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A Turtle Tank in May 2024, showing its improvised armour and mine clearance roller. Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, [1] Tsar Mangal) is the nickname for a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slat armor which covers the entirety of the original vehicle.
It was soon labeled as a 'turtle tank', referring to the shield of a turtle shell. The main purpose of this armor was to fend off FPV drone attacks, one of the greatest threats to inflict damage on armored vehicles during the war. [45] [46] To make it even harder for drone operators to hit the turtle tanks, an improved design included the ...
Or that was the case until the Russians began welding unusual cage armor, like the "turtle tank" armor, onto its tanks in response to the growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles on the battlefield ...
By mid-March, the Oryx military analysis website had documented media confirming Russia has lost 1,121 tanks destroyed and 656 captured or abandoned since hostilities began in 2022. That’s more ...
Meanwhile, images of destroyed Russian tanks felled by U.S.-made Javelin missiles have become a rallying cry for Ukrainians and their allies. ‘Make sure they have less resources to fight’ On ...
Destroyed Russian tanks in Mykhailivs'ka Square. The destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition is an open air exhibition on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. [1] It was opened on 21 May 2022, and features Russian military equipment that was captured and destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2] [3] [4]
Ukrainian officials have called the battle of Vuhledar "the biggest tank battle of the war", with over 130 Russian tanks and APCs being damaged or destroyed in the course of the battle. [27] Analysts believed many of the Russian casualties and loss of equipment stemmed from the makeup of the Russian brigades, being predominantly untrained ...
Ukraine claimed on Tuesday to have carried out an airstrike in Crimea that destroyed a Russian Navy tank landing ship in what would be, if confirmed, the third instance of major losses of Russian ...