Yes, Ukraine is losing tanks, including some of its best tanks. No, it’s not running out of tanks.
that circulated online on Monday depicts what appears to be one of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade’s ex-British Challengers 2 in flames on a roadside outside Robotyne, in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
One of the major weaknesses of a Soviet-designed T-72, T-80 or T-90 is that the three-person tanks—they have autoloaders for their main guns instead of a fourth crewman who manually handles ammunition—stow their ammo in a ring underneath the turret. By contrast, the Challenger 2 like most Western tanks stows its ammo in special compartments along the turret that explode outward, away from the crew, when struck. “Everything here is designed for the people,” the tanker explained.
According to the 82nd Brigade tanker, the Ukrainians prefer to use their 14—now 13—Challenger 2s as long-range fire-support, fully taking advantage of their excellent day-night optics, precise fire-controls and powerful main guns firing tungsten penetrators two miles out or farther. “It’s a machine designed to operate at a long distance.”
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Ukraine shows off sea of Leopard tanks in rebuke to RussiaKyiv's grinding land counteroffensive has focused on peeling back Russia's positions in southern and eastern Ukraine.
Weiterlesen »
A glacier baby is born: Mating glaciers to replace water lost to climate changeResidents of Pakistan's Himalayan region turn to science and folklore, with backing from the U.N. They're erecting ice towers, harvesting avalanches and performing an ancient glacier ritual.
Weiterlesen »
A glacier baby is born: Mating glaciers to replace water lost to climate changeResidents of Pakistan's Himalayan region turn to science and folklore, with backing from the U.N. They're erecting ice towers, harvesting avalanches and performing an ancient glacier ritual.
Weiterlesen »
Coach who lost his job for praying on field kneels again in first game backJoe Kennedy returned to the sidelines after the U.S. Supreme Court held his practice was protected by the Constitution.
Weiterlesen »
10 Scrapped Lost Plot Lines That Would've Changed EverythingThese Lost plotlines almost happened.
Weiterlesen »