Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 11 MAY 2023 12:00 PDT - First Dead T-54/55B in the Wild
Added 2023-05-11 18:56:56 +0000 UTCThere you go. It's somewhere in Donetsk (region) and it has been abandoned. The first T-54/55B with cope cage over turret. Just as when the T-62s were deployed in June 2022, Russian insisted they would be used only as short range artillery pieces in pillboxes, the same claim is being made about the T-54/55B.
The cope cage to protect (theoretically) from ATGM tells a different story.
Comments
This really does show a fundamental lack of knowledge about how shaped charges work
RocketWrench
2023-05-12 17:01:34 +0000 UTCHa, ha, ha. Yep, the sun shade will keep you safe. ๐
Jeffrey Price
2023-05-12 14:56:33 +0000 UTCI thought the cope cages were meant to limit the effectiveness of overhead drone attacks.
2023-05-12 13:44:13 +0000 UTCLikely incredibly hot in that old thing. Need to keep the hatches open to ventilate; top covers are possibly a counter measure for drone delivered explosives.
2023-05-12 04:26:19 +0000 UTCGiven that there are no sensors on that monstrosity over the turret (unless maybe there is a commander standing on top of it with binoculars?) wouldnโt that make the tank insanely visible while cresting over a hill well before the ability to detect or shoot back kicks in when the sight or cannon clears the crest?
Trent Voigt
2023-05-12 02:00:07 +0000 UTC
