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Why are there no windows in Army tanks?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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People could shoot you through the windows.


While the above is flippant, it is fundamentally correct.

Note however, that there are windows in a tank. They are called "vision blocks" or "periscopes", and are merely very small windows containing very thick ballistic-resistant polymers. The driver generally has 3-5 such vision blocks (usually measuring no more than about a dozen or two square inches in size), and the commander's cupola has either a set of similar-sized blocks, or a periscope-like device. These blocks are arrayed immediately around the hatch opening of the driver or commander, respectively.

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