TheBigN said: For some reason, "RUSSIAN MACHINE NEVER BREAKS" was the first thing I thought after seeing this.
Well, soviet-made "civil" equipment and machinery that originally were intended(at least partially) for military use are almost legendary even in Russia. "Almost" because these are still around and continue working just fine for decades, at times much better then modern ones :3 Shame that everything was lost over the 90s.
If she downs a bottle every time she goes into a tank, it's no wonder she's so short.
Actually,the crew compartments for a russian tanks are smaller compared to tanks in other nation,because they draft short,small persons to crew the tanks. They did this so they can put BFG on it without having to increase the overall size of a tank,therefore making it light.