Comments on: That T-72 – so hot right now!

By: Mario Uus

Mario Uus — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:35:48 +0000

Many tanks, does not have it. While it is a good system. It helps do avoid flarebacks and clear the barrel from debris.

Flareback is a situation when gases in the barrel ignites, while coming in contact with oxygen after opening the breech and vents back into turret. It can ignite propellant charge nearby.But it happens much faster than in the video. If flareback would have caused propellant fire, we would have seen tank brewing up immediately after firing, it happens fast and violently (well under a second) and has almost 0 survivability, because there are no time do escape.

By: Abusemtex

Abusemtex — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:40:52 +0000

As I have experienced the loading routine of western t0nkz only I can at least second the very well explained statement of Mario.

By: Armando Rodrigues

Armando Rodrigues — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 23:32:57 +0000

the russians don’t use compressed air together with bore evacuators? sure it’s extra equipment and thus extra weight but it still brings advantages, no matter how slight

By: Silentstalker

Silentstalker — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:34:54 +0000

Or that :)

By: Mario Uus

Mario Uus — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:32:37 +0000

It can not happen like that with bore evacuator failure. It works differently. At firing 1.Gun recoils 2. Breech opens,un-combustible casing-base (stub) is ejected and catched by discarding mechanism. 3. Loading cycle can be started now. 1)Spent casing-base is discarded (through the hatch in the rear of the turret), 2)propellant casing and shell is elevated, 3) shell is loaded and rammed, 4) propellant casing is loaded and rammed, 5) breech is closed. In other words, because shell is rammed first, it will clear smoldering debris before propellant charge is inserted. Also bore evacuator in more of a fume extractor, than something that stops smoldering debris remaining in the barrel. Because it is not that much of the problem, that debris does not have high enough temperature do ignite propellant casing (in such short amount of time time)

The fact that we see flames trough gun barrel as well, means that loading cycle has not yet started,but breech is open.

Most likely it was partial combustion of propellant-casing (old or badly stored ammo), basically stub with still burning combustible casing was ejected, what burned inside of the turret also setting new ready-to-load ammo on fire (unlike debris in barrel, this produces temperature high enough to do it). Or a failure in electric system, what at first caused fire under autoloader, and eventually started propellant fire (T-72 autoloader is electromechanical, with several electric engines powering it) .

By: apolloF117 .

apolloF117 . — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:16:58 +0000

in russian games, you can not destroy russian tenks http://ci.memecdn.com/10658438.gif