What among the photographs of the Second World War, what among the photographs of the Afghan War can be found many pictures showing Soviet infantrymen sitting on top of the armor of vehicles during its movement. It is clear that this mode of transportation is not safe. The question arises: why did the guys do this at all?
When it comes to riding Soviet (and not only) military personnel on armor, an old graphic thing about methods of anti-cumulative protection of tanks immediately appears before your eyes. In the domestic segment of the Internet, the once popular meme was distributed in this form:
As you can easily guess by looking at the image, the irony lies in the fact that, unlike American and German tanks, Soviet tanks protected the bodies of soldiers - well, they say, “soviet scoops!”, “Women they give birth to new ones! ”This joke was taken from the English-speaking segment of the Internet and was distributed in half form, in fact, the picture looks like the methods of anti-cumulative protection of tanks here So:
The image shows that half-measures and improvisation often do not give the desired result, but in the best way. protection of tanks from grenade launchers is the interaction of armored vehicles with infantry, which covers it on flanks. What, with gloomy irony, is indicated by the body of the murdered fascist next to the T-34 and the Soviet soldiers already sitting next to the tank in whose hands they have captured panzershreks.
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Returning to the original question, in fact, on the armor of tanks during the World War, they drove for this. True, in battle they did not move like that. Tanks only brought infantry landings to the place of fire contact, after which people jumped off the armor and moved behind the equipment, providing cover for it. Not only ours did this, but all the armies in general. The logic is extremely simple: on the march, infantry without their own "wheels" simply will not keep up with the tank, so they need to be given a lift.
Another thing is the Soviet armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles that appeared after the Second World War. Soviet soldiers dubbed the BMP for a reason - "the mass grave of the infantry." The fact is that when you run into an anti-tank mine or if a cumulative projectile hits the troop compartment of armored vehicles, absolutely everyone will die inside. To prevent this from happening, on the march, the soldiers began to sit on the armor. In this case, the infantry landing was protected from mine explosions by the hull of the combat vehicle, and in the event of a hit from a grenade launcher, the losses of the dead were minimized. When ambushed, the car still had to leave and take up positions around the armored vehicles. Jumping off the armor was much easier and faster than climbing out of an infantry fighting vehicle or armored personnel carrier.
In continuation of the topic, read about Is the BMP-3 armor really that thin?how they talk about it.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/180422/62724/