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From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine
Air is a compressible fluid. Water is incompressible. Energy from shock waves will be transmitted from the hull to the crew in a much more efficient fashion.
Because water doesn't compress it transfers any shockwaves straight through anybody who is in the water. This happens much faster than the water has time to move out of the way.
Sailors who are in the water after abandoning ship during naval battles are in extreme danger of dying if a bomb goes off close by.
Since my answer seems to have been incorrect, can you help me understand how that's different from being rapidly and thouroughly crushed by the water the soldier would be submersed in? The water is the medium of the shockwave, so the energy crushes you through the force propagated through the water. No?
It uses balloons filled with water and air and small firecracker explosions to show how different the pressures on your body would be (especially organs like lungs, digestive tissue, which would have air/gasses in them).
As a fun fact, tanks were really called that way because the British didn't want the Germans to know what was being deployed in WW1 on the continental frontline.
That would be such a flex. You're driving through the desert with you tank full of water and people around you are dying of dehydration.
*swimming through the desert in your tank
Well I swim through the desert in a tank with no name...
It felt good to be
out of the rainin the wet tank blob blob blobA fridge company transport a metric ton of ice through the Sahara as a publicity stunt. Fun video
::: spoiler spoiler The water was contained with asbestos but they also transported medice and salted fish. :::
Driving around in a hot tub!
When this tank gets hit by a shell:
Wait, so a shell hits a tank and it superheats the air inside? Is that real?
Only if you're trying to prepare an unforgettable luncheon and are within view of the Aurora Borealis. /ncd
The water would heat up and boil slowly and eventually if there was a fire occuring on the outside of the tank.
If it is hit in an area which causes the tank's armaments to explode into the crew cabin then yes you would have a Russian Instant Pot...
You can pee wherever/whenever you want.
Correction: you can no longer drink the water.
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Was that really your first inclination?
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It'll take awhile before even some dehydrated piss will cause dangerous levels in a tank full of water.
As a tank maintainer, this is the least credible part of the post.
Is it though? Technically, they can drink the water, but nobody said it would be a good experience to do so
✅ Can drink the water.
❎ Should drink the water.
random question: why are tank interiors painted white?
hide the cum stains
plausible....
better visibility, reflects what little light there is in the tank (i think)
Don’t die of spall, but die extra quick of shockwaves transmitted through water.
Simple solution: we'll have a fishtank, but filled with air. Put it in the watertank to make the watertank mk. 2: the airwatertank tank
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Better: Spaced armor, except instead of air, its water.
put some weighted (i.e. neutrally buoyant) ballpit balls in the water to disperse the shockwave.
Make the hatch a spout and put a cope cage on top.
And the British version will be able to make tea much easier.
A fish tank, if you will
I can’t wait to join the Army Diver Armored Division.
Maybe it's a navy tank?
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Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.
COMRADE CAPTAIN, UNKNOWN AMERICAN CONTACT DIVING 50 METERS A SECOND AND TRACKS ARE CAVITATING.
I wanna be an ARMDIVARMDIV!
Love the emotional support fish
Welcome to Marines. Literally.
Water doesn’t compress. The tank operators don’t need their internal organs, right?
Just leave the hatch open a little bit.
Gotta keep it sealed though if you don't want all those until-recently-internal organs to slosh out.
Throw on a few water hammer arrestors from the hardware store, problem solved.
Isn't that good? It sounds like it's creating a shield? I'm pretty sure I'm right, I say ship it.
Let's not get bogged down in details, alright? We can work out the smaller kinks over time.
Functional internal organs? What kind of credible defense bullshit is that? GTFO
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine
We don't need emotional support fish, we need tank operator fish
the loader dolphin project was a failure
Eventually the water is just gonna start getting to boiling temperature and no one will notice because of the frog thing.
And you get a hot tub from all of the heat! Awesome!
I know smth about this is fucking dumb, but no clue what. The added weight? The impracticality?
Air is a compressible fluid. Water is incompressible. Energy from shock waves will be transmitted from the hull to the crew in a much more efficient fashion.
Wait, explain that to an idiot please. Could the water pressure crush a person? It wouldn't just go up?
Because water doesn't compress it transfers any shockwaves straight through anybody who is in the water. This happens much faster than the water has time to move out of the way.
Sailors who are in the water after abandoning ship during naval battles are in extreme danger of dying if a bomb goes off close by.
So what exactly happens? The water moves into the person so fast it crushes them?
Not exactly. The shockwave propogates directly into your body. Basically, the energy transfer liquifies your internal organs.
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Since my answer seems to have been incorrect, can you help me understand how that's different from being rapidly and thouroughly crushed by the water the soldier would be submersed in? The water is the medium of the shockwave, so the energy crushes you through the force propagated through the water. No?
For some reason my post wouldn't post. Anyway, here's a video demonstration https://youtu.be/W4DnuQOtA8E
It uses balloons filled with water and air and small firecracker explosions to show how different the pressures on your body would be (especially organs like lungs, digestive tissue, which would have air/gasses in them).
Thank you for this, wild stuff
Yup
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Ah, right.
Tank get hole, water go out hole
Early warning of Hullfailure from smaller penetrations. Success again
Big two stick energy.
Yeah, but then you're left with a lighter, more agile tank. It's a win-win!
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Two fish are in a tank. One turns to the other and says, you man the guns and I’ll drive.
That was a let down to say the least
Inertia will be a bitch tho
As a fun fact, tanks were really called that way because the British didn't want the Germans to know what was being deployed in WW1 on the continental frontline.
Rust.
Heavy.
gas turbine go brrrr
heard of distilled water? or zinc-coating shit?
You know what's denser than water and still liquid(ish) . . . concrete
Well, until it hardens that is. /s
If the tank gets hit, a nice water cushion will protect the specimens inside. Right, guys?