine having to do the procedure for firing a 16 inch 50 from a battleship? If you've never seen that look up Iowa class battleship firing dad was in the Navy so I figured I would share that.
I've watched those videos so many times. Even got to go through the battleship in South Carolina. Fuckin 3 story tall turrets.
Scrolled by this 10 times before clicking it
This is the first loader I ever see and it's a slim guy with glasses. Expectations flipped.
Tanks are cramped.
@@SuS_NuG_It
... so beeing 6.4 would be not ideal? 😁
@@joachimgauckler8555 unless you wanna open your hatch and risk getting your face blown off
@@SuS_NuG_It how tall are you?
@@joachimgauckler8555 can't be a tanker if you're over 6'1"
had a jam...he never panicked and cleared it....nice work!!!
ive always wondered how much noise the earpro on the CVCs actually reduces. Is the hydraulic whine still loud?
Naw. They do a really good job of reducing most of it. They have a minor amount of noise cancellation. As long as you wear it, your hearing doesn't get damaged in any measurable way.
@@SuS_NuG_It 20 yrs as an M1 tanker and my hearing is fine. Wear your cvc and if outside and the pigs running earplugs. You'll be fine
The constant 'whine' your hearing is the series of hydraulic pumps working to pressurize fluids, for the tanks main gun stabilizer and power turret functions. Driven by exhaust gas recirculation from the engine, without it...turret and main gun goes to manual traverse operation.
What tank is this? is it a Leopard 2 or an Abrams?
Abrams
You can tell its an Abrams by just listening to the engine
@@putnamehere3803 does the Leo 2 even have a blowput panel?
@@Kias1dad Here in Canada, we operate leopards. Most Canadians sound very similar to Americans so I just wanted to clear it up.
@@goosegg4653 yes, Ofc it does. It’s the hull ammunition where there is no blast door/blow out panels
The Machine Spirit is pleased .
How heavy are the rounds?
Sabots are about 35 pounds and most of the weight is in the "casing"
Heat rounds are about 55 pounds and most of the weight in toward the projectile.
Canister rounds are about 50ish (no totally sure, only handled them once) and it's much more nose heavy.
MPAT rounds are about 40 or 45 and are pretty well balanced.
@@SuS_NuG_It Interesting stuff. Thanks!
Rock of the Marne...
now i know why it takes a while in war thunder to reload
No loaders safety guard as the part of the firing circuit
British tanks have a slide guard to avoid being squashed by the recoil
It’s automatically released as the gun recoils
Ex crewman
Cheiftain
Challenger
Cvr (t)
I saw him stick his arm fairly far inn,is there some sort of falesafe to prevent that cannon from ripping or smashing his arm asunder?
Yep, the arming lever. His arm isn't going into anything. The breech is the large square piece with a u shaped channel to place the round on, guiding it into the barrel. The breech block drops down after firing or can be manually opened with a tool exposing the barrel opening, loader inserts round fully, engaging the release latch and breech block rises. Sit back and lift the arming lever arms the gun. Gunner squeezes trigger and "Boom". That's the basic operation.
That´s one noisy tank... Holy hand grenade!
Talibans are gonna miss this
I served as something similar to the US Army Rangers in my Country, but damn i should have chosen the Tanker path, these machines just absolutely fascinate me, and i visit our countries tank museum at least once a month. Tanks are just incredible pieces of engineering and history.
So that’s what a war time doctor’s syringe looks like, huh?
Only if you need a really big molten copper injection.
You seemed abit new ngl. But I do admire how calm and collected you were when the round was stuck.
Does the door covering your ammo actually protect you from a potential ammo rack hit? Or is it just there so you don't have a bunch of HEAT rounds just rolling around the tank?
It's is strong enough to allow the blowout panels to pop off. So yes, it does protect us. There's a lot of good videos about it, if you look around TH-cam.
The M1s ammo storage copartment is designed with two blowout panels on top that direct any ammo cook-off up, out, and away from the crew compartment. See attached video.
th-cam.com/video/l4tLyoVn5lA/w-d-xo.html
Pure
Unadulterated
*Gunnery*
Unedited.
Raw.
Full of fuck ups!
Ahaha, autoloader Joe :)
That's autoloader Jones, to you.
@@SuS_NuG_It Good copy, sir, stay safe!
Old 45E/45N here. I so wanted to jump in the hatch and help. Thank you.
Was this one of your first times being gunnery?
Naw, 4th or 5th at this point I think
@@SuS_NuG_It so still fresh and finding the perfect path, I remember when I was a private. Took a few range trips to figure out best way, as I'm 6ft and wide
I have no idea what's going on but I love it
I got PTSD just watching this
the CHAD shell loader vs the virgin autoloader
Why is there always that sounds?
Those are the hydraulics that run everything. And the turbine engine.
Listening to that sound all the time would turn me into a serial killer.
How's the ammo door work?
Hydraulic cylinder on the top.
@@SuS_NuG_It does it automatically reaccommodate the rounds/rack for the loader? It's hard for me to explain my question in english, but what I mean is, does those (more or less) 12 rounds availabe for the loader (thats is visible when the door open) is gone, it automatticaly brings new ones or does the loader has to operate some kind of system to bring new ones for him to pick and reload the cannon?
@@IllustriousUnknown416 th-cam.com/video/SdL55HWNPRM/w-d-xo.html I'm not one of those armchair tanker people that spend every waking hour of their lives researching WW2 tanks so I can't give you much other than this video. I don't think it's the same vehicle, but it's a similar premise to how a modern tank functions. Really cool video, worth watching anyways
@@IllustriousUnknown416 The Abrams has ~40 rounds stored all around the tank, with those 12 quickly available during a fight. In between engagements, a good loader would refill it with rounds from other parts of the tank, to keep the "ready rack" full for when he needs it. If you need to shoot more than those 12 rounds in a single engagement, you're in a world of hurt anyway. I'd recommend you to watch Nicholas Moran's video on the Abrams if you're interested in the stuff: th-cam.com/video/aladW_D4nKU/w-d-xo.html
@@IllustriousUnknown416 ooohh, gotcha. No. There's 18 behind the loaders door, another 18 behind the tank commanders door, and if we use all 18 of the loaders, we have to manually move the rounds from on rack to another. Only one ammo door can be physically open at a time, so we close one, open the other, pull as many as we can hold in our arms out, and then close the tc door and open the loaders to reload that rack.
If we get really dire, there 6 more in a rack in the hull, but it almost never gets used.
Yep, wouldn't be gunnery if something didn't go wrong every other shot. Good ol army engineering.
So much easier on a m60a2 with that cbss system .Armor leads the way.👍
C3/33 armor the (rock)
It’s like they’re working inside of a dragon.
С такой скорострельностью забаранят этих балбесов🤭
At least, if their ammo rack gets hit, it won't instantly obliterate the whole tank(I'm Russian myself).
You faced a problem and fixed it. Great job.