Posted on 05/05/2022 6:00:39 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
This is the moment Ukrainian troops destroy one of Russia's most advanced tanks which are protected by special reactive armour.
The armour on the T-90M is designed to explode when hit reducing the penetrative power of an incoming round.
The tank is also protected with a automated defence system which fires smoke grenades when it is 'painted' by a laser beam used by an incoming missile.
However, the Ukrainian military released drone footage on a Russian armoured unit which resulted in the destruction of the £4million tank as well as a thermobaric multiple rocket system.
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That was quick.
And another one bites the dust.
Blowed up real good.
Blowed up real good.
No matter how well it is built some one well find a why to defeat it.
Metal coffins.
It's got a major design flaw that that West has known about since the first Gulf war. It doesn't take much to destroy them with their own ammo.
That’ll buff out.
Cool.
£4million = 5 million us.
The heavy bleedout continues.
I’ve read and watched videos, that an Achilles heel of Russian tanks is they store unprotected rounds in the turret itself. Nearly all western nation tanks store ammo in a sealed off armored storage container. A little slower to access, but far safer to the crew. The Russians choose higher risk, but slightly faster access. The value of the trade off is becoming pretty evident.
Well, its cool now. It got really, really hot first.
Looks pretty toasty.
Nailed it. See my post 13, in a nut shell.
£4m next-generation Russian super-birdbath.
The machine gun made frontal infantry assaults obsolete. Many young men died horrible deaths before the new reality was appreciated. Face it. In this modern technological era, combat vehicles and naval surface combatants are equally outmoded. Those three young Russian crewmen in that tank will not the last to die before reality is appreciated.
No matter how well it is built God will allow someone to find a why to defeat it when HE is ready (i.e. Babylon, Rome, Aztecs, Incas, Germany under Hitler, Great Wall of China vs. Mongols, etc.).
And that flaw means that when they lose a tank, they’ve more than likely lost the entire crew as well. So even if you have extra physical tanks for replacements, you don’t have the trained crews to man them.
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