Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
The Ukrainian military opened their eyes when they discovered this Russian monster donning.
Saturday 13 April at 04:00
They had simply built a “turtle shell” around what the experts believe was a T-72 tank.
It is unclear whether there are more tanks with such special metal shells.
In any case, the Ukrainians have already destroyed one – after they sought shelter in a hangar in the Donetsk region.
– An extreme example of finding a method to survive, says lieutenant colonel Joakim Paasiki at the Swedish Academy of Defense to VG.
– It shows that the Russians – and also the Ukrainians – are trying to find all possible solutions.
– How did it work?
– Well, the turret couldn’t move as much as on a normal tank, and then it turned out within a short time that it could also be fought when Ukrainian forces discovered it in a hangar.
The lieutenant colonel says that it is difficult for the tanks at the front:
– The battlefield is very transparent. It is almost impossible to hide. Then you have to find other ways. But then it turned out that the Russians’ “turtle tank” could still be defeated.
– How would you describe it?
– It is another example of ingenuity – or perhaps we should say desperation. We have also seen pictures of a Russian heavy truck with such a hood around it. But it doesn’t seem like it makes a big difference, states Paasikivi.
It was a Ukrainian drone team that spotted the tankwhich according to Forbes weighed 51 tons and had three soldiers on board.
Russia conducted a successful test of a ballistic missile on Friday. It was fired in the Astrakhan region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
– This confirms the high reliability of Russian missiles to ensure strategic security in Russia, according to the Kremlin-loyal newspaper Exported.
In early March, Russia tested an intercontinental ballistic missile with multiple independent targeting warheads of the Jars type, continued according to the Russian Ministry of Defense and reproduced by Exported.
Both countries have T-72 tanks. Here, a Ukrainian soldier sticks his head out. Photo: ALINA SMUTKO / Reuters / NTB
Forbes also writes that it was the supports that held up the roof, preventing the tower from rotating more than a few degrees. It was probably also difficult to maneuver.
Video from the Ukrainian defense shows the tank leading a column of armored vehicles driving through Ukrainian fire to dislodge infantry near Krasnohorivka, where the Russians are trying to advance.
It only took a day or two from its discovery until it was blown to smithereens, according to Forbes.
The reason why the Ukrainians found out where it was hiding is said to have been a video, probably filmed by a Russian soldier, which showed the tank in its hiding place. It was possible to locate where this was and insert the coordinates in an attack.
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