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[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 96 points 11 months ago (5 children)

That would be such a flex. You're driving through the desert with you tank full of water and people around you are dying of dehydration.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

A fridge company transport a metric ton of ice through the Sahara as a publicity stunt. Fun video

spoilerThe water was contained with asbestos but they also transported medice and salted fish.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 91 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When this tank gets hit by a shell:

Why is there smoke coming out of your tank, Seymour?

Oh ho, no! That isn't smoke, it's steam! Steam from the steamed tanks we're having! Mmm, steamed tanks!

[–] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, so a shell hits a tank and it superheats the air inside? Is that real?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago

Only if you're trying to prepare an unforgettable luncheon and are within view of the Aurora Borealis. /ncd

The water would heat up and boil slowly and eventually if there was a fire occuring on the outside of the tank.

If it is hit in an area which causes the tank's armaments to explode into the crew cabin then yes you would have a Russian Instant Pot...

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 65 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You can pee wherever/whenever you want.

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[–] Andonno@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

can drink the water

As a tank maintainer, this is the least credible part of the post.

[–] BulbasaurBabu@lemmings.world 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it though? Technically, they can drink the water, but nobody said it would be a good experience to do so

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

✅ Can drink the water.

❎ Should drink the water.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

random question: why are tank interiors painted white?

[–] Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

plausible....

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

better visibility, reflects what little light there is in the tank (i think)

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Don’t die of spall, but die extra quick of shockwaves transmitted through water.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Simple solution: we'll have a fishtank, but filled with air. Put it in the watertank to make the watertank mk. 2: the airwatertank tank

[–] nuke@yah.lol 24 points 11 months ago

Love it. Here's $5 billion dollars and a years supply of cocaine. I need these operational stat! Question, will more cocaine speed up or slow down the production? Fuck it, here's more cocaine.

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[–] pigup@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

And the British version will be able to make tea much easier.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can’t wait to join the Army Diver Armored Division.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SONAR CONTACT BEARING 322, DEPLOYING ABRAMS.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.

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[–] teft@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

I wanna be an ARMDIVARMDIV!

[–] Captain@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago

Love the emotional support fish

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Welcome to Marines. Literally.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Water doesn’t compress. The tank operators don’t need their internal organs, right?

[–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just leave the hatch open a little bit.

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[–] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

Throw on a few water hammer arrestors from the hardware store, problem solved.

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We don't need emotional support fish, we need tank operator fish

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

the loader dolphin project was a failure

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not like an army guy, but I did get to ride around in a tank once, and based on that experience I'm in favor of this idea.

Everything was very hot inside the tank, the water will help with that a lot.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 14 points 11 months ago

Eventually the water is just gonna start getting to boiling temperature and no one will notice because of the frog thing.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 17 points 11 months ago

And you get a hot tub from all of the heat! Awesome!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

One bullet hits the body and the crew goes deaf.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do they make those for lungs?

[–] nuke@yah.lol 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 16 points 11 months ago

Stand aside Pierre Sprey!

The Fighter Plane Mafia has nothing on...

... The CDRMittens Reverse Land Submarine War Philosopher Crew!

[–] dynamo@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I know smth about this is fucking dumb, but no clue what. The added weight? The impracticality?

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Air is a compressible fluid. Water is incompressible. Energy from shock waves will be transmitted from the hull to the crew in a much more efficient fashion.

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, explain that to an idiot please. Could the water pressure crush a person? It wouldn't just go up?

[–] frostwhitewolf@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Because water doesn't compress it transfers any shockwaves straight through anybody who is in the water. This happens much faster than the water has time to move out of the way.

Sailors who are in the water after abandoning ship during naval battles are in extreme danger of dying if a bomb goes off close by.

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

So what exactly happens? The water moves into the person so fast it crushes them?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Not exactly. The shockwave propogates directly into your body. Basically, the energy transfer liquifies your internal organs.

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[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For some reason my post wouldn't post. Anyway, here's a video demonstration https://youtu.be/W4DnuQOtA8E

It uses balloons filled with water and air and small firecracker explosions to show how different the pressures on your body would be (especially organs like lungs, digestive tissue, which would have air/gasses in them).

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[–] Kiwi_Girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tank get hole, water go out hole

[–] RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Early warning of Hullfailure from smaller penetrations. Success again

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Inertia will be a bitch tho

[–] esc27@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Two fish are in a tank. One turns to the other and says, you man the guns and I’ll drive.

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 12 points 11 months ago

As a fun fact, tanks were really called that way because the British didn't want the Germans to know what was being deployed in WW1 on the continental frontline.

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