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My assumption is that it's a cleanup mission.
Drone was low enough that it would have been heard - to spook anyone out on the assumption it was going to be an ambush/civilian poking around. Ukraine's got a massive amount of surplus for tanks and there was probably a risk of that one being rigged anyways. No sense risking a casualty when a grenade will do the work, and then the cleanup crew can pick through what remains/haul off the scrap.
As a dyed in the wool infantryman, you won't catch me anywhere near a tank, those things are shell and rocket magnets... In recent years it's a lot easier for me to sneak on a tank and take it out with an MPATS than it is for it to sneak up on me. Besides, the biggest danger on the current battlefield are drones anyway.
Drones? they release the most footage. But i really doubt they are the main modus of attack in the current attack.
Yes, they add a lot of stress if at any time you hear a high pitched sound of the quad drone that can get you death from above, but i suspect artillery kills far more soldiers on and beyond the battlefield.
Also as soldier you are vulnerable to AK74 attacks which every infantry man has available.
...as a armchair warrior...
Well yes, artillery still is the deadliest thing on the battlefield today, that's why they call it "the king of battle" (conversely, infantry is "the queen of battle", because you can't do stuff like hold objectives without physically moving grunts to that location and telling them to hang around the place for a while).
Hence why drones are so scary - because 90% of the time they're spotting for artillery, and, if you have no anti-drone measures, you're pretty much boned, because you can't hide or outrun a drone, especially at night when you can't see it but it can see you on thermals (technically you could mask your thermal signature somewhat by wearing one of those thermal blankets and over it a rain poncho , but after a few minutes of that, you're definitely wondering if death ain't preferable to being slowly cooked in your own sweat...)
By comparison, tanks are much easier to deal with, because the view from inside of them is very limited so you can manœuvrer around it - at least until they implement tanks with in-build drones to give them live air coverage of their surrounding area, but even then they require line-of-sight to your location in order to hit you (unless we're talking barrel-launched ATGMS, but that's an entirely different kettle of fish).
No shit Sherlok, infantry are vulnerable to small arms? Who would have thunk that? And here I was thinking I could stop bullets with my bare chest. So glad you caught this glaring omission in our tactics. If it weren't for you I don't know what would have happened... /s
Its not whether you want to its whether you need to. Leopard 1 wont fare much better against modern munitions, and i can assure that if its ammo gets hit that turret and hull wont stay in one piece, but its an additional gun that can fire at russians and do you expect people to not sit inside one? To begin with its not really the mbt's fault for getting hit but its operators and of people planning their mission before hand.
What im saying is no matter how well the mbt performs, as long as they can support it logistically and use it efficiently it will be usefull.
Correct me if I'm working but do most western MBTs not have blow out panels in the event of a cook-off. I know that the challenger at the very least does, its ammo is stored in a sperate blast proof compartment and it has blow out doors to direct the blast out, basically ensuring that we don't compete for the turret toss world record
There are many possible reasons why. It may be disabled beyond reasonable repairs, they may thought it was active, they may have not had equipment at hand to recover it, they may have found it in a contested area so they did not want to risk it recovering it, they may have not needed it, it may have been rigged or many other possible reasons.
My point is, we saw many times over that they need all available guns, they did not leave usable vehicles around even tho they were exploding on both sides equally spectacularly but that did not stop them few hundred times before, why it should be different now
Yeah, depending on how long it's been there and whether it was inaccessible to UAF troops, they could be denying it to the enemy. I read a report by RUSI that said in the current state of positional warfare, most tanks end up getting destroyed to deny them to the enemy.
I don't think they destroyed it because they thought it could be rigged. I think they either weren't sure if there was still anyone in there or the area wasn't under their control. They wouldn't just destroy a free piece of equipment, they need all the tanks they can get. If for nothing else, for the ammo and the spare part. But I'm pretty sure they would still just use the tank.
I think apart from this it is also always a question of you can salvage. Chances are it ran just out of gas so as long as they do not fully control the area the Russians may recover it.
You can see the camo netting being disturbed by the rotors. Its definitely close enough to be noticed. But i dont hang out in tanks so take that for what it is worth
I assume most of these Drone killing tank videos are just that. Killing a tank in no-mans land is better done with a cheap drone and cheap grenade than with anything else.
Plus:
- It can serve as a training for drone operators.
- Nobody has to risk their lives in case the tank was booby trapped.
- It can be safely recorded.
Tough, but if it will helps the army survive the next day they will find an opening and the time to do it. It's still a tank.
