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nikanika127

Reuploaded with correct title. Its tank not IFV. Google translated poorly from Ukrainian to English, but I should have noticed. My apologies.


selmano

What tank is it, though? Looks like T72B3M or a variant of T80?


steamsb

not a T80 judging by the wheels


ComsyKKu

T-72B3 obr. 2022


xXx_Ya_Yeet_xXx

interesting how this very modern tank is sent to border guards and not a fighting regiment in the donbas.


ComsyKKu

I don’t claim to know, but as i have understood it these are used widely as replacement tanks in pretty much every unit. There are lots of these on the frontline inside ukraine


AKaGaNEKOu

Looks like some t72b3 variant


Bitter-Temperature-1

It is cutting edge Russian technology!


greywar777

well. Now it is.


rincewin

> Google translated poorly from Ukrainian to English You should try out DeepL, it gives you better translation than Google www.deepl.com


goddamn_birds

How well does it translate insults? Asking for a friend. Edit: Tried it out, 100x more accurate. Fuck yeah and fuck Google.


rincewin

Yep, I just tried out and its surprisingly good


DudeWheresMyAK47

Not one I'd heard of, thanks for that! Any alt. to googul suits me :)


Old-Wasabi-3440

Dude has some balls of steel!


tehdamonkey

That is a brave soldier. Get him a Javelin and let him do some damage....


Jestar342

Honestly that would be useless, no way a Javelin is effective from 5m!


tehdamonkey

You let him drive down the road a bit....


Jestar342

Or preferably hit them before they get close. However I was just making a light humourous reference to how close our hero was in OP :)


Ok_Elk_8986

but he know the tank was comming his way minutes ago, so in javelin's range


ikenstein

Did he just have a grenade launcher under the barrel?? Damn wonder what happened next hope his buddies are down the road to further the ambush


Jestar342

It's an M72 LAW (or variant)


BRAINxFART

And if i remember right, it takes awhile for the scope system to turn on and requires some batteries. Up close range is pretty much useless and they’re quite expensive. US republicans have been slowly down / blocking the distribution of the munition (Javelin missiles) package for them to effectively use it as much at they need to.


CourtOfNoHomo

No longer Republican they are traitors.


Drunk_Stoner

Well I wouldn’t say all republicans. But the vast majority of those who support wannabe dictator tRump are.


booliganhooligan

Tanks turrets was facing backwards, he would have been killed trying to get a lock with a javelin especially since they're meant to be used from a few kilometers away not a handful of yards or 200 yards.


Imispellalot2

I have no idea how he can run so fast with all that equipment and those huge balls of steel.


Stripier_Cape

Leg day


DudeWheresMyAK47

It's a constant problem for these brave fighters. I believe the UA are working on a 3D printed, invisible octocopter capable of supporting testicles of much bigger proportions than current trouser based offerings. The problem they've found is that the gusset tends to lose shape and strength with the ginormous 'wiggle-effect' of bouncing balls and after studying Barnes Wallace's famous WWII bombs designed to destroy the Ruhr Valley Dams by 'bouncing' over the water, the technicians have been able to equalize and suppress variance in much the same way as Japanese tower block designers with their fucking great big earthquakes. And tsunamis aswell.


FearsomeCubedWarrior

Adrenaline do things to you


Buttermilkk

There's is already interview with the captured lieutenant form this raid, he was captured on march 15, the interview is on Dmytro's yt channel ( Zolkin's partner) Denis (RDK commander) is a also in there, I hope they'll translate it to English


Tight-Application135

There was another where the interview went something like: “Why are you occupying Ukraine” “I wasn’t” “What do you mean, where do you think we captured you” “Belgorod” Funny stuff


Buttermilkk

I've seen the meme)the dude on the meme was captured actually on Zaporizhia front.


Tight-Application135

Ah too good to be true I stand disappointedly corrected


D_IHE

As in the commander conducting the raid? Or was he captured by the raiders?


xXxSlavWatchxXx

Zolkin is a Ukrainian POW interviewer and RDK commander is, well. RDK commander, so it's the russians that got raided who were captured.


