Ukraine captures Russian anti-drone ‘barn’ tank | REUTERS
this is what the Ukrainian Army is calling a barn tank it’s a bizarre looking Russian Battlefield vehicle captured by kev’s forces and it seems to highlight how troops are trying to adapt to the constant threat of drone attacks the vehicle built from a ramshackle rusted t62 tank was modified to have a boxy metal shell as its exterior a cage at its rear and electronic warfare devices attached to it that’s according to sold who spoke to Reuters after it was captured this week its canopy appeared to be built to protect against drones particularly cheaply produced firstperson view ones those are strapped with ammunition and flown to their target by a pilot watching a screen demitro is a Ukrainian Soldier I don’t even know what it is made of but the tracks are protected a shell that hit it bent it a bit but this protection is helpful it prevents shells from going under and it protects the tracks it does give the crew an advantage for a certain short period of time soldiers say the barn Tank’s main purpose was shling around food ammunition and troops demitro added that getting in and out of the vehicle carrying equipment through its tiny hatch was difficult and that visibility was very limited and the stench inside overwhelming aerial Drone footage shot by the the Ukrainian military and published on June 17th showed the tank being captured in a wooded area along with a Russian crew kev’s forces then planted a Ukrainian flag on top of it nearly 28 months after Russia launched its full-scale Invasion the use of drones by both sides has become ubiquitous on the battlefield making it harder for both sides to advance or operate safely the ukrainians say the vehicle was captured near klish chka a village gripped by months of fighting near the Russian occupied City of back moot
The Ukrainians call it a ‘barn’ tank, a bizarre-looking Russian battlefield vehicle captured by Kyiv’s forces that shows how troops are trying to adapt to the constant threat of drone attacks.
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