2024-04-09 12:49:00
Because of drone attacks, Russians are building a turtle tank
April 9, 2024, 2:49 p.m. Listen to article
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Military-technical innovations are constantly occurring on the battlefields in Ukraine. Now the Russian armed forces are deploying a kind of turtle tank to counter drone attacks.
The Russian armed forces are apparently using a kind of self-made turtle shell in their war of aggression in Ukraine. This is reported by the US magazine “Forbes”. The tank can be seen in action on a battlefield in several videos on X.
The tank has a steel roof attached to it as additional armor, which covers the entire vehicle and even extends over half the length of the vehicle’s main gun. However, it is still unclear which Russian tank model was adapted for the turtle tank.
The modification was presumably carried out to make an attack with combat drones more difficult. According to the Forbes report, this goal is not achieved with the armor. This is because the Ukrainian drone pilots can maneuver their very light drones so precisely that they hit the tanks where they are weakest – in this case directly below the roof-like armor.
Adaptation also has significant disadvantages. The side armor massively restricts the mobility of the main cannon to the side. In addition, the additional weight has a negative impact on the mobility of the vehicle. In addition to such structural changes, both Ukraine and Russia are relying on various types of technical options, such as jammers that they attach to tanks, to reduce the dangers of drone attacks.
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