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It’s hard to wage war when nature calls, so Russia is installing toilets in its troubled third-generation T-14 main battle tanks, Russian state media revealed Thursday.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/russia-t14-armata-tank-toilets<\/a><\/p>\n The days of relieving themselves in fuel and ammo cans or hopping out to dig single-use latrines are apparently over for Russia’s tank crews, at least those manning the T-14 Armata tanks, Ilya Baranov, a senior official at the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building in Yekaterinburg,\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0TASS News Agency.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a nice photo of a couple of T14s at the link.<\/p>\n Well, this IS news. I thought tankers just went in their shorts or used a bucket. I\u2019ve never had the privilege of spending even a brief moment of my time with a tank crew, but this does possibly offer a facility that might be the envy of American tank crews. The fact that originally, the order for, and intent was to produce, 2,300 Armatas by the year 2025 before it was properly tested may have something to do with the demand for an onboard head (latrine). However, according to the article, so far, a bare 100 Armatas\u00a0 were ordered instead of 2,300, and only about 24 have become available for use and testing.<\/p>\n This does make a difference. Perhaps adding a small loo in the unmanned turret would acceptable. Just compress the defecatory byproduct into bricks, load ’em up, and lob them at The Enemy.<\/p>\n And I do understand the deprivations that tank crews have to accept, such as no hot lunches unless they put their MRE cans on the carburetor, no cold water or beer unless they tie down a cooler outside on the rear armor plates, and no real place to take a nap while they\u2019re hiding in an ambush spot. But they do have that big gun, plus a bunch of smaller bang-bangers, which makes up for a lot of deficiencies in a tanker\u2019s life.<\/p>\n You could almost live in a tank if you had to, so \u2013 well, the idea of a bathroom, with maybe an attached shower hose included, would help the Russian tank crews feel better abut themselves. Perhaps a small kitchenette with a fireplace and some comfy chairs could be included, too. In fact, the possibilities are endless.\u00a0 I can totally see the Armata’s latest showroom model with a cubby for the laptop, Wi-Fi connections everywhere, and a direct uplink to RT News, in addition to the vodka dispenser and the magazines with naughty bits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"