Posted on 08/06/2022 12:05:22 PM PDT by dennisw
Another of Putin's prized £3million T-90 supertanks is blown sky high in Ukraine when attack 'by Kyiv forces' hits ammo inside and causes a spectacular explosion Latest footage emerges of elite Russian tank exploding as internal ammo struck
More than 20 of the £3million vehicles are thought wrecked so far in Ukraine First built in the early-90s, new versions have become a premium weapon of war But even cheap Ukrainian rockets have reportedly seen the T-90 blown to pieces
Yet another advanced Russian T-90 tank has been destroyed in Ukraine, dramatic footage shows.
The £3million weapon of war was thought to be one of the world's premier tanks, but a spate of destructions since Russia's invasion began has thrown that into doubt.
Video posted on Telegram channel Butusov Plus appears to show the T-90, nicknamed the 'Vladimir', obliterated after its own ammunition is struck by a rocket.
Ukrainian veteran Butusov, who has more than half a million YouTube subscribers, claimed the attack was carried out by the air defence force in Kharkiv.\
Within a few hours, the incredible footage had well over 80,000 YouTube views.
At least 20 Russian T-90 tanks plus two advanced T-90Ms, first built in 2016, are estimated to have been destroyed so far, open intelligence source Onyx claims.
As of this morning, the Ukrainian army claims to have destroyed a total of 1,792 tanks, up three from yesterday.
The vast majority are the less advanced T-72s, but at least a handful of T-90s are also thought to have been wrecked since the outbreak of war on February 24.
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The T-90 is Russia’s most-advanced tank, with the base model entering service in 1992. Production ramped up in the late-2000s.
The T-90M is the latest version of the tank, first entering service in 2016.
Russia is thought to field around 1,000 of all T-90 variants, compared to around 5,000 T-72s - the tank the T-90 is based on and which has done the bulk of the fighting in Ukraine.
The incredible footage emerged as Russian tanks, trucks and artillery are amassing in southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces are seeking to tighten their grip on the region amid a valiant counter-offensive by Kyiv.
The Kherson region near Crimea has been under Kremlin control since March 2 after a bloody six-day battle, with Russians driving north from the occupied peninsula.
Yet the invaders have faced intense pushback by Ukraine over recent weeks, with Kyiv now confident it will liberate the region by September.
According to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) daily intelligence update this morning: ‘Long convoys [...] continue to move away from Ukraine’s Donbas region and are headed southwest.’
The £3million weapon of war”
I find it interesting Ukraine Bob would use that particular term.
I wouldn’t want to be within a mile when that thing blew-up.
Putin has 3 million dollar tanks....
We have multi-billion dollar carriers with billions in aircraft on them along with thousands of sailors.
Modern warfare is going to devolve to small and numerous from big and complex. It is inevitable.
Well, either the Russians are more efficient builders than the US, or it isn’t much of a ‘super-tank’... about half the price of a U.S. Abrams tank.
1700+ Russian tanks destroyed? Most have 3-man crews, don’t they? That would be about 5,000 casualties, assuming the tanks were manned and operating when destroyed. Surprisingly, crew members sometimes get out of these things alive.
But, that’s a lot of sad government “letters back home” to an unhappy girlfriend, wife, or family. This war can’t be overly popular, on either side.
So Russia tanks cost a third of what the M1A2 costs. Who knew.
To put the cost into perspective, £3M is almost 2% of the money that the Biden family made from the “Ukraine war” this year, all with the full-throated support of “conservatives” in Congress.
“The T-90 is Russia’s most-advanced tank”
I take it you’re not so impressed with the T-14 Armata?
Most have 4 man crews, not 3. the T14 is a 3 man crew. T-14s only work in parades when accompanied by a tow truck.
see #11
Russian tanks get slaughtered by US tanks. The US tank is then worth the money because most of our tankers fly home in the passenger compartment and not the cargo compartment.
“T-14s only work in parades when accompanied by a tow truck.”
LOL!!!!
With anti-tank missiles everywhere these days, the main battle tank is becoming like the battleship when air power made it obsolete. Tanks are just big targets now.
Those old T-62s the Russians pulled out of mothballs have four man crews. The T-72s and newer have three via the automatic loader. US tanks do not have auto-loaders.
In the US that 3 million tank would cost us 40 million..
This requires ammo to be stored in the crew compartment, which has proved catastrophic. Fixing it would require a complete redesign. This was already a known issue with the T34 in WWII where German gunners using smaller caliber weapons were directed to aim between the bogies, as ammo was stored on the other side in the crew compartment. Germans has a similar problem on the sides of their tanks, which led then to hang steel sheets off the sides.
Sounds like their problem child aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetzov. Must be accompanied by at least one tug.
“Most have 3-man crews, don’t they? “
Yeah, I looked it up.
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