The pros according to them, are as follows. Given that they had selected to go with an auto-loader, the best place to put it according to them was below the crew compartment. Damage either one and you have a kill with maximum losses (crew being priority 1 here). Combined Arms OperationĪ tank has two things it needs to protect at call costs, the turret (crew enclosed) and the ammo. Here mobility was priority 1 in the design, eliminate the loader with an auto-loader and you have a stubbier and lighter tank. This is how combined arms works, with combined being the important part. Top cover will be provided by SHORADS, MANPADS, Helos and Fighters. Hence their idea then was to ensure the tanks have the best surviability in the frontal arc as BMPs and BTRs and the dismounted infantry would cover the sides. The Soviet tank design philosophy was based on massive tank formations rolling down European plains. We have seen countless pictures of turrets blown clean off or burntout tanks from OSINT sources like Oryx on twitter. The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has brought the issue of survivability of Russian tanks back to the forefront because both sides are using the stockpiles of similar or the exact same base tank design. Moreover, let us address the question in the title, why do Russian tanks throw their turrets? Let us also list all possible supplementary questions and answer them throughout the article. Here is my old article on their decline in performance. The designs never kept up with the inherent development in newer munitions and more importantly tactics. I have been a proponent of the Russian tanks, given how their performance during the 1970s and 1980s was good in the middle east and how it slowly went downhill after that. Why do the tops of Russian tanks pop off?
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