Turtle shell tank

George said:
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Not sure it can be described as a tank since that shed they built on its roof means the turret cant traverse, at best it is now something along the lines of a tank destroyer.
On the other hand it is neither as it has been blown up, seems the Ukrainians geolocated its hideout and blew it up...

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No idea what passes for thinking in Russia these days, but my first impression was that it looked like a medieval battering ram which seems in line with the age of some of their equipment and tactics.
 
I3BrigPvSk said:
It looks like they built a shed on top of the tank
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I have been wondering about this as they apparently have to use two drones to kill it, what would happen if they effectively used a Molotov cocktail on it as it would put the crew in a pressure cooker.
Alternatively, drone dropped AT mines.
 
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MontyB said:
I have been wondering about this as they apparently have to use two drones to kill it, what would happen if they effectively used a Molotov cocktail on it as it would put the crew in a pressure cooker.
Alternatively, drone dropped AT mines.
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Makes sense to use AT mines but I do agree with I3 they do look like a shed on tank treads
 
Delta said:
Makes sense to use AT mines but I do agree with I3 they do look like a shed on tank treads
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Now that they have added mine rollers, they look almost like a two-story house on tracks.

They are nearly twice the height of the original tank which will make then great artillery targets as well as for ATGM crews.
 
George said:
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As is always the case, technology only gives a few weeks advantage before it is negated by counter measures.
I have been impressed by the survivability of western MBTs so far, in every case I have seen one hit significantly the crew has successfully evacuated the vehicle.

Seems the answer is to use a bigger drone...

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MontyB said:
Now that they have added mine rollers, they look almost like a two-story house on tracks.

They are nearly twice the height of the original tank which will make then great artillery targets as well as for ATGM crews.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Russians had a 3 turret tank come to the fight and be utterly useless.
 
Here is another breakdown on them...
Love that they nicknamed them Blyatmobiles.

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MontyB said:
Seriously how dumb are these Russians that they drove up to some guys with an M-113 (probably the most recognisable and iconic APC the Ukrainians have) because they thought they were Russian, did they confuse it for the new Russian turtle roller-skate?
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I suspect the typical rural Russian doesn't have access to info like we do, but that might be stereotyping, but seems to be the case here.
 
George said:
I suspect the typical rural Russian doesn't have access to info like we do, but that might be stereotyping, but seems to be the case here.
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While that is probably true they have a ready made solution already in place, Russian crap has a Z on the side, Ukrainian crap has a + on the side so even if you can't tell the difference between an M-113 and a BMP-1 you can still spot the difference, on top of that just about every Ukrainian vehicle I have seen has one of these 🇺🇦 which looks almost nothing like the 🇷🇺 patch on their sleeve.
Then again these are the geniuses who do things like this...
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