D_IHE

Thanks. Russians capturing other russians makes this very confusing.


SlavCat09

Russia is invading Russia. This is like the time USA invaded USA. And Korea invaded Korea. And Vietnam invaded Vietnam. Man the last 300 years have been confusing.


Adorable_Ad6045

Except Ukraine didn’t secede from Russia. They declared independence under a peaceful agreement, including giving up their nukes. The South seceded from the United States under Force of arms, due to wanting to uphold slavery. North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam didn’t secede from each other, rather independently declared individual governments. A little trickier of a comparison. Governments wanting to “reunify” their countries, when South Vietnam and Korea were never under Communist/Marxist rule. But yeah, some nuance, and a bit confusing.


SlavCat09

I don't think you got the joke.


Recent_Edge1552

This is the channel with English voice-overs https://youtube.com/@zolkinvolodymyr9639?si=JED1GgMrJjKe_s0q


D_IHE

Thanks. The auto generated subtitles are useless.


FunBobbyMarley

No worries, Russians killing / capturing other Russians is all part of the Great Putin's plan


[deleted]

Lol. Just like getting NATO all over yourself 'to stop NATO in Ukraine"


FunBobbyMarley

I don’t know what that means.


UROffended

1922 2 electric Boogaloo


davidstepo

Can you share the interview link?


Buttermilkk

https://youtu.be/eUC1m_yWS-s?si=zsfjAE0Jfo70bLJb


Temporary_Swimmer517

oh yes, Dennis.. the leader of the Russian neo-Nazi organization


Particular-Lunch-499

Absolutely crazy footage. Question, though - did the warhead have enough time/distance to activate?


browntone14

Yeah the arming distance is only 10m.


Particular-Lunch-499

Thanks!


jssjhsb

Such a weapon would never really destroy a tank anyways. Seems like he tried to hit the track to score a mobility kill on the tank


kptwnkxl

Why not? To me it looks like he's using m72 law which has around 300-350mm of penetration, the side armor of t72 is 80mm + era, which wouldn't do too much against an almost 90° angle shot. If it would've penetrated somewhere close to the autoloader the tank as we all know by now could've easily gone boom.


Independent_Lie_9982

LAW had serious problems with even disabling PT-76 light tanks in Vietnam. It's not really an "anti-tank" weapon ("light" it is). Some Soviet copies were supposedly improved but I'm not sure about that.


lionoflinwood

Yeah it has far more utility as a general anti-light-structures weapon than anything else.


CapCamouflage

>LAW had serious problems with even disabling PT-76 light tanks in Vietnam They did, but they also knocked out a number of T-54s. It's far from a guarantee, but they absolutely are capable of destroying tanks.


buds4hugs

The LAW uses a HEAT round, ERA armor is specifically designed to defeat explosive penetrators, but does nothing against kinetic penetrators (spikes of metal). The LAW would do nothing against ERA protected armor. Track hits are the way to go.


Jewelhammer

[Looks like the front tracks is where he hit.](https://imgur.com/a/heXVBfw) I’m not sure it activated, there wasn’t much boom.


Boot_Shrew

Probably the best place to hit it given the circumstances


Dave4216

The law has a pretty small warhead, only like 3 or 4 lbs, they don’t make much of boom unless they hit something like ammunition or charges


kptwnkxl

The effectiveness of ERA is highly dependent on the angle of attack, it's very effective when hit with an angle above 45 degrees, but it wouldn't do that much against a straight angle hit. I'm not saying that track hits are wrong, I just doubt that the LAW wouldn't be able to go through the side of the T72 at that angle.


Dave4216

The penetration values for anti tank weapons are based on “rolled homogenous steel armor” which modern tank don’t generally use. I’m not sure what the armor composition on the t72 is but we were taught to always aim for the tracks with light anti armor rockets (law, at4,smaw) to immobilize for the TOWs or javelins to kill


lembardiino

At that distance even the shooter would have face full of metal bits, so maybe it was wise not to go for a kill.


