Re: Funny ! You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Russia's Main Tank has DESIGN PROBLEM

On 5/27/2024 7:43 PM, 62hx.1708 wrote:
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13464723/Russias-modern-tank-suffers-disco-head-glitch-sees-turret-spinning-control-fire.html
> 
> Russia's most modern tank has been seen suffering a 'disco head'
> glitch that sends its turrets spinning out of control while on
> the battlefield under fire.
> 
> The bizarre fault has struck the T-90 tank - a third-generation
> Russian main battle vehicle that has been dubbed by Russian
> President Vladimir Putin as the 'best tank in the world.'
> 
> But the impressive machine has been hit with an embarrassing
> bug, 'spinning turret syndrome', where any minor damage causes
> the turret to begin rotating uncontrollably, making it incapable
> of any further combat.
> 
> The worst example of the flaw came during a battle in Ukraine's
> eastern Donetsk region when Ukrainian troops in two US-supplied
> M2 Bradley fighting vehicles came face-to-face with one of the
> Russian T-90s.
> 
> The Bradley's hit the Russian tank with rapid 25mm cannon fire
> which was expected to cause little damage to the T-90s due to
> their heavy frontal armour.
> 
> However, after a few hots the tank's turret started rapidly
> spinning in a clockwise direction meaning the Russian's had
> no chance of accurately returning fire.
> 
> . . .
> 
>    This is just hilarious ! Apparently there's some kind
>    of position sensor for the tank turret that can be
>    damaged by some sharp mechanical shock. Then the thing
>    doesn't know where it's pointing and rotates endlessly
>    trying to find non-existent direction.
> 
>    The tank immediately becomes quite useless except
>    maybe as a very expensive battering ram.
> 
>    There are a number of ways to register position for
>    a rotating part - a little magnet or optical target
>    with holes/lines in it are fairly "industrial strength"
>    and widely used. Fair chance the Russians just
>    stuck-on whatever with low-grade epoxy and a sharp
>    tap breaks it off.
> 
>    If you could narrow down just WHAT kind of tap
>    in what general location then even a hand-held
>    weapon might be able to cause the fault.

Don't make the mistake of underestimating the Russians. They will more 
then likely fix that sensor problem. As would we in such circumstance.
A negotiated settlement that satisfies all sides is an absolute necessity.>