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.

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[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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!

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Yes!, and the way the drone looks for best way in is pretty neat as well.

Slava Ukraini!

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 24 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

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 6 points 7 hours ago

The whole landscape of warfare has changed.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] snowdrop@lemmy.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago

Perhaps closing the hatches might be a start.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I was wondering why they were circling around it when it's low-armor butt is right there. Then it zeroed in on the open hatch. Can't go lower than zero armor!

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Maybe I've been watching too much Top Gear but I totally imagined a bunch of operators huddled around the screen with one going "what are you waiting for, hit it" and the other going "wait, no, what if they left it open".

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

It's gonna be crazy once police start using these on civilians.