I have been watching a few videos and I can see that some of the tanks nowadays have such huge main guns that obviously have a lot of power, but what stops the Shockwave from travelling inside and around the interior of the tank where the crew are?
To me that sounds like it would cause a lot of damage with all the vibrations going on. Do the tank crew even feel the brunt of the shockwave?
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I think the shockwave is what is created by explosion of the shell and dissipates out the end of the barrel. What you feel inside the tank is the recoil. Not 100% sure on the terms, but I was a loader, then driver and finally a gunner in a M60A3 tank. With practice rounds you felt a bit of recoil inside the tank a bit, but not much more than hitting bump in the road. Live rounds had way more kick, like hitting a big pothole while driving. It was loud though, but the headsets were pretty good. The tank itself was in the 60 ton range, so there was a lot of counterweight. Honestly, you didn’t really think about or much feel the recoil because there was so much going on at the same time you were firing, no matter which role you were in.
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