[FreedomCalls]

I think the first robot killing a human was a screw-driver robot in Japan. Not exactly sure of the details, such as access/entry/power restrictions, but some worker managed to get between the machine and the intended screw hole. That was back in the 1980s.

And in the 70s the Russians had a tank with an autoloader mechanism that sometimes would load the weapons soldier into the breach instead of the intended shell if he got in the way in the cramped area.

[Calvin Locke]

I watched one of the shows on the Abrams tank. Not all that much clearance for the loader in position for the shot, that is the recoil.

I'm not sure how exactly the Soviet autoloader worked, but the US Army declined to add one because of the maintenance of an additional 80-100 parts.

From the cycle time of the Iraqi Soviet built tanks, 20-30 seconds, iirc, it didn't give them any advantage in a real combat situation.

[RichInOC]

“You know vat ve gonna do nowwwww?”
“Nyet...”
“Unpimp ze tank!”