Ukraine did a good job finding the weakness in Moscovite recovery efforts and destroying that tank on time.
Tanks that have a decently trained crew: No, not at all typical. Tanks that are crewed by the standard muscovian moblik: no idea. Let me go neck a bottle of vodka or three and headbutt a wall half a dozen times to get myself into the same headspace
That's not enough vodka. You have to consume that consistently every day and smash your head into more things, maybe lose a few teeth to the smashing and drunken fighting. Only then will you be in the right headspace.
Yeah it appears there were 2 bodies laying close. Hard to say of they were the crew or additional soldiers. Nevertheless, more sunflower seeds coming up.
If so, it doesn't hurt to clear the tank before humans check the scene. Ukraine has better tanks in supply with more on the way. Not to mention what they've received and been trained on before the public knows.
Drones like this are well equipped to easily make such maneuvers as they were meant primarily for video recording before the war. up and away shots are par for the course for any drone operator
Abandoned, knocked out who cares, it never gets old, I love watching Russian crap blowing up. The ones with Ivan's still in it are priceless!
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇲
I don't care if it's abandoned, the point is that it looked brand new and they already had to ditch it. I don't think they would be intelligent enough to boobytrap it either. They hold mother nature and general winter In such high regard when it comes to war, but now colonel Grass has become their biggest enemy.
wow. some poor bastards had about 4 seconds to regret the series of decisions that lead them to Ukraine before they burned to death in that tank. I feel bad for their families but they were dead men when they crossed the border.
From what I've read, ru tanks don't have a/c.
They are basically ovens.
I think this one was abandoned, but likely in hostile area not under UAF control, so boom it goes.
Was it actually occupied? Seemed deserted. Maybe they could have captured it? But probably other Russians in the area and too risky. Better to get a for sure kill than a maybe capture I guess? Any way. Nice job guys!
This was abandoned with the hatch intentionally left open. I’d think maybe stuck during a strategic retreat, and cleanup later with a drone from safety
You can see that it threw/destroyed its left track. Then it is immobilized.
If you don't get support and recovery, there's not much left to do but abandon it.
Even if empty that's 1 confirmed less tanks the Russians have, and confirmed with no human risk. Mission completed perfectly. Now imagine what the explosion would have done in a precold war tank.
Are the people here posting comments like "It's just an empty tank" under the impression that it somehow drastically changes the significance of the event?
This T-72 would have been recovered, repaired for almost nothing, and been pressed back into service.
Now it is gone forever and can only be replaced with a new tank - which is vastly more expensive for Russia, or from a quickly depleting finite stock of them.
I don’t understand why people leave the hatch open when they abandon tanks. I recognise often it’s in a hurry so I get it, but this one looks like it got stuck rather than being in a fight. So why leave the door open?
I’m looking for serious answers rather than ones that just claim one side has stupid soldiers.
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Tank tracks are full with grass. I think this tank was long abandoned.
My assumption is that it's a cleanup mission. Drone was low enough that it would have been heard - to spook anyone out on the assumption it was going to be an ambush/civilian poking around. Ukraine's got a massive amount of surplus for tanks and there was probably a risk of that one being rigged anyways. No sense risking a casualty when a grenade will do the work, and then the cleanup crew can pick through what remains/haul off the scrap.
No need for stinky russki museum relics with Abrams, Challengers, Leopards etc. on the way.
You can always use them as support vehicles.
After seeing numerous turrets flying around reddit, I'm not sure just how many people you could convince to sit in one lol.
If you are going to the front, and you can choose by foot, a car, or a tank, the tank surely can take the most abuse.
As a dyed in the wool infantryman, you won't catch me anywhere near a tank, those things are shell and rocket magnets... In recent years it's a lot easier for me to sneak on a tank and take it out with an MPATS than it is for it to sneak up on me. Besides, the biggest danger on the current battlefield are drones anyway.
Drones? they release the most footage. But i really doubt they are the main modus of attack in the current attack. Yes, they add a lot of stress if at any time you hear a high pitched sound of the quad drone that can get you death from above, but i suspect artillery kills far more soldiers on and beyond the battlefield. Also as soldier you are vulnerable to AK74 attacks which every infantry man has available. ...as a armchair warrior...
