Pretty sure I read somewhere early in the war that the design flaw is there because the Russians wanted to eliminate one crew member, and so use an automated loading system for their munitions. For that system to work, the munitions need to be stored in the same compartment as the crew.
Most other tank designs have a fourth crew member to load the main gun, and there's an anti-ballistic partition between the crew and the munitions compartment.
Most other tank designs have a fourth crew member to load the main gun, and there's an anti-ballistic partition between the crew and the munitions compartment.
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