Is the autoloader in Russian/Soviet tanks really the reason for the "turret pop" and other issues? I don't think so, so I asked Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran. This question was inspired by a comment on some of my videos: “I think the biggest problem of russian [sic!] tanks are the circle autoloader and the lack of blow out pannels [sic!].”

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Zaloga, Steven J.: T90 Standard Tank: The First Tank of the New Russia. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2018.

Lobitz, Frank: Gesamtwerk Leopard 2. Entwicklung, Einsatz und alle Varianten des Leopard 2 und der Leopard2Kampfunterstützungsfahrzeuge Bundeswehr und International. Tankograd Publishing: Erlangen, Germany, 2022.

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00:00 Intro
00:20 Original comment & MHV's take
01:01 Chieftain's response
03:14 Two points of confusion
05:37 How to do autoloader & blow out panels
06:40 2nd Problem (not the autoloader)
09:04 Why the autoloader is the way to go

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