• @yokonzo
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    149 months ago

    That water would boil real fast

      • @dvoraqs
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        99 months ago

        I bet it’s because there would be a lot of heat, especially when the tank’s engines need to be more powerful to move all of the added weight.

        • @Mikufan@ani.socialOP
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          19 months ago

          1m³ of water is 1 metric ton, a normal tank would fit 3m³ to 5m³ given the fact that a normal modern tank is about 70 metric tons by itself i doubt it would greatly effect the engine. And water can be cooled as well.

          • @dvoraqs
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            69 months ago

            I think you’re discounting the heat already being generated even without the water. Water is a good conductor of heat, so if there are any hotspots the crew normally just stays away from, that would spread everywhere, including to the crew. The heat would also accumulate since the rest of the tank would be acting as an insulator except on the outside surfaces.

                • @Mikufan@ani.socialOP
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                  -29 months ago

                  Wich is why the motor wastes a lot of energy on cooling itself… Why do you think there is water cooling for electronic?

                  Air bein a isolator is a bad thing.

                  • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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                    29 months ago

                    Yeah, and I’m guessing most people would prefer that energy be vented through the metal chassis into the air, not into the water they’re working in. Heat takes the path of least resistance, and if lower the resistance to entering your body, it’ll do that.

      • @yokonzo
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        59 months ago

        Typically when you hit things with shells, Even if the they don’t explode, the kinetic energy would transfer into the hull, then the water. Now imagine getting fired on 4 or 5 times, or by a bunch of small arms fire, or a land mine, all in the baking desert sun. That would be a soup pot

        • nukeM
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          109 months ago

          Dump in a bag of ice from the gas station. Problem solved

        • Flax
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          29 months ago

          Put the operator into a fridge

          • @yokonzo
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            19 months ago

            I mean aquarium chillers do exist, but at that point you’ve got another id imagine 300 pounds to add to the tank that would increase the profile and add just another system that could be shot off