Rods from God, and Cleaning up Surplus

[u/combatwombat-]

[u/TheirCanadianBoi]

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.

[u/SpaceEngineX → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

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.

[u/SamtheCossack → u/SpaceEngineX]

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.