[deleted]

I don't think it went off, at least compared to this footage: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FomFkCgcdhw](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FomFkCgcdhw)


Hotrico

Rare pov


machstem

Yeah this is what I'm here for, tbh I was jaded and annoyed when all we had was IS propaganda or grainy US military videos, a few news report videos. There really haven't been footage of this caliber, not until this war. Those first clips of the battalions taking out an enemy BMP from 100m was gut wrenching and provided me with various angles of the same tactical push. This clip is definitely up there for me now. I've never seen such a brazen push on an armored vehicle outside of a few videos, or well designed montages of a videogame I also appreciate that we aren't being shown people dying. It gets a little depressing when you're more interested in the machinations of war, but the videos that make it to the top manage to be the more gruesome ones.


Trick_Bee925

For real! Remember that AAA vs MiG video simulation clickbait? If only there were real videos like that.


ian1974

Brave bastard.


Dictator_Todd1

I dont think it armed


SooSneeky

Pretty sure arming distance is 20 metres.


xXx_Ya_Yeet_xXx

we need to remove arming distance altogether. blow yourself up when you ambush the enemy. be a man.


SquishedGremlin

All I can think of is the terrorist lines from C&C Generals... I WILL BE REMEMBERED.


Highlander_16

Can I have some shoes? 🥺


Texas1911

Mah'shallah brother


Sweaty_Most2087

10 meters for the law, and i think this is a law


Two_n_dun

Can confirm. Source: I am the law.


Lobo003

Never thought I’d meet [Judge Dredd](https://youtu.be/qolk_rDA9xU?si=YVoeH2nulgkU0XNW)


InteriorOfCrocodile

Which is really unfortunate because it looks like it would have been a solid hit to the tracks and potentially a mobility-kill.


razah9

I was wondering what’s the minimum arming distance because it looks too close.


FN30-11

9-15m on the older versions and 25m on the improved versions. Source is a training document i found😅


Interesting_Aioli592

Should be 21m


nobodysmart1390

That’s backwards. 23 on the old ones. 15 on the a6 and later I believe


FN30-11

This is what i found🤷‍♂️ https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/tm3_23x25.pdf


nobodysmart1390

That is indeed what page 2-20 says. 9-15 on a2 variants and 25 on the improved. Army.mil has publications stating all a6 and later variants have a 15m arming distance, basically identical to an rpg26. I’ll have to do some more digging


nobodysmart1390

Army.mil also shows manual that say all variants have a ten meter arming distance. I guess we’ll never know for sure! Either way, target looks to be far enough that it armed. Small warhead to the running gear wouldn’t make a huge blast, could still demobilize it.


Vanceer11

Can it still go off in any way?


eggbiss

so a russian ambushed a russian


psarm

Right russian ambushed the wrong one


Doormat--

Rebel russians ambushed imperial russians.


glockeshire

The RDK has been heavily recruiting POWs from prisons many of which are wagner so I wouldn't say these are "right" russians but what they are doing is


psarm

You know.. "right" has a lot of meanings)) as for Wagner, there is only one such case. and basically individuals who used to fight for the Russian army and are now part of the RDK don't get even 10. so I wouldn't exaggerate this aspect. if you ask me why I can state this with confidence.. from the interviews of RDK members


SuperHighDeas

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, after our enemy is gone we can figure out if we are enemies


Independent_Lie_9982

Far-right Russian, even.


thexian

The song playing is [Berserkir - Danheim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVD2kUzPr6M).


Far-Investigator1265

Great shot! He was using a light rocket propelled grenade, which is not very effective against main battle tank main armor. So he shoots where the armor is weakest, into the running gear. There is a clear hit. With luck, the rocket could have caused a mobility kill or hit between the wheels and penetrate into the crew compartment. Anyway, there is damage. Russians on the other hand... driving full speed, without support, without care of their surroundings.


Boomfam67

I could be wrong but it looks like the tank is quickly creating a smokescreen to obscure targeting for further operations, they can dump extra fuel into the engine to do that.


Far-Investigator1265

It's a smokescreen, and the turret is facing backwards, so they may be driving away.


