Soviet auto-loaders
Were they that good that they could out shoot weastern tanks?
It was noticed during the first Iraq War that it took a T-72 10 seconds to re-load between rounds. In a battle thats a long time. I dont have the exact quote but a US Tanker of the time said something like this, " I would hate to be a Iraqi tanker in a T-72. After the first round fired it was 1 mississipe, 2 mississipe, and all the way up to 10 mississipe before they could fire again because of their auto-loader. By then we had already returned fire."
Now seeing that most modern Russian/Soviet tanks also fire a ATGM out of the same tube as their sabot and HEAT ammo, why are some of their tanks ROF as high as 8?
This is a great advantage to the Russian tanks as fo the first six shots that they take they actually fire 12 projectiles.
On the other hand Weastern tanks with weapons of 90mm or better only have a ROF of 6?
The French Leclerc is the only exception. It also has a ROF of 8. Did the French sell the tech to Eastern block Countries?
Anyone have a reply that will help me?
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