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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Destruction of Russian T-90M tank by Ukrainian forces |
| 2023-10-09 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 It may be a image artifact but the tank crosses over a dark circular object in the center of the track at 0:25 followed immediately by the explosion. Some sort of AT mine I would guess. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-10-09 21:13 |
| #4 Mike, since Sabot rounds are kinetic, perhaps depleted uranium for density, the spalling insider the tank sets off secondaries, but I suspect the T-90 has all but the ready-rack load behind an internal armored door to the upper-turret storage like the Abrahms. So the cook-off of the ready ammo is lessened, so the explosive force would not normally de-turret a tank with opened crew hatches as seen in the video. That turret appears to have been blow off and out of the field of view, suggesting to me explosive ignition from below with sufficient force to ignite all the onboard combat load. A hint might have been tha the tank was off=road during the engagement, perhaps aware of a mine threat? I admit my 1982 Armor School course in crater analysis and BDA might be a little rusty and out-of-date! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-10-09 15:17 |
| #3 #2A-T Mine? The detonation occurs once the tank fully enter roadway. The massive over-pressure needed to throw the turret that far implies total combustion of on-board combat load, and coupled with the cratering under the vehicle and no visible ATGM streak seems to suggest a large mine. Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-10-09 12:04 NMBS, I'm wondering if it's a sabot round from off-screen. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-10-09 14:48 |
| #2 A-T Mine? The detonation occurs once the tank fully enter roadway. The massive over-pressure needed to throw the turret that far implies total combustion of on-board combat load, and coupled with the cratering under the vehicle and no visible ATGM streak seems to suggest a large mine. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-10-09 12:04 |
| #1 Owwie! |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-10-09 09:45 |