Water transmits sound much better than air, so the shockwave from any explosion (possibly including the tank’s own gun) would rupture the eardrums of everyone inside.
Skill Issue.
They travel further, but higher frequencies slow down due to the medium.
It’d probably muffle some of the more damaging high frequency sound waves but there’d be some shockwaves of lower frequencies involved which might do something else to you
No, the speed of sound through water is essentially independent of frequency. Sound is a compression wave.
You’re thinking of transverse, or surface waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95sQcSulRFM
Given the high amplitude and nearness to the gun I’d guess nonlinear propagation would play a big part so that’s interesting. IDK if that makes for a more intense shock front.
I mean a modernized Abrams already weighs 80 something tonnes so how much worse could this really be.
they should do this but with submarines
They could finally use screen doors!
Tank guy tank water > gamer girl bath water
tank girl bath water
over/under on when the IDF starts selling that?
Fun tank fact! Due to a tendency for the M4 sherman to explode into flames when hit in the ammunition, it was devised to stow the ammo in water, coining the term “wet stowage”
we mwust stowe ouw ammow in wet stowage uwu
breathing is for losers
“mermaids stay in the ocean, don’t worry about them” :mermaid-shining:
Emotional support fish is actually the commander, Lt. Gills
I was envisioning dolphins trained in tank warfare. The First Armored Cetacean Division.
If dolphins can be astronauts they can command a tank.
yeah, I support the troops
Makes me think of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker where the mech’s cockpit fills with water for some reason
Any ambulatory mecha would have massive motion sickness issues for the pilot whenever it walked. Suspending the operator in a fluid would possibly dampen the effects of bobbing around on the vestibular system and dampen shock from collisions or high-G turns. At least I imagine. I haven’t played Peace Walker but that’d be my reason for that to be in the design.