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Russian Tanks Massing Near Ukraine Sport Mods Against Drones, Javelin Missiles
Forbes ^ | Nov 29, 2021 | Sebastien Roblin

Posted on 12/01/2021 4:39:52 AM PST by tlozo

As Russian mechanized forces massing near Ukraine raise fears of an invasion this winter, tank watchers on social media have identified more and more Russian tanks sporting unsubtle field modifications seemingly aimed at fending off Ukraine’s newest weapons: U.S.-supplied Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and TB2 Bayraktar drones supplied by Turkey. Both pose a deadly threat to the top armor of armored vehicles, where protection is drastically weaker... Russia’s military is visibly experimenting with at least two new methods to protect against top-attacking menaces.

The first is to fit an umbrella of slatted armor on top of the tank. Slat armor is intended to disable or misdirect the fuse of the chemical-energy HEAT munitions in an anti-tank missile, causing it to unleash its jet of armor-piercing molten metal at an ineffectual angle and/or distance vis-a-vis the tank’s turret... These modifications, which have been seen on Russia’s workhorse T-72B and T-72B3 tanks, are non-standardized, suggesting experiments implemented in the field to address a possible operational contingency, rather than a factory-issued perfected solution...

Furthermore, according to munitions expert Neil Gibson, the molten jet projected by a Javelin’s warhead is likely long enough and a tank’s top armor thin enough that the cage armor would provide insufficient protection even if its triggers the main warhead from 0.5 to 1.5 meters away.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: drone; drones; russia; ukraine; war
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To: Leaning Right

Yes but the Soviets had already attacked Finland. The Soviets were also allied with Hitler and had invaded Poland.


41 posted on 12/01/2021 6:06:14 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: AppyPappy

> Yes but the Soviets had already attacked Finland. <

That’s exactly right. Finland was actually one of the good guys in WW II (and that’s ironic, given that they were allied with the Germans).

But that’s not how the Soviets saw it. You see what you want to see, and the Soviets saw Finland as an example of how a small neighbor can cause big trouble.


42 posted on 12/01/2021 6:11:24 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: tlozo

Russians have sport model versions of their tanks? ;-D


43 posted on 12/01/2021 6:22:12 AM PST by GingisK
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To: nonliberal
total smoke shows

Please define.

44 posted on 12/01/2021 6:25:55 AM PST by GingisK
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To: No_Mas_Obama
Tired of the neocon line that Russia is the one on offense. Given the corruption of Ukraine and its Biden Crime Family handlers, Russia probably feels that the failed state of Ukraine may strike first.

America ingested a cancer when the CIA organized the 2014 color revolution. On one hand, it turned Russia into an enemy, just as if China were on the Mexican border trying to flip Texas. But also, it corrupted the US body politic. Everything from Hillary's server, to the fake Steele Dossier, to Biden's corruption, to the impeachment of Trump had roots in Ukraine.

45 posted on 12/01/2021 6:38:09 AM PST by PGR88
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Nah, he’ll call a lid while the media smokescreens him with a new variant.


46 posted on 12/01/2021 6:38:30 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: nonliberal

Team Russia… Ukraine is a hotbed of neo-Nazis and is an outpost for globalist scum like Soros, Obama, etc. Whatever side they’re on… I’m in the other. Russia is far from perfect, but they “enemy of my enemy is my friend” sorta thing. Oh, and maybe a bunch of the Ukrainian women will pour into the USA as refugees…


47 posted on 12/01/2021 6:41:52 AM PST by Levy78
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To: Spktyr

Or it might support it, given the fact that India is more than holding its own with China there.


48 posted on 12/01/2021 7:02:54 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Levy78
Ukraine is a hotbed of neo-Nazis

LOL, Ukraine is such a hotbed of nazis that they elected a Jewish Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. Get back to me when Russia elects a Jewish president, or for that matter has free and fair elections.

Ukraine Just Elected Its First Jewish President. Here’s Why It’s Not an Issue

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-ukraine-may-elect-a-jewish-president-here-s-why-it-s-not-an-issue-1.7142407

49 posted on 12/01/2021 7:04:38 AM PST by tlozo
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To: PGR88

Probably on orders from George Soros.

50 posted on 12/01/2021 7:08:52 AM PST by McGruff
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To: tlozo

Putin could take out Brandon & the gang with 4 golf carts and a dozen drunk Russian poets.


51 posted on 12/01/2021 7:13:24 AM PST by vexit
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To: GingisK

Smoke show means she’s really hot or attractive.


52 posted on 12/01/2021 7:33:12 AM PST by nonliberal (Trump 2024. Burn it down.)
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To: nonliberal
Thank you for the explanation. Slang is non-communicative and irritating, especially when you grow older and don't have young friends to provide lessons. I wonder why slang is used in the first place.

I have also met a number of women from Ukraine. They were all quite attractive.

53 posted on 12/01/2021 7:43:33 AM PST by GingisK
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To: RinaseaofDs

No, because the Chinese troops have been there for months and they are not having to pull back for lack of supplies…


54 posted on 12/01/2021 7:50:15 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: GingisK

Slang is used because it irritates old people who are too proud to ask what is meant or (in the modern age) are too dumb to Google/UrbanDictionary for a definition. :P

The former reason goes back literally thousands of years. :P


55 posted on 12/01/2021 7:52:52 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

A dramatically different thing than sustaining an amphibious invasion of a well fortified island.

Or not, right?


56 posted on 12/01/2021 8:02:03 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Spktyr

Maybe it is used by young people yet to mature or learn their native language. ;-D


57 posted on 12/01/2021 8:02:35 AM PST by GingisK
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To: nonliberal

I heard that the Ukraine girls “really knock you out, they leave the west behind”...


58 posted on 12/01/2021 8:04:46 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Uber-Eng

59 posted on 12/01/2021 8:07:30 AM PST by shotgun
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To: tlozo

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60 posted on 12/01/2021 8:09:29 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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