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Originally Posted by CraigD6
Is the turret a bit too angular? There seems to be an awful lot of shot traps there, where a projectile is more likely to do damage than skim off. Most modern tanks seem to go for sloped armour to try and deflect any incoming rounds, but are the Russians relying on their defensive systems to prevent a hit in the first place?
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Probably. Plus some of those angular segments appear to be blocks of passive armor and possibly bits of reactive armor as well. And it was supposed to be an unmanned turret, with the entire crew safely in the heavily armored, low-profile hull.