Re: Soviet tank crew survival.
Regarding the T-72 ammo storage.There are a few rounds and propellant cases stored behind the gunner and commmander seats, strapped to the walls of the turret.
Two propellant charges seems to be placed on the turret floor.A few rounds and charges are placed in recesses in the fuel tank to the right of the driver (the fuel tank would appear to be designed as a shield to protect them from splinters coming from the glacis plate), with an other two/three rounds and charges stored vertically immediately behind the tank, between it and the autoloader.The rest of the rounds and charges is stored in the space between the autoloader and the firewall,on the floor of the hull,the charges in vertical recesses in the fuel tank located here,the rounds apparently strapped orizontally to the side hull.
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