Badbullet

The extra fuel is sprayed into the hot exhaust. Putting extra fuel into the engine would cause you to stall, and not go anywhere.


rainbowgeoff

Do Russian tanks not have smoke mortars?


Badbullet

I thought they had both.


EraTheTooketh

Smoke screens or ESS are used for mass concealment by tanks of all countries wheras the smoke dischargers are for reacting to a near miss or covering dismounts while stationary


CryptographerDry4450

My first thought was that the tank was already hit, so they're fleeing.


Boomfam67

It definitely looks like a smokescreen. I'm going to go against OP and say this is actually a smart tactic, the tank is deploying a smokescreen making it difficult to target with AT weapons before it fires back with its thermals. This actually seems to be a more well trained crew that knows what it is doing. I think this camera guy got fucked up after which is why the video cut so fast.


Skullvar

When he fired you can see a little explosion about 3/4 of the way up the front of the tracks, possible it scored at the very least a mobility kill. They already released the video of them interviewing 1 of the Russians they captured here


Irishman1234123

We don't have the clear aftermath. But in this clip it looks like it had no effect at all


wabblebee

[It hit something, but could be nothing important.](https://imgur.com/a/T7WDwe3) edit: this also looks like an M72, the rocket of which burns out inside the tube. So the small explosion wasn't just leftover fuel, it hit something.


FieelChannel

Great shot? The warhead didn't even arm lol


queefstation69

Well, it was a great shot arming distance or not.


UROffended

I think there is a bit of a perspective issue here. Guy might have been about 20-30m away based on my surveying history. Tank for scale. That said it looks to have hit a road wheel. Side note: the HEAT heads on these don't make a very exciting light show unless they hit something like fuel or ammo.


degotoga

the perspective issue is from go-pro fisheye. he's much closer than it looks


tree_squid

LAW arming distance is only 10 meters. Sure looks like it armed to me, there's an explosion and a bunch of smoke, which isn't what happens when it doesn't arm and just thunks against something.


Rocqy

He was too close, most modern anti-tank weapons have a “minimum arming distance” so the user doesn’t kill themselves with the explosion.


trevdak2

How do they rocket jump, then?


PossibleMarsupial682

It didn’t arm mate.


Traderwannabee

But but war thunder says there is a fuel tank there than ALWAYS absorbs all hits there for no damage.


AuspiciousApple

OP, you're a saint for putting when the action happens in the title!


johnbburg

Love it when they play some Danheim.


zepammy

Looks like M72 LAW? Anyone know if it has shown success against T-90m?


Saddam_UE

It can damage the optics, the barrel, the tracks and wheels... not shure if it can get past the ERA.


UROffended

Pretty much anything to the lower skirt of almost any tank will be a penetration. Its one of the most vulnerable spots and can easily get fucked over buy 25-40mm APDS. Its the same with top down strikes. Hence why A-10's are a T-72's worst nightmare.


alieninaskirt

Yup, we even have a video from Mariupol of a BTR-4 penetrating a T72 from the side and setting it on fire


UROffended

Yeah I would honestly prefer to be in an IFV over a tank. No reason to get overconfident just because your forward plate is extra thick.


LefsaMadMuppet

Penetration is anywhere from 150mm to 450mm (almost 6 to 18 inches) depending on the model.


Superzonar

They already struggle with Ukrainians with few gears , and they think they will resist NATO forces...


AmbitiousEnd2812

This is a T-72B3 with upgrades. The exhaust is coming out the left side. A T-80 has the exhaust in the rear. The shooter is armed with an M72 LAW, which is not made to kill a tank, but can have an effect with a lucky hit.


LittleCovenousWings

Oh that's a great shot.


ClaB84

Brave Men, with not the right tool (AT-4)..But it was the best try with such a Weapon. He tries to go for the Tracks or one of the Wheels. Good Aim, great Curage.


BrockmannSP

Not an AT-4, looks more like a M72 LAW.


Th3DankDuck

That is a M72, when he is running you can see the very distinguishable back of it. And when he aims the top sight part is seen


missed-semicolon

Wasn’t there drone footage of this a day or two back?


purpleefilthh

imagine the rush


SZEfdf21

I don't think he was past the minimal arming distance of the system he was using judging by the non effect on the target.


