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Re:A First Look at America's Supergun by ryanmarsh on Saturday May 28, 2016 @04:23PM (#11793310)
In war rendering things unusable is as good as completely destroying them. Also, secondary explosions set off by the impact/spaulding can be a Very Bad Thing: https://youtu.be/750jAbdf-I8
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Re:A First Look at America's Supergun by GunboatDiplomat on Saturday May 28, 2016 @04:34PM (#11793348)
I'm pretty sure that giant fireball is by design. The ammunition stowage is designed to blow out vertically like that in the case of a hit.
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Re:A First Look at America's Supergun by bendbro on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:37PM (#11793657)
Do the occupants survive? When I first saw this video, I assumed they got roasted.
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Re:A First Look at America's Supergun by abstractbeliefs on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:42PM (#11793674)
The occupants don't survive, but it's better for munitions to burn out slowly and upwards than quickly and outwards, turning the tank into a grenade.

Other tanks, infantry, passers by will be glad for it.

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Re:A First Look at America's Supergun by GunboatDiplomat on Saturday May 28, 2016 @08:37PM (#11794247)
In an American or western tank? Maybe, those are heavily designed for crew survival. In a Russian/Soviet design? Who knows.
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