It would either shatter or get crushed into ineffectual pieces, which would just be sent into the underside of the turret (not the turret ring).
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There is a video of an abrams being destroyed and we can see an atgm flying towards it. The russians claimed that it was a t72b3, IDK but I’ll assume it is since the missile is quite fast.
Sorry about the confusion, the ABRAMS turret did not fly, I was referring to a UAE Abrams destroyed.
That is quite literally impossible for an ATGM to do to the M1. You’ll have to resort to an oversize IED buried beneath a track to even shift the M1 turret off its ring, or use a crane.
So where’s the video of the UAE abrams getting knocked out, then? I’m really curious, because the UAE hasn’t actually released anything on purchasing any M1 tanks, ever.
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5 hits it took to take it down…verified by the Russian showing it off. He praised its ttoughness.
Russian armor is most likely over performing too……
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You mean where the Abrams was already knocked out and they then hit it with an ATGM and tried to claim “a T72 knocked out an abrams guys”
wdym APFSDS can shatter irl. There are case where M1A1 Abrams got hit by friendy fire in Gulf War . with either M829 or M829A1 . APFSDS first hit mounting bracket for the minesweeper plow before it hit and shatter on UFP.
source
https://gulflink.health.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm
https://gulflink.health.mil/du_ii/du_ii_refs/n52en369/7161_039_0000007.htmhttps://gulflink.health.mil/du_ii/du_ii_refs/n52en369/7161_039_0000007.htm
what was described
Another example
Here video of APFSDS live test fire that shatter on K2 Black Panther UFP
Based on various post the circled ‘2’ section is a piece of dart that is flying off from the impact.
As a Russian main, the issues when I play Abrams is the tank is TOO FUCKING BIG, you can’t hide for shit, and then the turbine idling noise is way too loud too, which totally destroy stealth, while USSR vehicles is dead quiet, and they are just small as fuck that its easy to overlook something this small, when I play T-72s I can tell you 70% of my total kills is stealth kill, with Abrams? enemies always aware of my presence.
That’s the annoying thing too, the Abrams engine should be among the quieter engines in the game. The whining noise of the Abrams engine from (what I’ve read and been told by people who have had the opportunity to work around the Abrams and other tanks say) doesn’t travel as far as a large diesel engine. (This theoretically should also be the case for other Gas Turbibe engines on tanks).
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That another problem Gaijin has to fix.
To summarize It is loud up close (especially directly behind engine compartment) but the high pitch means it is harder to hear from a distance. As the higher pitch of the gas turbine also means that the sound doesn’t travel as far.
So the area at around 50m+ away from Abrams that isn’t directly behind engine compartment should be quieter than diesel engine.
Funny bit about this too was that a bit ago sabots were more likely to shatter at high angles and the M1 UFP suddenly became really good.
Was patched shortly after sadly.
Dunno why gaijin is so keen on having APFSDS bounce since, as you have already described, at really high angles such rounds should be breaking apart, not bouncing off the plate.
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It shouldn’t be that way, i’m having trouble hearing t80s which they’re super close to me but i cannot hear shit, untill he shoot me from the back and i see that he’s literally next to me but i don’t hear his engine, somehow the roles got changed, the russian engine should be hearable from quite a big distance, while the Abrams engine should be unhearable.
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no, it doesnt russian armor has been over performing for years, tech mods even said this on the old forum.
so im not the only one? i had a t80 20 meters from me and heard nothing as it shot me.
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It just happened to me 20 min ago 3 times in a row, it’s absurd how they’re super silent.
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It is annoying, since it is very low as well, it hides very well in the grass.
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Never mind, confused I am, I have somehow managed to mess up UAE with stupid saudi arabia, I don’t know how, but it did happen.
It’s intended behaviour. You wouldn’t hear a t80 100m in front of you if it’s facing you headon
ariete is much worse. same br as the 2a7 with worse mobility, worse gun and worse armor
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*Laughs in Merkava which loses engine and one shot most of time from engine spall anyway every .5 seconds *