[Diogenesis]

ISIS (created by Obama/Clinton/???) armed
by Obama and US taxpayers (wink wink) just like
Iran (wink wink).

There IS a word for this.

[Delta 21]

Right at the turret ring. Instant kill with explosive secondaries.

I have the graphic but not the ping list.

[gaijin]

Later

[lepton]

Whose M1?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

SOB.

[castlebrew]

Cue the Cisco Kid -

“...little ba$tard shot me in the a$$!”

[Thunder 6]

Okay, assuming this wasn’t just an abandoned tank they popped an ATGM at for laughs/propaganda purposes, here are a few observations from a guy who saw a tank once:

The IA crew (if not asleep or already dead) deserved to die for being this stupid...for example: No crew up and scanning for missile pops, tank skylined on ridge, no dismounted infantry support (that we can see) to safe the approaches the ATGM crew would use, no wing-man tank to help scan 360 degrees.

It appears this missile was shot from behind the tank, so they either got past the tank unit’s security, or the tank/infantry unit failed to spot them and had bypassed them...either way they were stupid and paid the price. There is literally no excuse for this to happen to even a minimally trained tank crew with thermal sights and on-board machine guns...but we are talking about the IA.

Now, while the explosion and pretty flames are fun to look at, it appears the turret ammo storage blowout panels worked as advertised. If the turret was buttoned up, not filed with flammable trash, the halon system was charged and the crew wearing nomex, they may well have survived.

But they certainly didn’t deserve it...

regards,