A drone with the call sign “Rusoriz” hit the invaders’ armored vehicles just below the tower, whose protection was quite weak.
Soldiers of the volunteer unit SIGNUM, using an FPV drone, destroyed a Russian T-72 tank that was firing at Ukrainian army positions. The relevant video was published on the unit’s Telegram channel on Thursday, October 5.
The tank was deployed and its crew was firing at fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The drone operator sent a kamikaze drone named “Rusoriz” to the invaders’ positions. The UAV successfully covered the distance and hit the T-72 with a precise hit under the turret, one of the most vulnerable places. A reconnaissance plane monitoring the situation took a photo of an enemy tank coming under fire.
Ukrainian soldiers signed the video with “This is an example of how a predatory animal becomes prey. T-72 went to work on our positions, but caught a good kamikaze.”
What is known about the T-72 tank that hit the drone
The most popular tank of the second generation. Accepted for service in the USSR Armed Forces in 1973. The T-72 was developed and produced by Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil. Armored vehicles are now used by the Russian army in the war against Ukraine.
The T-72 has a classic layout, with the engine and transmission compartment located at the rear, the fighting compartment in the middle, and the control compartment at the front of the vehicle. The crew of the tank consists of three people: a driver, a gunner and a commander who also acts as a loader after spending ammunition on the automatic loader. The T-72’s main armament was the 125 mm D-81TM smoothbore gun. A 7.62 mm machine gun is coaxial with the gun.
The tank can cross rivers with a depth of up to 6 meters at the bottom. For such events, the tank is sealed: rubber gaskets are installed on the covers, a cover is installed on the gun barrel, and a valve box is installed on the engine exhaust pipe.
And just now, soldiers of the 46th separate aircraft brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the emergency situation, destroyed the ATV of the invaders using a kamikaze drone. Russian troops were lucky and unlucky at the same time, as the ATV was completely burned.
Let us remind you that on October 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces demonstrated how they used the Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle against the Russians. Border guards successfully confirmed a kamikaze drone attack on positions of the Russian Armed Forces, using a drone that can stay in the air for up to two hours and reach speeds of 108 km per hour.
Source: Focus
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