Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Russian Artillery Knocked Out A Ukrainian Leopard 1A5 Tank. It’s The First Leo 1 The Ukrainians Have Lost.

"The Ukrainian army has lost a Leopard 1A5 tank for the first time. At least temporarily.
A video that circulated online on Tuesday depicts one of the German-made tanks—likely belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 44th Mechanized Brigade—eating an apparent artillery shell somewhere in snowy eastern Ukraine. As a Russian drone observed, the 40-ton, four-person tank rolled along a treeline then turned onto a wide field. Watched and exposed, the tank was an easy target for what appeared to be a series of artillery shells that walked toward it in increasingly accurate blasts.
One of the shells exploded close enough to damage the tank’s left track and immobilize it. The drone video doesn’t depict the crew bailing out, but it does depict the unmoving tank with its two turret hatches wide open. That’s evidence the crew escaped." Forbes

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