If you are driving a battle tank and encounter a sad situation to go to the toilet, it is indeed a “torture” for all soldiers.
According to Technology, the tank is a specific means of war, and one of the typical symbols of wartime. Since World War I, this vehicle and offensive weapon has dominated most battlefields. To this day, the tank has been constantly improved with a modern design and more powerful features or weapons.
The tank is a specific war vehicle, and at the same time one of the typical symbols of wartime.
Despite many changes compared to the previous generation, today’s modern tank is still not the most comfortable place to fight. The space inside is still very small, very difficult to rotate. At this point, one asked, would the soldiers in the tank feel comfortable if the tank was too narrow to have a toilet?
Physiological needs are inevitable for every human being, even in combat. But when in a big battle, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to open the tank cover to run out to pee or even “go heavy”.
First of all, it must be confirmed that most tanks do not have toilets inside. The tank is inherently a vehicle with a closed and isolated space, so there is almost no space to move. Also because of space limitations, it was difficult for design engineers to find a way to arrange a toilet.
The cramped space inside the tanks made it difficult to manage, let alone go to the toilet.
Most temporary treatment is to hold back or wait for conditions to go to the toilet. But there are also cases of force majeure that cannot go out. At this point the soldiers were forced to find creative solutions.
They often use empty water bottles or cartridges as a place to “drain the drain”. Sometimes they even use bags to store waste by placing them under the buttocks and “acting”.
Of course, this is not the most feasible solution because urine or waste will smell bad or at least, going to the toilet in front of many people’s eyes is not convenient at all.
They often use empty water bottles or cartridges as a place to “unplug the drain”.
Many veterans have told about their unforgettable experiences while driving a tank. There were even people who got sick after just one tank driving on a mission.
But that is not all that a soldier has to endure while sitting in this fighting machine. Body odor such as sweat or other odors is also something that makes many soldiers uncomfortable and obsessive.
Most of them only use wipes for personal hygiene and cleaning. But there is another interesting detail, when many veterans in the tank claim to have gotten used to the unpleasant smell after a long exposure.
A video shows how cramped the space inside the tank is to arrange a toilet.