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Originally Posted by euromodder
You get to realise what's happening, however briefly ?
Not the kind of load you'd want to combine with explosives.
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My Spider Sense is so slow, I doubt that it would even tingle.
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Originally Posted by Cobb
Depends on where the armor is and where the explosion mixes with the fuel. Many of the early tanks had the powder magazine inside the crew area behind the armor. One right hit and it went off killing all the crew.  |
I never specifically checked to see if the back of the cabin was armored, but there are about eight or ten feet of engine, transmission, and other truck stuff between the cab and the tank, flatbed, bridge, or whatever that specific truck had on the back, so I sure hope the whole thing was armored!
Surprisingly, the flash point of JP-8 is 100° F, so I wonder how the military can even use this in Arizona or foreign deserts. However, I have been told time and again that you can drop a cigarette or match in a drip pan with fuel in it and the flame goes out. Of course, it is the vapor and not the liquid that ignites. My understanding is that if someone shoots a hole in your fuel tank, you just lose fuel, despite what television teaches you, but if you hit an IED, someone shoots an RPG at you, or whatever, just hope that everyone else is a safe distance.
However, our call sign was always "Fireball One."