Do army tanks have toilets?

Tanks do not have any bathroom facilities. First of all, there is no room for a toilet. Tank has to be concealed from the outside world, ideally, so tank's bathroom would have to have some sort of waste management system.
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Is there a toilet in an Abrams tank?

M1 Abrams:

No, there is no toilet in a tank. The simple reason is that the tank was built to fight so every space in the tank is there to support that purpose. A toilet would take up a lot of space in the hull or turret which would change the characteristics of the tank: weight, height, carrying space.
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Where do tank crews sleep?

Those in the tanks did have the advantage over the infantry, but few creature comforts. The crew (four or five or six) would sleep under a waterproof tarpaulin, in a row alongside their tank. While driving or in battle for hours at a time the conditions inside were almost unbearable.
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Do modern tanks have AC?

Advanced modern tanks like the Abrams don't have air conditioning for the crew. (Though the latest model has a "Thermal Management System" to keep the computers cool in the desert.)
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Do tanks have heaters?

The most common and most efficient method of heating tanks is to directly heat the tank contents with an electric immersion heater. Nearly 100% of the electrical energy used by the heater is absorbed by the product inside of the tank.
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Why Life Inside A Tank Sucks



Who has the best tank in the world?

Top 10 Main Battle Tanks
  1. Nr.1 Leopard 2A7 (Germany) It is a recent version of the proven and successful Leopard 2 design. ...
  2. Nr.2 K2 Black Panther (South Korea) ...
  3. Nr.3 M1A2 SEP (USA) ...
  4. Nr.4 Challenger 2 (United Kingdom) ...
  5. Nr.5 Armata (Russia) ...
  6. Nr.6 Merkava Mk.4 (Israel) ...
  7. Nr.7 Type 90 (Japan) ...
  8. Nr.8 Leclerc (France)
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Is Fury based on a real story?

From Street Kings writer/director David Ayer, Fury is based on a collection of true stories from real-life army veterans who spent their time during World War II in tanks, just like Pitt's tank crew in the film.
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Can a tornado pick up a tank?

Could a tornado pick up a tank truck like in Twister? No. We have often wondered why the tank truck, weighing perhaps 80,000 pounds or more was picked up, but the pickup truck, weighing 3000 pounds, was not picked up.
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HOW FAR CAN tanks shoot?

The tank cannon has a maximum effective range of about 3000 meters, and precise aim is required to make a hit. The self-guided missile, however, can — like Longbow Hellfire — be effective to more than 8000 meters, and the electronic brain continually corrects the flight path as necessary.
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What country has the most advanced tanks?

Russia's T-14 is considered the most advanced tank in the world. Composite by Coffee or Die Magazine.
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Do soldiers poop their pants?

Siddle wrote that in surveys of soldiers during World War II, “a quarter of combat veterans admitted that they urinated in their pants in combat, and a quarter admitted that they defecated in their pants in combat.”
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Where do soldiers poop during war?

Porta-Johns. Yes, we have "Porta-sh*tters" located on the frontlines. For the most part, they're located on the larger FOBs. To keep these maintained, allied forces pay local employees, who live nearby, to pump the human discharge out of the poop reservoirs.
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What happens to a tank crew when hit?

Any penetrating hit in the turret or hull can set off the ammunition, with a result sometimes describes as Jack-in-the-box effect: the force of the blast from the ammo tears the tank apart from inside, often detaching the turret with such force that it is thrown clear. Such events are instantly fatal to the crew.
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Where do tank crews poop?

Tanks do not have any bathroom facilities. First of all, there is no room for a toilet. Tank has to be concealed from the outside world, ideally, so tank's bathroom would have to have some sort of waste management system. There is no space for any of that.
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Do Russian tanks have bathrooms?

Russia's latest battle tank has been upgraded in a way that will relieve its crew. The designers behind the Armata system that supports heavy armored vehicles such as the new T-14 tank have now added a toilet, allowing troops to tend to their bodily needs without exposing themselves during battle.
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What was the life expectancy of a tank crew in ww2?

According to the vets, the life expectancy of a tank crew member was only six weeks.
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Do tanks have a bottom hatch?

The inside of the tank as seen in this video is definitly not real - from the moment on he closes the hatch (many tanks do have hatches in the bottom, at least this much is correct) it must have been filmed inside a studio. And it looks like whoever designed this set has never personally seen the inside of a tank.
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How do tank drivers see?

The tank has a brake pedal on the floor, just like a car. The driver navigates using three periscopes (also called vision blocks). For night operations, he can substitute a night vision sensor for one of the ordinary periscopes.
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Do tanks have guns?

The majority of modern tanks are fitted with smoothbore guns, which do not utilise rifled barrels in order to impart spin to projectiles as they are fired (see Annex B). A notable exception is the British Challenger 2 tank, which uses the 120 mm L30 rifled gun.
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How much do a tank cost?

Each new tank costs around $6 million. As a tank power, the United States is second only to Russia with its roughly 13,000 T-72s, T-80s, T-90s and other types. But Russia's tanks are lighter than America's tanks.
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What is the heaviest tank in the world?

The heaviest tank ever constructed was the German Panzerkampfwagen Maus, which weighed 188 tonnes (414,469 lb).
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What do tank gunners say when they fire?

"On the Way" is what 'Bible' yells as he fires the main gun each time. That is the standard call for a US Army tank gunner warning the crew of the coming blast and for the loader to get out of the path of the recoiling gun.
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What does Shia LaBeouf yell in Fury when he shoots?

In the film 'Fury', Shia LaBeouf's character would shout "ONE!" before firing a tank shell.
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Is Saving Private Ryan a true story?

While much of the movie is a fictional account, the premise behind Capt. Miller's mission is based on a true story. That is the story of the Niland brothers — Edward, Preston, Robert, and Frederick — from Tonawanda, New York. The two middle brothers, Preston and Robert, had enlisted prior to the beginning of the War.
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