The OSINT team of Ukraine Weapons Tracker has posted a video showing one of Russia’s most advanced tanks being destroyed by a drone.
“A T-90M participated in the turret throwing competition – a Russian T-90M tank was destroyed by an RKG-3 HEAT grenade adapted to be dropped from a Ukrainian drone,” the team said. OSINT said in a tweet.
The T-90M tank – believed to have exploded into a fireball – is believed to have been attacked in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
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A Russian tank was likely hit by an anti-tank mine, then a Ukrainian pilot of an R18 attack drone dropped several RKG-3 HEAT anti-tank grenades onto the T-90M. As a result, the cartridge exploded and the turret was ripped from the tank by a large explosion.
#Ukraine: A T-90M participating in the turret throwing competition – a Russian T-90M tank was destroyed by an RKG-3 HEAT grenade modified to be dropped from a Ukrainian drone. pic.twitter.com/PW3x3ItNjR
— Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) December 26, 2022
The T-90M Proryv is an improved version of the T-90 Vladimir tank and was first shown to the public in 2017. This first batch of modernized T-90M tanks was delivered to the Russian army in spring 2020.
Proryv received a new turret fundamentally different from the serial-produced module and a more powerful engine. Proryv is equipped with a new multi-channel observation system that allows the weapon to be used at any time of the day or night, and its main advantage is that it can exchange data with other vehicles in real time. .
The latest Russian tank significantly outperforms its predecessor T-90 in combat effectiveness while retaining the advantages of the previous model such as exceptional reliability and minimal maintenance in the process. operate.
