The ammo for an Abrams is stored in the rear of the turret, the bin, with a thick blast door between it and the crew. The rear of the turret has blowout panels designed to vent the blast to the outside and not inside the turret. That is probably what the big flare is. On T-72s it is onboard stored rounds in the hull that blows the turret off.
Also I do not think the NATO tanks in Ukraine are using the same secret squirrel armor th hat is installed on the country’s army t.anks
Also I do not think the NATO tanks in Ukraine are using the same secret squirrel armor th hat is installed on the country’s army t.anks
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Correct; the only similarity between the elderly M1A1s in UKR and the current M1A2 Abrams SEP v3 is the general appearance. Almost everything else is different.
The depleted uranium armor was stripped off before they were shipped, and removing it was the biggest delay in the arrival.