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A Russian T-72B3 main battle tank was responsible for the destruction of the third American-made M1A1 SA Abrams tank of Kiev forces in the Avdeevka direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed on March 6.
“A T-72B3 tank crew destroyed an American-made Abrams with the first shot” in the Avdeevka direction over the past day, the ministry said in a briefing.
Video footage of the attack on the tank shows that it was first knocked out with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), and soon after completely destroyed by a second. An American-made M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley infantry fighting vehicle that was near the tank was killed by a third ATGM.
The T-72B3 is a deep modernization of the Soviet-made T-72 tank with significantly improved fire control and sighting systems.
The main armament of the tank is the 2A46M-5 smoothbore gun which is capable of launching ATGMs, namely the 9M119 Refleks. The gun-launched, laser-guided missile enables the tank to hit targets at twice the range of the 125 mm shells. Its tandem warhead can penetrate up to 900 mm of armor.
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The latest defeated Abrams was the third to be destroyed by Russian fire so far. The previous two tanks were also hit in the Avdeevka direction.
The United States supplied Ukraine with 31 Abrams tanks and an unknown number of M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV), which are built on the same chassis, over the past year. In addition to the Abrams losses, two ABVs have been destroyed so far, also in the Avdeevka direction.
The failure of the Abrams in Ukraine was not surprising, though for sure embarrassing for Ukraine and the U.S. who promoted the tank as some Wunderwaffe.
i guessed right! but this makes it even more ridiculous. the t-72, so reviled in the west!!! scrapped from warehouses (in the west). this also shows a change in the battlefield, the drones are destroying tanks and ships. and it doesn’t matter what platform the missile is launched from. the abrams are popping like the merkavas in israel.
i know it’s a b3 variant, but the basic design is the t-72, which is considered old in the west.
and old tank with a competent crew can still kill you.
but “…the drones are destroying tanks and ships. and it doesn’t matter what platform the missile is launched from.”
t-72b3 = 💪🇷🇺💪
this might scare nato members as they have crawling torches for tanks and nothing worth fighting for in ukraine.
not really.
we are waiting for kuznetsov, andropov and tjernenko as tankcommanders in their t54s and bring them dead flowers.
i wait in bus sation toilet. i will do all for 25 øre coin but also take dead flowers. really.
it all jost a trick. dey jost hit dummy tanks wif dummy ukrainiuns inside. make russlanders use up shells from seeshore
you’re mentally challenged
he’s in little denmark, a country only known for fairy tales. so that should explain his inability to post sensible comments. plus the fact he’s an imbecile.
a real armata would eat an abrams for breakfast
our abrams all receive taliban deal of approval
it hit something as it should.
in bus station toilet i let mans hit it for 25 øre coin. should be 50 øre but i have infection.
i get in tank once und hit head on door then agin on floor. no budy never explain not to go thru hach head furst. i never been same ever sinks.
ka-bing, ka-bang!
dobrá práca. niet čo viac k tomu dodať. svetu mier!!!
strange, this tank works better in the us army…..what could be the reason???
two reasons. operator and opponent.
only reason is lies and propaganda
god bless the t-72 russian crew and i loved to here about the first tank on tank kill during the war. the us/nato always make fun of russian tanks now they know if the russian tanks sees first the western tank is doomed!
during wwii, the german soldiers called the sherman by the nickname of ronson, after the ronson lighters carried by gi’s. it seems not much has changed.
well, did this one at least get off a shot or two before boom boom?
according to wikipedophilia dumbmark tank can challenge pygmy army
so where are the british challengers hiding??! c’mon guys, come on out and scratch your balls. let’s show those russians what his majesty’s mighty, royal challenger tanks can do! let’s show those ruskies how barley grows!
abrams are suited for museums–need special fuel—use more than any other tank even when idling—repair maintenance expensive difficult–poor mobility except in walmart parking lot
russian tank crews and support personnel by the day are getting more real experience then nato crews get on any number of exercises.
they even took care of the escaped crew.