Blowing the Turret Off of an Abrams

Title. I've seen Vatniks claim that Abrams turrets can be thrown off from ammo detonation. I believe this to be patently false.

Only cases I've seen of Abrams turrets being legitimately thrown is when several artillery shells were detonated right below it. And by thrown, I mean detached and landed on the rear of the tank. Did not even travel 5 meters.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If the Abrams has Ammo stored in its hull (which no nation that operates them does) and said ammo is set off, then yes the turret of an Abrams can be thrown.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    But that's a monkey model.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It has been covered before sheesh.

    1) Massive IED overcoming the weight of the turret, which is retained via gravity on the hull

    2) Blown up with excessive explosives internally, AFTER the tank was disabled/captured

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      > retained by gravity
      if the tank was at an angle going up a hill and a blast or hit occurred could the turret be unseated and disabled without destroying the tank?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        that anon is a fricking moron. you can see in abrams assembly videos where they bolt the turret to the hull

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Do you think a few bolts could retain a 15~ tons turret if a tank is violently overturned?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Are they riveted bolts?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Massive IED

      Like the ones that the West is using in Ukraine now

      Like the ones that cost sixty bucks to make and destroy an entire Abrams tank

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        They are just anti-tank mines really like the ones being used right now

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >made of several arty shells
        >60 bucks
        Where can I buy one of those anon?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Well you have to go out into the countryside and dig up some UXO left by the Americans (or even the Soviets) and then wire them up to a Nokia.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No. Those were 1000-2000 pound IEDs. A normal AT mine is about 15-20lb HE.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >big IED makes turret pops off
    Gee, qho would have known that a pressure from an IED would result in a turret toss. Frick off dennis.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >a shitty IED can blow straight through Abrams tank armor
      lmfao

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >a shitty IED
        A shitty IED wouldn't.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          A big enough ied would rip a tank like a coke can.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        If the explosive force is enough to literally throw a 70 ton main battle tank into the air, it's not a shitty IED.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        A shitty IED would not. Do you understand the makinga of an IED? It can range from explosives that can barely penetrate through a tank to a wienertail of explosives and shells that can send a vehicle flying in the air. IEDs in iraq were made up of shells that were used by the iraqi army. But a wienertail of multiple 155mm shells and other anti tank weaponry would turret toss any tank if its been hit at the belly. The belly of the tank is the most vulnerable spot.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        there's a video of abrams driving over an 155 the moment it was set off and pulling a sick wheelie.

        There's also a video of a t72 taking a hit from an obsolete atgm straight into state-of-the-art-no-western-equvilent kontakt ERA and killing its entire crew in a microsecond.

        All tanks can easily be destroyed. Fricking t14 will fold to a well placed LAW. I'ts just western ones tend to value the crew a bit more.

        But it's fine since your russian lives matter to literally nobody.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          to be fair there was no guarantee that era had any guts inside of it to begin with.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          K5 era is from the 90's.
          Cope Black person.
          Video of a T90 taking a hit to relikt side skirt and survived.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Relikt didnt seem to help the First destroyed T90M to be carl gustave'd

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Monkey model.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >The Marina Americanus awakes from his slumber to find that his home has been destroyed while he was hibernating. As he stands up, we will soon observe him be his usual self. The disgruntled member of the Forcus Americanus family tree will now go into his hunting mode, usually called "Being absolutely pissed". He will scavenge the area for a sixpack of cheap beer and possibly a Hustler's Magazine.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The mechanics of a tank entering the turret throwing olympics don't work with the Abrams ammo stowage arrangement. The only way to blow the top off of one would be to either pack the crew compartment full of explosives or detonate a frickhueg IED directly beneath it that causes the turret to detach while the tank is flying

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This is exactly what I was thinking. Just another Vatnik coping mechanism.

      Thank you all for the input, I am thoroughly remoralized.

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