"The Toilet-equipped tank" Topic
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Tango01 | 07 Mar 2019 9:57 p.m. PST |
Russian engineers install latrines on state-of-the-art Armatas "Russian defense designers have solved the dilemma concerning the absence of conveniences in tanks. The Armata heavy armored vehicles have been equipped with lavatories, Director for Quality and Information Technologies at the Urals Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building Ilya Baranov told TASS on Thursday. The continuous stay inside an armored vehicle is a specific feature that tank crews cope with, he noted. "A major hassle for them is that they cannot relieve their natural functions. That is, water and field rations are available in the tank, but all the other conveniences are, unfortunately, absent. Only the Armata vehicles solved this dilemma," Baranov stressed…." Main page tass.com/defense/1047862 Amicalement Armand
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TimeCast | 08 Mar 2019 2:37 a.m. PST |
British were there first with a toilet in the Challenger 2 tank 20 years ago… Not very nice to use but it was there if needed. link |
Garand | 08 Mar 2019 6:57 a.m. PST |
Whatever happened to the escape hatch & folding chair with a hole in it arrangement? Damon. |
dragon6 | 08 Mar 2019 9:18 a.m. PST |
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Ghostrunner | 08 Mar 2019 10:14 a.m. PST |
US M-1s got rid of the bottom hatch. I heard it had something to do with mine-protection. May or may not be true. |
Tango01 | 08 Mar 2019 12:54 p.m. PST |
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nickinsomerset | 09 Mar 2019 12:26 a.m. PST |
Chieftain, under the Commanders seat, and a Boiling Vessel, Tally Ho! |
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