How can you determine the quality of a battle tank? Certainly, there are many specifications regarding the overall performance of such a heavy armored vehicle. But one experiment was very unusual and involved using a full glass of beer – even though water worked equally well for the same purpose.
The beer on this tank is for illustrative purposes only, to show how well the stabilization system works. Still images from YouTube videos.
This test involves the stability of the main cannon of a tank. If you fill the beaker with liquid and place it on the barrel, how much of this liquid will spill out during driving and aiming? The interesting thing is that these huge assets are extremely efficient.
It is even possible to upgrade older models – sometimes the armor is the only thing left over from the old days, as experts from the Ukrainian armored vehicle plant Kharkov explain in this video:
