collegeboy16 wrote:
but he did stress that point. in fact he mentioned the armored top cover of the carousel AL;that rounds stored here are safe from sparks and spall and the real danger are the rounds placed everywhere in the tank.
Yes, but the overall context was not specific and was not mentioning that the rounds in the turret are left out nowdays, which have been proven in 2nd Chechnya to increase safety significantly, leaving only capsuled carousel ammunition a very good crew survivability even by penetration to the turret on par with any other tank and can be even higher depending on situation.
collegeboy16 wrote:
true, its almost suicide to be near a tank when its fighting. makes me laugh about people complaining about the lack of external telephone on tanks.
The Infantry telephone station isn't used when the tank gets fired upon, it is used to provide information of the battlefield from infantry POW to the tank crew, since they have very limited observation of the field and the infantry might need to prioritize where the tank should provide fire support to achieve the necessary results.