So I play soviet mbts as of now, and what I’ve noticed is that whenever I hit an enemy NATO tank’s fuel tank, they dont explode. However, when my fuel tanks get hit, they explode. I understand warsaw pact tanks don’t prioritize crew survivability, so does NATO tanks have some sort of protection on their fuel tanks that the warsaw pact tanks lack?
Upgrade vitality for your Driver, Gunner, and Commander. Better the crew vitality stat, the less likely your fuel tanks are to explode. However, if your tank doesn’t have a Loader for example, do not upgrade his vitality stat, as it only applies to the specific crew member you upgrade.
I only run into that problem with the Abrams, luckily it has a massive weakspot under the gun, unlike the leopard, just never try to LFP an Abrams its not worth it, half the time you will get killed trying to do that when you can just bully the massive turret ring gap.
Apparently your crew vitality has nothing to do with fuel tanks exploding. I think one of the mods on here confirmed it
Does nothing. The chance is the same. Cause it causes your ammo to blow up as well in this case. Much less likely if that happens but mainly annoying cause they technically ‘missed’ their shot by only firing at your driver but then u still die.
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Depends on if the fuel tank is in its own compartment or not, cause they do explode.
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Interesting… I was told it did do something. Disregard it I guess.
I don’t think it does. I felt no difference between stock and expert crew.
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That’s an oddity of russian technology. You hit a fuel tank of a T-34 or KV/IS and it takes decades for the fuel tanks to explode and destroy a T-72 or T-80…
External fuel tanks won’t explode and kill the crew. You can check which one is which in the x-ray.
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Nooooope