Regular Tue Jan 17, 2023 12:44 pm
That reverse speed is bad, but even if it was T-14, it would meant nothing in this situation. Tank was hit, it seems MG ammo cooked off, internal fire was controlled by fire suppression systems, so even later Ukrainian video tank simply smouldering. I doubt it was AT-4 hit, but it seems the damage was indeed done under the turret.
As I see, real weakness of this tank is how russians employ it.
Many times we seen this, lone tanks getting hit until they are damaged or destroyed. Russians don’t use designated recon vehicles anymore (BRDM usage is mostly by Ukrs) they are unable to shadow their movements with drones, and again, they sent a pair of tanks to prepared enemy position and pre-shot grid (It wasn’t an ambush)
T-90M should have very high combat awareness due to thermals and battle management systems (perfect during winter season) and technically, it wouldn’t need recon vehicle supplementing, but having extra designated eyes would eliminate the need for soft infantry in the open field. BMPT would be perfect. If they would have dual optics drone available, they wouldn’t even get in this situation to begin with.
Tank is fine, but **** ups like this tarnish the name of the tank. Every single T-90 loss video is the same like this… headless chicked driving towards enemy by one or two tanks. Can’t even blame the crew training (I bet it’s good), that’s operational fuckup.
Unfortunately they do not have APS. With it it will be different story on battlefield
Yes, they would just get destroyed closer or when APS is expended. Technology can’t fix stupid tactics. The way Russians employ their tanks look nothing like they do in Vostok exercises and makes tanks very vulnerable to all the elements. They are no longer an armoured fist, but a lone middle finger. Good to harass, punch a small hole or two, but that’s about it. Here’s the first.