[MarkSheppard]

Man. What's wrong with DRG lately?

Dealing with morons tends to do that. Kevin thinks
that there are no interactions between the various
ratings; this was revealed earlier by the autoloader
debacle.

Survivability is not how much of the crew survives; it's
how often a unit can survive good solid hits that penetrate
without going up in flames; to represent shells simply going
in one side of a vehicle and going out the other side without
hitting anything or exploding; it's happened in real life.

EDIT: This has also raised some interesting questions in
my head; should T-55/62 survivability be higher than
T-64/72/80 survivability in the OOBs?

The Russians actually switched to using uparmored and ERAed
T-55s and T-62s in Chechyna because they didn't have the
autoloader which placed the propellant in a location that
was easily hit and penetrated, versus the more modern -64
series tanks...I think they've rectified that problem
somewhat in the latest T-90 models, but it still remains
a weak point of the design.