It used to be, but not in the sense that the shells are in a pool of water. They had containers of water in between the ammo, so that in the case of a hit on the ammo rack, it would soak the ammo and hopefully not turn the tank into a quickbake oven.
Whether or not it worked, or if just moving the ammo out of the line of fire was what helped is up for debate. Modern tanks use faster burning charges, so soaking them probably wouldn’t work anyway, so they have blowout panels instead.
In the short term it would be fine, as long as the shell was wiped down and dried before being put in the breach. But historically, no one ever just had shells sitting in water or liquid. Would make way too much of a mess.
It used to be, but not in the sense that the shells are in a pool of water. They had containers of water in between the ammo, so that in the case of a hit on the ammo rack, it would soak the ammo and hopefully not turn the tank into a quickbake oven.
Whether or not it worked, or if just moving the ammo out of the line of fire was what helped is up for debate. Modern tanks use faster burning charges, so soaking them probably wouldn’t work anyway, so they have blowout panels instead.
Yeah, superheated steam is really good for the skin, I hear.
That makes sense. I was mildly surprised that shells would be okay to permanently immerse in water.
In the short term it would be fine, as long as the shell was wiped down and dried before being put in the breach. But historically, no one ever just had shells sitting in water or liquid. Would make way too much of a mess.