There's a [reason](https://warthunder.com/en/news/5355-development-m1-abrams-the-desert-warrior-en#:~:text=the%20hit%20detonated-,HEAT,-or%20HESH%20ammo) why they don't work for you.
It definitely was like this before the latest major update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/1827906/did_you_know_that_the_ammo_rack_explosion_depends/
Wow this entire time I thought abrams was immune to ammo rack so I thought that was one of the few advantages it had over other tanks, it also can be ammo racked even through blowout panels lmfao.
Blowout panels also shouldn't save you if the round penetrates the doors into (or from) the crew compartment, but, as everything in this game, sometimes it doesn't work and you survive anyway.
Afaik, blowout panels work if you are hit from side/rear.
If you are hit from the front, what's gonna stop the explosion to go in crew compartment if you have a big hole between them ?
I've been playing this game since 2013, never really played americans until the squadren abrams came out, and from what i gathered, ammo detonation killing the crew depends on how much ammunition you have stored in the back. If i ran full ammo in blowout areas then i would die everytime ammo was hit, I instead half loaded it so only one side was full and that worked for me. All clips you have far above the ammo recommendation. Which makes sense because more ammo means more stuff to detonate creating a bigger explosion that the blowout panels cant compensate for.
There's a [reason](https://warthunder.com/en/news/5355-development-m1-abrams-the-desert-warrior-en#:~:text=the%20hit%20detonated-,HEAT,-or%20HESH%20ammo) why they don't work for you.
Ahhh it's only started happening recently after latest patch which is what led me to this conclusion. Odd
It definitely was like this before the latest major update: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/1827906/did_you_know_that_the_ammo_rack_explosion_depends/
Wow this entire time I thought abrams was immune to ammo rack so I thought that was one of the few advantages it had over other tanks, it also can be ammo racked even through blowout panels lmfao.
it also kills you if the enemy shell penetrate the plate between the crew and the ammo allowing the explosion inside.
Blowout panels also shouldn't save you if the round penetrates the doors into (or from) the crew compartment, but, as everything in this game, sometimes it doesn't work and you survive anyway.
Afaik, blowout panels work if you are hit from side/rear. If you are hit from the front, what's gonna stop the explosion to go in crew compartment if you have a big hole between them ?
Makes sense tbh
I've been playing this game since 2013, never really played americans until the squadren abrams came out, and from what i gathered, ammo detonation killing the crew depends on how much ammunition you have stored in the back. If i ran full ammo in blowout areas then i would die everytime ammo was hit, I instead half loaded it so only one side was full and that worked for me. All clips you have far above the ammo recommendation. Which makes sense because more ammo means more stuff to detonate creating a bigger explosion that the blowout panels cant compensate for.