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From: awtron@vanilla.princeton.edu (Andrew Tron D-313 x3749)
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Subject: Re: Effects inside tank
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Date: 4 Mar 91 20:37:38 GMT
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From: awtron@vanilla.princeton.edu (Andrew Tron D-313 x3749)

In article <1991Feb28.045630.5898@cbnews.att.com> denbeste@spdcc.com (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>
>I might suggest that the sound inside the tank from its OWN gun going off
>would be louder than that from a round going off outside its armor.
>Don't tankers have to wear major-league ear protection?
>
>(...and then again, I might not suggest it.)

In the book "Aquarium" by the Soviet defector Viktor Suvorov, the author
describes a tank exercise.  He stated that the tank crewmember's earpones
would click a fraction of a second before the gun fired.  The ear would
then react to the click, thus protecting it from the ensuing boom.

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