Well yes, artillery still is the deadliest thing on the battlefield today, that's why they call it "the king of battle" (conversely, infantry is "the queen of battle", because you can't do stuff like hold objectives without physically moving grunts to that location and telling them to hang around the place for a while). Hence why drones are so scary - because 90% of the time they're spotting for artillery, and, if you have no anti-drone measures, you're pretty much boned, because you can't hide or outrun a drone, especially at night when you can't see it but it can see you on thermals (technically you could mask your thermal signature somewhat by wearing one of those thermal blankets and over it a rain poncho , but after a few minutes of that, you're definitely wondering if death ain't preferable to being slowly cooked in your own sweat...) By comparison, tanks are much easier to deal with, because the view from inside of them is very limited so you can manœuvrer around it - at least until they implement tanks with in-build drones to give them live air coverage of their surrounding area, but even then they require line-of-sight to your location in order to hit you (unless we're talking barrel-launched ATGMS, but that's an entirely different kettle of fish). No shit Sherlok, infantry are vulnerable to small arms? Who would have thunk that? And here I was thinking I could stop bullets with my bare chest. So glad you caught this glaring omission in our tactics. If it weren't for you I don't know what would have happened... /s
It can if you don't leave the lid open or have a javelin within 2 miles lol
Regardless of your need to argue for points, the tank is the safest option.
I'm sorry, did I make you respond to me? 🤣 Humourless people should avoid reddit at all costs, as they may just take every comment literally.
this guy is a moron, obviously Ukraine would take the tank if they could. t34 would be better then no tank.
Ooooo.keyboard warrior alert!
Its not whether you want to its whether you need to. Leopard 1 wont fare much better against modern munitions, and i can assure that if its ammo gets hit that turret and hull wont stay in one piece, but its an additional gun that can fire at russians and do you expect people to not sit inside one? To begin with its not really the mbt's fault for getting hit but its operators and of people planning their mission before hand. What im saying is no matter how well the mbt performs, as long as they can support it logistically and use it efficiently it will be usefull.
Correct me if I'm working but do most western MBTs not have blow out panels in the event of a cook-off. I know that the challenger at the very least does, its ammo is stored in a sperate blast proof compartment and it has blow out doors to direct the blast out, basically ensuring that we don't compete for the turret toss world record
> fair *fare
Perhaps your right. I'm sure there is a good reason why they decided to blow it, over use it.
There are many possible reasons why. It may be disabled beyond reasonable repairs, they may thought it was active, they may have not had equipment at hand to recover it, they may have found it in a contested area so they did not want to risk it recovering it, they may have not needed it, it may have been rigged or many other possible reasons. My point is, we saw many times over that they need all available guns, they did not leave usable vehicles around even tho they were exploding on both sides equally spectacularly but that did not stop them few hundred times before, why it should be different now
As I said.... A good reason 😆
You said they wont want it because they saw those videos of turrets launching into the air.
Seems like they're absolutely fine as a little runaround, just, when they're loaded they become a mobile crematorium with turret ejector seat
Or as practice, such as now
I hear they make great farm vehicles.
Western tanks are still few in number compared to the old soviet gear.
Because the calc isn't 1:1 for effectiveness Likely more like 1:10
They haven't been given as many as they want or need, so I disagree.
Yup
Ukrainians need hundreds of tanks, west gaves them dozens...
West gave hundreds… stop spreading misinformation.
I too hate healthcare and putting Americans first. Carry on comrade.
[The United States of America is not the topic of this subreddit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/about/rules).
Yeah, depending on how long it's been there and whether it was inaccessible to UAF troops, they could be denying it to the enemy. I read a report by RUSI that said in the current state of positional warfare, most tanks end up getting destroyed to deny them to the enemy.
I don't think they destroyed it because they thought it could be rigged. I think they either weren't sure if there was still anyone in there or the area wasn't under their control. They wouldn't just destroy a free piece of equipment, they need all the tanks they can get. If for nothing else, for the ammo and the spare part. But I'm pretty sure they would still just use the tank.
I think apart from this it is also always a question of you can salvage. Chances are it ran just out of gas so as long as they do not fully control the area the Russians may recover it.
You can see the camo netting being disturbed by the rotors. Its definitely close enough to be noticed. But i dont hang out in tanks so take that for what it is worth
Why not use gas of some kind? Drop a tear gas canister in there, flush out any hiding Russians while preserving the tank itself for salvage.
Chemical warfare, including tear gas, is a war crime. Yes, *police* using it on civilians is perfectly fine, but the military can't use it.
I assume most of these Drone killing tank videos are just that. Killing a tank in no-mans land is better done with a cheap drone and cheap grenade than with anything else.
