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The rounds didn't really weigh all that much (no more than 40lbs each for 90mm, I would think) and, during gunnery, you don't fully load the vehicle with ammunition. Just enough to complete the engagements.

All the ranges I was on had a specific ammo "dock" (kind of like a heavy-duty loading dock) located behind and off to the side of the main firing line. When a tank crew completed firing their engagements, each tank went to upload ammo and offload empty shell casings there. The rounds were...

To more quickly load the rounds onto the tanks. Takes less time than uncrating the "tootsie roll" tubes and then taking the rounds out of those. I served on M60A3s and M1IPs and have seen similar setups on the ranges that I used (though always on ammo docks, not on the ground).