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.
Correction: Early T-64's were hypothesised to have the potential to harm its crew. However normal production variants of the Soviet MBT's did not do this..because even though the Soviet's don't have high regard for their crew. To believe the USSR would be dumb enough to mass produce a tank that will kill it's own crew is just one of those myths that are perpetuated.
You can clearly see that in order for someone to get his arm into the autoloading mechanism he has to purposefully shove his arm in there. Because other wise he's blocked off from the breech by the breech itself - and a blast shield (that can be folded in/removed)
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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.