# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/5585 "2022-05-11T19:52:07Z")

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This particular vulnerability is from the Russian autoloader design which doesn’t compartmentalize ammo (and propellant) from the crew space. US and other NATO designs separate ammo from the crew with a fireproof door and the ammo vault has pressure-release blowout panels to allow ammo fires to burn without jeopardizing the crew or the rest of the tank.

It’s more survivable. Dunno what else @DigitalC had in mind, but that would be the topic of a different thread anyway.

> [@Are Tanks Obsolete Weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tanks-obsolete-weapons/39083):
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> I understand that in the Gulf war, US Airforce and marine pilopts effectively destroyed an entire iraqui tank division, in about 3 hours. These were the finast main battle tanks that russia could make-not some cheap export model. However, without air cover, a $2 million tank is a sitting duck. Our pilots just blew them apart with armor piercingmmissiles. So, why does the US army still plan on new models-are these weapons dinosaurs?

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