Why Have So Many Abrams Tanks Been Destroyed in Ukraine?
Why Have So Many Abrams Tanks Been Destroyed in Ukraine? | War on Tape | Daily Mail
The Abrams is one of the world’s best tanks, but Ukraine managed to lose three of them in their first week on the battlefield in the Russia Ukraine war – and even more have been destroyed since then. Russia has been taking out these 4.3million dollar war machines with cheap ‘piranha’ drones laden with explosives. But is that enough to stop these US-supplied weapons? And how are the armies of the future going to protect their expensive military hardware from the new threat of drone warfare?
0:00 Intro
0:36 In-depth examination at the Abrams Tank seen on the Ukraine war battlefield
1:30 Piranha FPV – the bane of Abrams tanks
2:23 M-Kills to K-Kills: How Piranha FPVs destroy Abrams tanks
3:50 T-72 to Leopards: Comparing the Abrams tank to other tanks
7:25 Military expert reacts to footage of an Abrams tank exploding
10:33 Are ANY tanks safe in 21st century warfare?
13:25 Can tank crews do anything to better protect themselves?
15:45 How much of tank vulnerability comes from how it’s used?
17:35 Do tanks have a place in battlefields of the future?
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