That looks fake to me. If real, it is idiotic for a tank to go that close to the enemy without supporting infantry or another tank in overwatch. And then to just sit there without the turret moving or apparently anyone looking around (the driver, gunner, commander - or loader if there was one) For the grenade to go all the way into the turret, the breech would have to be open. What kind of tank sits there in combat with the breech open? Note that the barrel did not explode so it doesn’t look to me like the grenade encountered a main gun round that had already been loaded. Like most of what goes in in the Middle East, this looks staged.
You have not worked with any muslime military forces. They may have first-world gear but they are still controlled by their turd-world mind. Training? What’s that? Discipline? Huh? Tactics? Pft. . .
What is absolute silliness and incompetence in our world is standard in their world.
For the grenade to go all the way into the turret, the breech would have to be open. What kind of tank sits there in combat with the breech open? A Russian one, with an automatic loader for the gun, [T80 at video] and a gunner who's not yet been ordered which type ammo [High Explosive, HE-Antitank, Canister or SABOT to select and load.
Other possibility: the crew left the tank booby-trapped, [and the breech open with a HE round on the loader carrier for that reason]and the guy with the grenade would rather clear it from the ground instead of trying it after climbing on the back deck.
Most of the recent [last 30 years] Russian tank main guns I've been around had separate loading ammunition, too. That instant flash of fire and flame from the tank looked like the powder from a main gun propelling charge going off to me.
Gunner's station, Russian T-80 UE
