you had me at "emotional support fish"
this post was submitted on 11 May 2024
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- They can eat the fish
No they can't, that would be emotionally devastating.
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Use gasoline instead of water. Then you can eliminate the fuel tank. Side bonus would be protection from microbes for the crew. The government should also expect a reduction in pension and social security costs.
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- also a bigger flex on the locals dying of dehydration.
Great point!
Ask the crew of the CSS Hunley what water and shockwaves does to human bodies.
Nah.
Yeah, I would rather not ask either.
Don't ask what all that weight does to the running surfaces either. Some things it's better to just not know.
A modern tank is already about 70 metric tons, 3 or 4 more wont matter that much.
Yeah that sounds kinda boring. What’s the worst that could happen
There (shouldn't) be any blast from the gun firing released inside the tank itself. So, you've got vibration that'll pass through the water. It might increase that, but that's not direct exposure to the blast.
There's still air around the muzzle. Maybe water makes up some of the distance, but there is still a buffer of compressable air in there.
I'm not sure that it wouldn't cause problems, but I'm not sure that it wouldn't, either. I don't think that it'd just be the "depth charge near people in the water" issue.
EDIT: Though some artillery has that recoil-compensating mechanism where the breach moves back when the gun fires. I dunno whether that's true of the main gun on an MBT, but if so, that might cause issues.
googles
Yeah, here's an Abrams doing it. That might suck.
Water transmits shockwaves to meat bags far more efficiently than air. Everyone’s lungs will be shredded if the tank is hit by an RPG.
Stop being such a downer
*drowner
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I mean just put a pop-up valve at the top lol.
Does anyone have a confederate ouija board?
I know this is non credible defense, but I would absolutely LOVE a breakdown of all the ways this is a terrible idea
It might unironically be a good idea except for the increased weight. Also shockwaves from impacts.
Yeh the shockwaves would just transition perfectly into the crews bodies and turn them into paste.
My first thought is the crew would be cooked alive
Yeah I thought so too. Besides that, Oxygen running out would be a problem, and perhaps reliability of diving equipment.
And every operator would need a full one diving suit too, increasing production and maintenance cost.
Perhaps the tank would rust?
More fuel needed.
Electronics would need to be waterproof, otherwise they short circuit, breaking and perhaps harmin the crew.
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The first issue that comes to mind is the noncompressible nature of water. If you've ever played in a pool and marveled at how clearly you can hear a digital watch beep all the way from the other end, you can scale this up for any pressure wave. With very unpleasant results.
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In the desert, bees swarm water.
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If out of supplies, the tactical emotional support fish can be eaten as well
Explosions will fuck you up harder underwater though won't they? Or is that when the explosion happens underwater? I feel like there was a MythBusters episode on this
should have written "can piss while operating tank" at the end
- Probably eliminates a lot of the problems with making a tank amphibious.
Submarine tank
They should add water to submarines too
Wouldn't hydrostatic shock be a serious problem?
Only briefly.
You can't get shocked because tanks are grounded
Not really, there is a pop-up valve on top and there is compressable air inside as well.
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Wouldn't the water also insulate heat inside the cabin?
This hearkens to the reason they're called tanks in the first place.
If we were playing War Thunder, this would be "CREW KNOCKED OUT" just waiting to happen.
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