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 can answer this one first hand as I used to drive an M1A2 Abrams SEP V2 in the Army. I have had the main gun directly over my head while being fired and the worst of it was being unable to see for about 10 seconds.
None of the members in the turret are strapped in because they have to constantly be moving and the way the seat is in the hull I’m sitting almost laying on my back while driving the tank.
Of course, I’ve been out since 2014 and am 70% disabled and have a lot of different issues including obviously hearing loss and tinnitus.
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