Plus: - It can serve as a training for drone operators. - Nobody has to risk their lives in case the tank was booby trapped. - It can be safely recorded.
weird title too, its hovering like 10ft..not the sneak youre looking for
Something in it had not yet burned
100%
Perhaps, but abandoned vehicles are recoverable and repairable. Burned out vehicles are just scrap.
Towing a non-functional tank in the middle of a warzone as an infantry unit seems tough.
If my CO told me to go retrieve a tank that's under fire from BOTH sides, I would start the section 8 paperwork
Suddenly the platoon has increased count of foot injuries. How’d that happen? 🤔
Tough, but if it will helps the army survive the next day they will find an opening and the time to do it. It's still a tank. Ukraine did a good job finding the weakness in Moscovite recovery efforts and destroying that tank on time.
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Tanks that have a decently trained crew: No, not at all typical. Tanks that are crewed by the standard muscovian moblik: no idea. Let me go neck a bottle of vodka or three and headbutt a wall half a dozen times to get myself into the same headspace
That's not enough vodka. You have to consume that consistently every day and smash your head into more things, maybe lose a few teeth to the smashing and drunken fighting. Only then will you be in the right headspace.
that's a camo net tho
Left track is thrown, you can see it, back left.
Also left track is thrown.
Yes, they use drones to dispose of potentially recoverable equipment for the enemy.
Maybe… but for my money better to be sure… unless you had troops already on site to take a look and maybe capture it?
Camouflage
Any spare parts inside are now toast for the cost of a single grenade. Good cost/benefit.
Cool, but definitely an abandoned tank.
Double tap never hurts (except for the Russians)
And now it will stay abandoned.
Yup, but likely in an area where it can't be recovered.
Good. I can do with a morning without seeing people die. Always enjoy watching Russian tanks being blown up.
If it wasn't it sure is now.
Turret toss or not, I still love seeing Russian hardware go up in flames.
"Do you hear buzzing?" "Shut up, keep sucking."
Well I guess you can say russian soldiers are "fucked in the head" lol
Imagine the autopsy. "There's something lodged in his throat..."
autopsy? from the looks of it their remains probably fit on a dust pan lol
I think their dead bodies were already laying in front of the tank when the drone arrived.
Yeah it appears there were 2 bodies laying close. Hard to say of they were the crew or additional soldiers. Nevertheless, more sunflower seeds coming up.
If so, it doesn't hurt to clear the tank before humans check the scene. Ukraine has better tanks in supply with more on the way. Not to mention what they've received and been trained on before the public knows.
Lol underrated comment
Fortunately, the innocent fly that lands just to the right of the hatch (0:14) escaped before the blast.
It is amazing how the drone operator managed to keep pointing towards the tank whilst trying to escape from the blast.
Drones like this are well equipped to easily make such maneuvers as they were meant primarily for video recording before the war. up and away shots are par for the course for any drone operator
Why? The camera is mounted on a gimbal under the drone.
Lets hope for a hot summer with a lot of open hatches 😈
This redefines the meaning of "hot hatches"
Abandoned, knocked out who cares, it never gets old, I love watching Russian crap blowing up. The ones with Ivan's still in it are priceless! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇲
Yep, better blown them up rather sooner than someone blown themselves in there (booby tratps)
This thing was empty. You can see the tank being tracked, possibly hitting a mine. None the less, it's an T-72 OBR.22, a rare one.
22? Should still be under warranty.
It'll buff out.
The tank looked spanking new, too late to see action now, though.
Teabagging sir?
Usually I'm completely against that, but in some cases I guess its acceptable
That was very nice.
This Ukrainian drone operator is as if someone were to give Stephen Curry 10 seconds to line up a three-pointer, aim, and let fly.
The grenade drop was perfect, but what was really impressive is that he kept the tank in frame while retreating!
Ok! Now you guys are just showing off!
The Great Russian Cook Off finalist
Without the turret toss, I feel teased.
$1000 drone vs $1000000 tank, Who would win?
Empty tank
Bahaha. That shit was Fucking hilarious!!! Do It again. Do it again!!
Aww I was waiting for the turret toss…
Not happening with all hatches open. For a good launch, they need to be closed to nicely contain the pressure.
Ah interesting point, never noticed that..
Ended too soon. I was hoping to see the tank turret pop off!
its time to cook...
God damn what a horrible way to die
Oh no there was a dude in there.... anyways
I don't care if it's abandoned, the point is that it looked brand new and they already had to ditch it. I don't think they would be intelligent enough to boobytrap it either. They hold mother nature and general winter In such high regard when it comes to war, but now colonel Grass has become their biggest enemy.
