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and that’s what the Russians did with the T-72 series and later tanks. The autoloader reduces the number of personnel needed by 25%, as well as significantly reducing the space needed inside the ...
For the AbramsX, the crew is reduced to three people, seated shoulder to shoulder in the front of the tank, with the turret unmanned and using an autoloader for the main gun. “For all U.S. tanks ...
Further, an autoloader increases reload time and efficiency, enhancing a tank’s lethality against a tank that lacks an autoloader. At least that’s how they’re supposed to function on paper.
Four major tank designs currently use bustle autoloaders. The French Leclerc, Japanese Type 90 and Type 10, and Korean K2 Black Panther all use bustle autoloaders. Bustle autoloaders are also seen ...
later tanks have three crew and an autoloader. The T-62 fires several rounds at what one excited crewman calls the “fucking Ukrainians.” Whether the crew actually sees any Ukrainians is an ...
I asked crew members of a US Abrams tank what they thought about Russia's next-generation T-14 Armata tank. They said it seemed like a capable platform but that its autoloader and automated turret ...