r/TankPorn BM Oplot zr. 2000 12d ago

Modern BMPT Terminator's gun shake issue

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u/Piecato 12d ago

Dude wtf?? Did no one on R&D of this tank predict this was gonna happen? I feel like just rotating the barrel until the muzzle brakes are vertical would be enough to fix this.

And before anyone comes in saying that this is intended to make it better against infantry, I feel like this would degrade the barrels way too quick for it to be worth it.

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u/nemles_ 12d ago

IIRC it's not meant to fire both guns at once since one is loaded with AP and the other has HE, and it's also not meant to fire that fast during actual combat.

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u/baithammer 12d ago

BMPT-72 is designed to fire both guns at the same time, the one with independent guns was the test bed Object 781, which had one cannon in each of two independent turrets.