Alia Shoaib
Sun, August 13, 2023
A screenshot from a video of a Russian T-90 tank falling off a cliff and being destroyed by Ukrainian attack drones.Ukrainian Air Assault Forces/Telegram
A video shows a Russian T-90 tank falling off a small cliff and becoming stuck.
It became a sitting duck for Ukraine's attack drones.
Ukraine has been rigging cheap drones with explosives and striking expensive Russian equipment.
A video appears to show the moment a Russian T-90 tank falls off a small cliff and is then destroyed by a Ukrainian attack drone.
The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces shared footage of the incident on Telegram, which shows the tank slipping off a leafy cliff face and appearing to become stuck halfway down.
The next shot shows the vehicle being struck by a drone, which causes it to explode.
"Another enemy tank - done," the 80th Air Assault Brigade said in the post.
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The successful strike was carried out using a FPV (first-person-view) drone, the post said, which are cheap hobby drones that Ukraine is re-inventing to take out Russian equipment worth millions.
The amateur loitering munitions can be armed with with a makeshift warhead and severely damage expensive tanks and weapons systems worth millions of dollars, imposing far greater costs on the enemy, Insider previously reported.
"The whole point is cost," Samuel Bendett, a Russia defense and technology expert at the Center for Naval Analyses, told Insider. "These are extremely cost effective."
The cost of a single FPV drone tends to be around $400 to $500, or roughly the cost of a new Playstation.
A Russian T-90 tank in Moscow's Red Square during a Victory Day parade rehearsal on May 6, 2010.ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images
An account called War Monitor on X, formerly known as Twitter, which tracks events in the conflict in Ukraine, said that the destruction of the T-90 took place south of Klishchiivka in Donetsk, near Bakhmut, the scene of the most fierce fighting of the 18-month war.
The 80th Air Assault Brigade, one of the Ukrainian Army's oldest and most battle-hardened formations, was deployed to Bakhmut last month, according to an exclusive report in the Jerusalem Post.
Russia has suffered huge equipment losses during its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, with visually documented losses of over 2200 tanks, per open-source tracking website Oryx.
Ukrainian Security Service show destruction of rare Russian Terminator-2 armoured combat vehicle
Ukrainska Pravda
Sat, August 12, 2023
Ukrainska Pravda
Sat, August 12, 2023
Military counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have destroyed a "peerless" Russian Terminator-2 tank support armoured combat vehicle.
Source: Security Service of Ukraine
Details: This rare specimen of Russians burned down from several strikes by kamikaze drones.
Quote: "They tried to pull out the damaged Terminator with the help of a T-80 tank, but…
The SSU specialists hit it too!"
Reference: According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the combat vehicle has "a high level of security, firepower and handling".
Also, "thanks to powerful and universal weapons", it allegedly can "effectively destroy enemy firing points, fortifications, infantry using grenade launchers and anti-tank systems, as well as combat tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other armoured targets of the enemy."
A video appears to show Ukraine's drones destroying a Russian 'Terminator' in the second confirmed loss of the prized armored vehicle
Alia Shoaib
Sun, August 13, 2023
A screenshot from a video showing Ukraine striking a Russian BMP-T armored vehicle, nicknamed the "Terminator."The Security Service of Ukraine/X
Ukraine says it destroyed a prized Russian "Terminator" armored vehicle with attack drones.
A video shows the weapon being struck and pulled away by a T-80 tank that is also hit.
This appears to be the second confirmed loss of the hi-tech vehicle used to support tanks.
A video appears to show Ukraine destroying a Russian BMP-T armored vehicle, nicknamed the "Terminator," in the second confirmed loss of the prized fighting vehicle.
The Security Service of Ukraine shared a video showing the vehicle maneuvering through a field before being struck from above by drones.
Troops appear to be seen running from the vehicle following the strike. Another clip shows the damaged vehicle being pulled by a T-80 tank before more strikes rain down from above.
"This rare model of enemy weaponry burned down after only a few hits from kamikaze drones," the SBU said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"They tried to pull out the downed Terminator with a T-80 tank but, it was also hit!"
It is unclear when and where the video was taken, and Insider could not independently verify it.
A BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle heads to Red Square for a Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, June 24, 2020.Anton Novoderezhkin\TASS via Getty Images
The hi-tech "Terminator" is designed to support tanks and can simultaneously engage three targets using its four weapon systems.
The armored vehicle has a weapons arsenal that includes twin 30 mm guns, four high-speed Ataka anti-tank missiles with a nearly four-mile range, two AG-17D grenade launchers, and a coaxial 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun.
The vehicle, which is manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, the main tank producer for the Russian military, was first designed in the 1980s. The Russian army is believed to have only 10 of the vehicles.
A serviceman washes a BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle designed to support tanks as part of preparations for the Victory Day military parade, in Moscow, April 23, 2019.Anton Novoderezhkin\TASS via Getty Images
Despite the vehicles' impressive appearance, there are likely too few to impact the battlefield significantly, the UK defense ministry previously said.
Any successful strikes on these vehicles are likely embarrassing for Russia, as the weapons are media darlings.
Russia has suffered huge equipment losses during its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, with visually documented losses of over 11,600 vehicles and equipment, per open-source tracking website Oryx
Alia Shoaib
Sun, August 13, 2023
A screenshot from a video showing Ukraine striking a Russian BMP-T armored vehicle, nicknamed the "Terminator."The Security Service of Ukraine/X
Ukraine says it destroyed a prized Russian "Terminator" armored vehicle with attack drones.
A video shows the weapon being struck and pulled away by a T-80 tank that is also hit.
This appears to be the second confirmed loss of the hi-tech vehicle used to support tanks.
A video appears to show Ukraine destroying a Russian BMP-T armored vehicle, nicknamed the "Terminator," in the second confirmed loss of the prized fighting vehicle.
The Security Service of Ukraine shared a video showing the vehicle maneuvering through a field before being struck from above by drones.
Troops appear to be seen running from the vehicle following the strike. Another clip shows the damaged vehicle being pulled by a T-80 tank before more strikes rain down from above.
"This rare model of enemy weaponry burned down after only a few hits from kamikaze drones," the SBU said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"They tried to pull out the downed Terminator with a T-80 tank but, it was also hit!"
It is unclear when and where the video was taken, and Insider could not independently verify it.
A BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle heads to Red Square for a Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, June 24, 2020.Anton Novoderezhkin\TASS via Getty Images
The hi-tech "Terminator" is designed to support tanks and can simultaneously engage three targets using its four weapon systems.
The armored vehicle has a weapons arsenal that includes twin 30 mm guns, four high-speed Ataka anti-tank missiles with a nearly four-mile range, two AG-17D grenade launchers, and a coaxial 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun.
The vehicle, which is manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, the main tank producer for the Russian military, was first designed in the 1980s. The Russian army is believed to have only 10 of the vehicles.
A serviceman washes a BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle designed to support tanks as part of preparations for the Victory Day military parade, in Moscow, April 23, 2019.Anton Novoderezhkin\TASS via Getty Images
Despite the vehicles' impressive appearance, there are likely too few to impact the battlefield significantly, the UK defense ministry previously said.
Any successful strikes on these vehicles are likely embarrassing for Russia, as the weapons are media darlings.
Russia has suffered huge equipment losses during its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, with visually documented losses of over 11,600 vehicles and equipment, per open-source tracking website Oryx
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