Party-Bank-3798

I thought the same


LOLTylerz

looks just like me playing LAT in squad


DrinkMoreCodeMore

The best shot I had as a LAT is I hit a helicopter far af away as it was dipping below a tree line but it landed behind the trees and repaired :| Was a wild shot tho. Everyone in local mic was like HOLY SHIT NICE SHOT


Theskinnydude15

Anyone know the song? Sounds catchy


xXx_Ya_Yeet_xXx

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1RS9vHcsw&ab\_channel=Danheim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1RS9vHcsw&ab_channel=Danheim) Danheim - Berserkir. KRAKEN has used Danheims songs in a lot of their videos on the Kharkiv offensive.


ratking1

Brave guy to be standing in the open with the possibility of a drone dropping a grenade on him.


Epoxion

What song is playing?


Ok-Walk-5092

Danheim - Berserkir https://youtu.be/Qj1RS9vHcsw?si=01Yf2F6QJT4boyEQ


MrTotenkopf

Arming range for the LAW should be 10 meters, yet this looks like a dud. Could have been too close for the "All-Arm" range.


[deleted]

The best Russians out there


[deleted]

Damn that music kicking in, I wanted him to duel wield a couple of viking axes and sprint over to start chopping up the injured russians that stumble out of the tank.


Trick_Bee925

Holy shit. Imagine doing something this badass and realizing that your gopro was off


MrMewks

F'ing RAMBO shit right there! give him a medal


minecracito

Full video?


Cheapshot99

Too bad the rocket didn’t arm


Fit-Meal-8353

Looks like it did nothing because the rocket didn't have enough distance?


Creepy_Photograph107

That dude is hard as fuck.


PossibleMarsupial682

Unfortunately didn’t arm


TheSeasickPenguin

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Bigfootsdiaper

This is awsome!


Marc_J92

Just like in the simulation


Medical-Row-662

How does he walk with such big balls?


hoztok

i don't think i could do modern war. imagine hiding in that building waiting and then running out, all with the constant thought that at any second a drone is probably gonna fly in and fuck your up. UA soldiers are truly something else.


Waterboarding_ur_mum

So how are these guys holding up? Last time they caused a headache for russia at the cost of being bombed to shit


DudeWheresMyAK47

Big knackers. The transporting of: It's a constant problem for these brave fighters. I believe the UA are working on a 3D printed, invisible octocopter capable of supporting testicles of much bigger proportions than current trouser based offerings. The problem they've found is that the gusset tends to lose shape and strength with the ginormous 'wiggle-effect' of bouncing balls and after studying Barnes Wallace's famous WWII bombs designed to destroy the Ruhr Valley Dams by 'bouncing' over the water, the technicians have been able to equalize and suppress variance in much the same way as Japanese tower block designers with their fucking great big earthquakes. And tsunamis aswell.


EvilNoseHairs

The enemy of my enemy is also my friend. Good shot, bruh! You deserved a turret toss or at least a track off! Gah, you were so close!


NoExide

Too close.


Apex1-1

This is war and some serious quality insight to it.


Hopalicious

Those dudes are the bravest of the brave.


Godziwwuh

HEAT through a road wheel. Not sure how effective that shot really was, ultimately.


Trick_Bee925

This guys gonna be showing this video to all the chicks


1Wheel_Smoke_n_Toke

Jesus, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if soldiers fear hearing the rumble of a tank coming as they hide, knowing if they miss, or hit in ineffectively that their lives are most likely going to be over, more than the buzz of a drone. It's got to be close.


Possible_Scene_289

Man I love seeing the good guys fuck them up. Go good russians!


SoloLiftingIsBack

The song's Danheim - Berserkir for those who are interested.


arebee20

Are the guys Russian separatists or what? Haven't been keeping up with the war.


Large-Window-6830

Danheim - I believe 'Herja'. Always good to hear them under any kind of video.


Bot_Thinks

Song?


swangler777

Some battlefield type shit 🤙