Ukraine Blows Up Russia's Best Tank With Help From Sweden

[AntiFascist]

Source: Newsweek

BY ZOE STROZEWSKI ON 5/10/22

Ukraine has reportedly blown up a second Russian T-90M tank, one of the most advanced types that Russia has in service, just days after destroying what was said to be the first one.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry posted a video on Twitter Tuesday showing an aerial view of a tank far in the distance just before it was struck and engulfed in flames that sent a black mushroom cloud of smoke into the air. The ministry said that territorial defense fighters used a Swedish Carl Gustaf handheld anti-tank grenade launcher to destroy the tank near Staryi Saltiv in Ukraine's Kharkiv oblast (or province) and thanked Sweden for the assistance.

Link to tweet

The reported destruction of one of Russia's best tanks came less than a week after Ukraine said that it destroyed the first one days after the T-90M's presence in Ukraine was first reported by Kyiv on April 25. The alleged loss of the second tank may be a significant blow to Russia's military in light of recent indications that Ukrainian forces have been gaining ground in some areas and Russia has been losing it. Russia has not addressed or verified those reports.

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[Archae]

1. BOOM!

"Latest model of Russian tanks," right. Sure.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This makes me smile

[OnlinePoker]

3. Carl G's are old tech. $3000 round takes out a $4.5 million tank n/t

[Aussie105]

10. Modern missiles make a joke out of tanks.

And navy ships.

But keep trotting them out Russia, more missiles are being sent to Ukraine even as we speak.

[TomSlick]

19. Sorta.

Modern man-portable anti-tank weapons make deploying tanks without infantry, preferably dismounted infantry, military malpractice.

Tanks with auto loaders that store the ammunition in the turret, which guarantees the jack-in-the-box syndrome where any penetration of the turret causes the ammunition stores to explode - blowing the turret and the crew into the air - is simply bad design.

Russian tankers are either extraordinarily brave or just plain stupid.

[Dial H For Hero]

21. In fairness, new warheads make such systems as the Carl Gustaf much more effective than when

originally fielded.

[canetoad]

4. That made me laugh

"Russia's best tank". No more.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. "Arithmetic on the Frontier" by Kipling

History repeats itself:

Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail.

[TomSlick]

20. I had to look up that one and I'm found of quoting Kipling.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. It's one of his very quotable ones.

[Efilroft Sul]

6. More bang for the krona

[burrowowl]

18. Yup!

[LudwigPastorius]

7. Those things are death traps.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. That thing looks like

the daddy of this -

[Aviation Pro]

8. Where the fuck is the rest of the column?

Stupid Russians.

[yardwork]

15. Got lost. No GPS.

[Aviation Pro]

16. Map, one each.

Stupid officer.

[yardwork]

17. Two days of training yields predictable results.

[Bayard]

9. Nanner nanner!

Putin must be losing his shit now.

[Raine]

11. So much for the fearsome reputation of the Russians they're certain turned out to be a paper tiger.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Residents of Mariupol (former residents) have a different opinion. . . . nt

[Raine]

13. Yes of course Mariupol does. What they did there was terrible but I meant

they can be beaten, the Ukrainians have proven that!