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why would a glass bottle bounce off a steel frame? imho it would shatter on impact and spill all over and underneath it? we need Mythbusters set on this one.

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Also, why would you protect the turret from a molotov cocktail and not the more vulnerable parts to this type of weapons: air admission & exhaust…

I think if I was in a tank I'd be most worried about a molotov cocktail going into an open hatch.

It looks like it's not what motivated the dudes who made this one: https://nitter.net/oryxspioenkop/status/1503062532977795084#...

If they hit the bars, yes (similar to the slat armour discussed in the article). But if they hit the wire they’ll probably bounce off. And most of the surface area is wire.

Most cope cage have no wire and only bars:

a few example:

- https://postlmg.cc/9Drj9s6W

- https://postlmg.cc/XrMMp6Xq

- https://postlmg.cc/V06wB9cN

- https://postlmg.cc/NyJm63jJ

source: https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum... (you can find way more cope cages when opening the pictures for damaged, captured and abandoned russian tanks in the list).

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