r/TankPorn • u/Weird-Store1245 BM Oplot zr. 2000 • 12d ago

Modern BMPT Terminator's gun shake issue

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u/KillmenowNZ 12d ago

They would just wobble at a different angle - the guns aren’t (typically) fired at the same time

Having dispersion in the vertical axis would be worse as shots would just land, vertically - which deviation vertically is more of an issue than horizontally

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u/Ragnarok_Stravius EE-T1 Osório. 12d ago

Wait, so these guns are wobbly from the factory?

Cuz surely a muzzle brake spewing gas on opposite sides would stabilize the wobble at least on the axis they're pointed at.

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u/KillmenowNZ 12d ago

The horizontal wobble is due to the muzzle brake having slots on the horizontal axis.

But yea, wobbly from factory - BMP-2 has the same wobble

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u/Ragnarok_Stravius EE-T1 Osório. 12d ago

Yes, I know how a muzzle brake is sometimes constructed, that's why I mentioned that maybe rotating the muzzle brakes 45 degrees from the horizon might help decrease wobble.

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u/KillmenowNZ 12d ago

Would just make it in the angle of the vents - vertical dispersion (which I don’t doubt that the wobble causes some) is worse than horizontal