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Inside a Tank: How Tank Crews Actually Work

What it looks like, sounds like and feels like inside a modern main battle tank — and how the four-person crew of an Abrams, Leopard 2 or T-34 actually fights it.

• M1 ABRAMS

  Inside the M1 Abrams

  Turbine howl, blow-off ammo panels, a driver lying almost flat. The American answer to crew survival.

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• T-34

  Inside the T-34

  Five men, almost no headroom, a commander who also aims the gun — the cramped reality of Soviet mass production.

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• LEOPARD 2

  Inside the Leopard 2

  German ergonomics taken seriously: separated crew compartments, modular composite armor and the cleanest fire control in NATO.

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