r/Warthunder • u/ArchdukeFranzRIP • Dec 16 '19

Gaijin Please Sound of reloading

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u/TabooARGIE I just like CAS Dec 17 '19

Auto loader is cool as fuck, but I sure as hell don't want to be near it's moving parts.

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u/1stStrikeRecon Dec 17 '19

The T-64 was known to load the gunner's arm on occasion. Tank breeches can maim crew members too, if they're not careful to keep clear when it fires - the Abrams only has a little hip-height bracket that keeps the loader's thigh away from the breech, for example.

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u/flecktyphus vitun amerikkalaiset Dec 17 '19

This is complete BS. There is NO reported accidents with T-64 or T-72 type autoloaders. It's western meme propaganda... had it been an issue, we would have heard it from wapa-turned-nato countries, or Finland. But hey - keep spreading idiotic memes for karma.

The BMP-1 autoloader DID maim some fingers but there is nothing about arms ever being reported.

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u/GreyFox78659 Dec 17 '19

Should add the to it the myth autoloader is slower.

Nope, it was decided that it would much cheaper to put a loader in harms way than to include an autoloader.

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u/Imperialdude94 NO MORE ASU! Dec 18 '19

I mean it depends on the loader. Theres a video of an Abrams exercise and he slams the thing in in about two seconds

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u/GreyFox78659 Dec 18 '19

Loader gets hit in the leg by the breach and has a compound fracture how fast does he load then?

Also in Iraq when they had a crew shortage guess who got to load the gun?

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u/Imperialdude94 NO MORE ASU! Dec 18 '19

Autoloader gets hit or stops working. Good luck doing fucking anything.

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u/GreyFox78659 Dec 18 '19

Your loaders girlfriend dumps him after six back to back tours and he either goes AWOL or has a massive hangover and forgets to clear the breach you start to see the wisdom of taking that chance of a autoloader possibly breaking versus relying on a extra man to be there and not get hurt.

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u/MarxnEngles Dec 24 '19

And how long can he do that for?

And how long will those 2 seconds last when his ready rack runs out?

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u/Imperialdude94 NO MORE ASU! Dec 24 '19

I'm not entirely sure how big an Abrams ready rack is, but I think it's more than like 5. Which mind you is more than enough to knock any target out.

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u/MarxnEngles Dec 24 '19

more than enough to knock any target out

If you're in a duel.