The ammo is stored in the hull dude and there is no blast barrier between that and the crew. There have been some mods such as ammo bins but that's not no where enough to stop the danger of combustion, from hits off enemy tanks. The only perspective and efficient safe ammunition storage is complete isolation of ammunition in the compartment or compartments with blow off panels
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Flawed arguement ... 22 stored in the carosel, rest are in the armoured bins at the back, side, no round is left exposed in the turret... Also systems like
"CREW BAY EXPLOSION, DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS" are present in AK.
Apart from that (info on basic AK variant) :
Armor protection is modular, allowing for quick battle damage repairs and improvement as more advanced armor becomes available or heavier armor is desired. Frontal armor is composite and of Pakistani design, with side armor being spaced; it is of a more modern design than that on the Al-Zarrar and lighter in weight. The turret front, turret sides, glacis, and hull sides have lugs for ERA.
Attention was paid to land mine damage in the form of thickened floor armor. The ammunition is carried in armored bins, and virtually the entire vehicle has thick Kevlar anti-spalling blankets. The engine also has a thick bulkhead separating it from the crew compartment. An automatic explosion and fire suppression system is provided, and the crew has an NBC overpressure system; the engine compartment and ammunition bins have their own systems of the same sort. The Al-Khalid has a laser detection system that can automatically trigger smoke grenades to block the laser, and a radar warning system that can give the crew a chance to take evasive action.
Pakistani Tanks
A little info on its armour:
Perhaps the greatest advance in the tanks design is its armour. While maintaining the modular and thus easily modifiable armour of the Al-Khalid, it has added another layer. The Al-Khalids armour is made up of as much as 6 layers of armour, a base layer of steel, a layer of ultra-hard composites (to defeat long rod penetrators), another more minimal layer of steel (all of these layers being spaced to prevent penetration by a HEAT warhead), a layer of Kevlar to defeat minor threats to the tank (like small arms and smaller armour-piercing threats), and then a layer of nERA (non-explosive reactive armour, in this case, rubber), and then finally a layer of (selectively applied) bricks of either composites (often employed in peacetime to save costs and maintenance) or ERA (explosive reactive armour) to defeat HEAT-type threats. The tank is also equipped with more effective damage control (like explosive suppression) systems.
Sources
ESTO
P.S: Not all tanks have BO panels... google em.. start with T-90.
It's around 600 AK's they say. The T-84's are ok. I won't go into the AZ's as they best kept to supporting anti insurgency efforts. I'm not quite sure in terms of numbers what the Indian army fields as it differs from source to source. Regardless they shouldn't be our benchmark.
I'm also in favour of more AK's, especially with upgrades. I'm not asking for its displacement rather than the Altay to be a supplement to our force.
Our aim is to field at least 3,000 tanks.
AZ is still a potent tank when compared to others like T-72s or modernised 2nd gen tanks.. its a new thank with dozens of upgrades... be it in the CnC,IBMS,Data linking,new 125mm smoothbore,armour or imagery systems....
350 T-84s/UDs ... 600 AK-Is,500 upgraded T-85IIAPs,600 AZs and a shit load of older ones.. i think we have a pretty capable force even right now... not even considering the 40+ AKs,100-AZs? chunned out by HIT each year on order...
But yes the older tanks should be phased out.. although i believe the T-85IIAPs will soldier on till 2020...the rest excluding T-84s and AZs...will be replaced by AK-II...
Supplement ? bro yara kyun mera mouh khulwata hai .. kuch kaha tou yeh sab bura maan jaien gei...
Those Types just got upgraded !!!!
Yes but they will be replaced by upcoming AK-II for good.. except for 85IIAPs which will stay for another 5 years im guessing...
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