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[Combat] Drone pilots from 53rd Mechanized Brigade discovered and destroyed a hidden Russian T-72BZ tank and ammo cache near Lyman, Donetsk Oblast. (i.imgur.com)

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T-72BZ — eliminated.
Work of the operators of the 53rd Brigade ΜΟΝΟΜΑΧΟΣ

Lyman direction

▪️The T-72BZ tank regularly emerged from cover to fire on our positions. It was identified by adjacent forces from the 81st Airmobile Brigade.

▪️Then it was a matter of execution. SIGNUM operators launched a drone, conducted additional reconnaissance, and located the shelter, the tank, and the ammo depot. Signs of activity — fresh tracks, compression marks, water — confirmed the position was active.

▪️The decision came quickly. One shaped charge — and that was it: detonation, fireball, ammo explosions.

Result:
– Tank destroyed;
– Ammo depot as well.
That T-72BZ won’t be rolling out again.

Precise. Effective. Daily.

https://t.me/brigade_53/960

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[-] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 29 points 1 day ago

Drone warfare is insane. A small flying machine equipped with an explosive can cause massive damage for little cost. Those tanks don't come cheap. The landscape of anti-tank warfare has completely changed.

[-] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

The whole landscape of warfare has changed.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Fr. Tanks are nowadays seem to be used more as up-armoured mobile artillery.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

There is quite a bit of that, but don't forget the videos that have circulated of one or two tanks stopping entire columns of IFV's and APC's.

Also in modern warfare, the tank is a devastating, well armoured and highly mobile system, that you need specialised equipment to take out. If you're taking line-of-sight fire from a tank, you probably don't have time to wait for a drone to come and hit it.

I do wonder how tanks will be upgraded to deal with small drones though. Just adding more topside armour probably isn't viable, but development of something (like TROPHY) probably already started around when top-attack weapons like the Javelin began proliferating.

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I probably doesn't take much to make a hardkill-system be able to take on drones.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I've been thinking the same: Drones are small, cheap, accurate and pack a heavy punch. At the same time, they're slow, loud and unarmoured, which should make them relatively easy to detect, target and take down with real cheap means. Those means just need to be developed.

[-] snowdrop@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Perhaps closing the hatches might be a start.

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Russian tanks have really poor crew ergonomics and bad visibility so having the hatch open is preferable. And bad discipline, training and tactics have the crew open them when they shouldn't.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

And disturbing as fuck as well when you see how the IDF is using them in Gaza.

[-] nimble 22 points 1 day ago

Love it. It is really cool to see those explosions from a distance but to see the POV leading up to it is chefs kiss. Something about seeing all the ammo and equipment about to blow up.

Slava ukraini!