Lool ok XD
Legend
Wasn’t me who found it, a community member DM’d me all this stuff for the CR1 and Chieftains.
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Asbestos is going to be insulation related lad? Especially given the effects of it were to be breached. Definitely the sound layer it’s referring to.
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Asbestos lining in a tank the crew after accidentally breathing some in 💀
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Note this is for Chally 1 but here they are referring to Asbestos as “splash curtains” that doesn’t sound like insulation
Especially if we have
Insulation through another method
These “splash curtains” also appear on Chally 2 and also cover the mantlet only. I don’t think it’s referring to spall liner.
I mean what else is going to be splashing at you?
Tea.
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I mean it’s possible they both have a flexible mantlet cover. But I haven’t seen anything to suggest all round coverage on CR1/chieftain.
Oh no, no one said all round, its clearly a front of turret thing.
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Mmm, think it’s just a mantlet thing tbh.
I mean extra protection on its weak spot? Sign me up fam’.
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Amen
Guess this applies to CR2 as well. I am kind of interested to see what the hull coverage is like irl. Other than the front plate.
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Tbh… I think I’ll be that last of my worries in a war zone XD
Water?
so your telling me it will stop the spall but in return give cancer
A soul for a soul
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Hydraulic fluid/oil is the most likely thing. CR2 got a fully electric turret and gun drive system because the old system was leaky at the best of times, and ran a risk of rupturing if the turret was hit - bad news for the crew.
Using asbestos sheets to insulate and fire-proof the hot gun/breach from an oil rupture sounds more reasonable to me. It’s the main purpose for the asbestos linings that are still in our AFVs and helicopters - protecting stuff you don’t want to get hot but have no choice but to put it near something that does get hot.
I am not aware of it being regarded as something known for its high degree of ballistic protection, compared to alternatives like aramid or kevlar fibres, or hard composite sheets.
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