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r/NonCredibleDefense • u/combatwombat- Sex-Obsessed Beer Lover • 9d ago
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I'm not sure if an Abrams could reenter in one piece. The space around the turret and gun would basically act like a plasma cutter.
Does anyone know what the terminal velocity of an Abrams would be? I would assume it would fall front down, but it might also tumble.
It would be fun to try.
47 u/SpaceEngineX 9d ago Turrets are only held in by gravity, drag would overpower it and eject it from the ring before the unique geometry would cause any weird heating hotspots. 59 u/SamtheCossack Luna Delenda Est 9d ago That only applies to naval turrets on like battleships. Tank Turrets do have an attachment ring, they don't fall off when the tank flips. ... I mean it is still coming out on reentry though, it is just going to need to break some steel first. 11 u/leberwrust 9d ago What you are saying is that we need a big drone that steals the turrets of your enemy right? 7 u/Meihem76 Intellectually subnormal 9d ago IIRC there are 48 bolts holding on an Abrams turret. There's a video up on Youtube of some guys changing one out. 2 u/TheirCanadianBoi 9d ago Great point.
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Turrets are only held in by gravity, drag would overpower it and eject it from the ring before the unique geometry would cause any weird heating hotspots.
59 u/SamtheCossack Luna Delenda Est 9d ago That only applies to naval turrets on like battleships. Tank Turrets do have an attachment ring, they don't fall off when the tank flips. ... I mean it is still coming out on reentry though, it is just going to need to break some steel first. 11 u/leberwrust 9d ago What you are saying is that we need a big drone that steals the turrets of your enemy right? 7 u/Meihem76 Intellectually subnormal 9d ago IIRC there are 48 bolts holding on an Abrams turret. There's a video up on Youtube of some guys changing one out. 2 u/TheirCanadianBoi 9d ago Great point.
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That only applies to naval turrets on like battleships. Tank Turrets do have an attachment ring, they don't fall off when the tank flips.
... I mean it is still coming out on reentry though, it is just going to need to break some steel first.
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What you are saying is that we need a big drone that steals the turrets of your enemy right?
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IIRC there are 48 bolts holding on an Abrams turret. There's a video up on Youtube of some guys changing one out.
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Great point.
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u/TheirCanadianBoi 9d ago edited 9d ago
I'm not sure if an Abrams could reenter in one piece. The space around the turret and gun would basically act like a plasma cutter.
Does anyone know what the terminal velocity of an Abrams would be? I would assume it would fall front down, but it might also tumble.
It would be fun to try.