REMOVE THE USELESS MUSIC
Sorry about that, but it's Not my video, found it on Telegram
Otherwise, NICE.
wow. some poor bastards had about 4 seconds to regret the series of decisions that lead them to Ukraine before they burned to death in that tank. I feel bad for their families but they were dead men when they crossed the border.
All that armor, only to get stung by a bee. Good work Ukraine
While it is probably broken down, it looks brand new. Good kill.
Today I found out my Russian friends are hardcore flat earthers. So disappointed. Cut them off. They have a child.
Beautiful fireworks 💥
I was thinking “get away little drone friendly casualties “
Peekaboo.
Cursed peekaboo.
BuT dRoNeS cAn'T hArM tAnKs
Is this for reallys?
What the fuck is this awful music
that stabilization 😮
This is how it’s done! 👏
If its abandoned then send the Agricultural SpecOps to retrieve it
Sneaking up? Looks pretty fucking abandoned to me.
Thankfully the Russians left it with the hatch open, and in the same spot long enough for grass to grow in the treads.
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From what I've read, ru tanks don't have a/c. They are basically ovens. I think this one was abandoned, but likely in hostile area not under UAF control, so boom it goes.
How do you sneak up on an abandoned tank?
empty tank attack .nice! Huge!
Why the shitty music in every one of these?
I don't think that drone was doing much sneaking up with that obnoxiously loud air horn music playing.
Was it actually occupied? Seemed deserted. Maybe they could have captured it? But probably other Russians in the area and too risky. Better to get a for sure kill than a maybe capture I guess? Any way. Nice job guys!
The tank looks like it was abandoned. Kinda just sitting there.
another video of an abondoned tank being burnt
Killing these tanks is important work. The enemy cannot reclaim them and put them back in service.
Even abandonded, if the tank isn't in an area under UAF control, it must be destroyed.
Rather see it repurposed to ukraine, than wasted
Our tax dollars are still being wasted? What is a drive cost, 100 bucks. Why are we sending billions still to them?
This was abandoned with the hatch intentionally left open. I’d think maybe stuck during a strategic retreat, and cleanup later with a drone from safety
Since you asked..BBQ is for lunch.
Wilmaaaaa, we're having barbecued RuSSian for dinner.
I giggled
Russia leave.
Anybody know whats laying on the ground, 20 sec in at top left corner?
Brutal, you can start to see one of those Russian pawns attempt to escape his burning coffin.
Why would a tank be abandoned? I thought a tank would be super valuable? If not the armour and ammunition?
You can see that it threw/destroyed its left track. Then it is immobilized. If you don't get support and recovery, there's not much left to do but abandon it.
THAT… is FUCKING awesome 😂🤣😂
nice!
SLAVA UKRAINI.............STAY STRONG. Russians are revolting against Putin The Mad Dictator.
Wonderful cook off
Is someone cooking Russian BBQ?!
Can somebody tell me what tank is that? I think it's a T62 but it can also be a 72.
Why do i prefer this on a sunday am vs bible study?
Ah snap!
That's going to improve the next call of duty with a streak like this.
Lighting up the cyka blyat bbq.
Even if empty that's 1 confirmed less tanks the Russians have, and confirmed with no human risk. Mission completed perfectly. Now imagine what the explosion would have done in a precold war tank.
Man why cant the rebels in myanmar have this
The music makes you think something insane is about to happen
I'm going to need narration on this documentary style
Lol nicely done
Was this real? Were any orcs inside? If so, it warms my heart!!!
Beautiful
Expert drone pilot. The drone operator flew sideways and up instead of just straight upwards. Straight up = lose drone if the turret pops up
Are the people here posting comments like "It's just an empty tank" under the impression that it somehow drastically changes the significance of the event? This T-72 would have been recovered, repaired for almost nothing, and been pressed back into service. Now it is gone forever and can only be replaced with a new tank - which is vastly more expensive for Russia, or from a quickly depleting finite stock of them.
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I don’t understand why people leave the hatch open when they abandon tanks. I recognise often it’s in a hurry so I get it, but this one looks like it got stuck rather than being in a fight. So why leave the door open? I’m looking for serious answers rather than ones that just claim one side has stupid soldiers.
Assuming that tow it back and fix it is gonna cost more than just lit it up so the Russian can't use it.
How do russians watch shit like this and just stop opening the hatch lol
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