[WhiskeyOutpost]

- Same dead Ivan after they flipped him over

- They look rather good stuffed in the back of a van

[byla]

Originally Posted by mileslong ↗

why did that video blur 2 spots?

Its like a corpse in the bottom blur , too bad video quality to know really.

[duntez]

Ukranians under mortar fire

[byla]

Bridges between Severodonetsk and Rubizhne blown up in Lugansk region

[WhiskeyOutpost]

- Normally I'd count this as a Ukranian fail but they probably didn't raise the wheels above ground before firing so they could shoot and scoot quickly.

[Bleed]

Originally Posted by mileslong ↗

why did that video blur 2 spots?

Screen grab from a touch screen. The dots are where the operator is touching the screen to zoom.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

- Holy shit! Some of the best footage I've seen this war. Good fight.

- 1st video, Russian T-80BVM tank has been hit in the rear before recording. Its rear hull, engine, and some of the turret are burning, crew scanning for targets.

- 2nd video, Russian tank is flying down the road towards a Ukranian AT guy at the top right who clearly misses his shot, hitting the road. Tank sees him, Ukranian runs for the trees off to the right, tank fires into the trees but too far left. Ukranian remains where he is.

- 3rd video starts off with another Ukranian miss right above the tank, zipping into the trees. Unknown explosion off to the right of the tank. If you look at the far right of the frame you can see a bunker near the puff of smoke. Russian tank is clearly suffering from the earlier unrecorded shot, looks like engine trouble and the crew seems frantic the way they're moving. Tank pumps another round into the area where the Ukranian guy was as he runs off to the lower right of the frame. Tank moves into the trees. Unsure if they have any wounded.

Edit: Pitomnik village in Kharkiv oblast

[duntez]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

- Holy shit! Some of the best footage I've seen this war. Good fight.

- 1st video, Russian T-80BVM tank has been hit in the rear before recording. Its rear hull, engine, and some of the turret are burning, crew scanning for targets.

- 2nd video, Russian tank is flying down the road towards a Ukranian AT guy at the top right who clearly misses his shot, hitting the road. Tank sees him, Ukranian runs for the trees off to the right, tank fires into the trees but too far left. Ukranian remains where he is.

- 3rd video starts off with another Ukranian miss right above the tank, zipping into the trees. Unknown explosion off to the right of the tank. If you look at the far right of the frame you can see a bunker near the puff of smoke. Russian tank is clearly suffering from the earlier unrecorded shot, looks like engine trouble and the crew seems frantic the way they're moving. Tank pumps another round into the area where the Ukranian guy was as he runs off to the lower right of the frame. Tank moves into the trees. Unsure if they have any wounded.

If I was in charge of that tank I would order drive thru that area where the fighter was, while using my machine gun killing all the squirrels on the way, seems like they forgot that 45 tons machine can smash things by just driving over

Also, how could they miss… twice

[Asiatrav]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

- Normally I'd count this as a Ukranian fail but they probably didn't raise the wheels above ground before firing so they could shoot and scoot quickly.

Well at least the spades are set now... A self-critiquing moment for sure

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Originally Posted by duntez ↗

If I was in charge of that tank I would order drive thru that area where the fighter was, while using my machine gun killing all the squirrels on the way, seems like they forgot that 45 tons machine can smash things by just driving over

Also, how could they miss… twice

That's a good way to turn your tank into a steel coffin.

Tanks can get stuck easier than you think. On open dry terrain you're basically good to go unless you get cocky and throw track. When trees, roots, water, rocks, mud come into the equation, things can suck very quickly.

Try smashing into those trees and maneuver your gun to either side without a major pain in the ass. Plus you're much slower, like no visibility or awareness in there while you and your gunner are scanning at even low magnification. Asking for death.

I would have fired a round into the trees while moving on the road, let the autoloader reload, stop, fire another in a different spot, and crept in reverse, scanning, my gunner firing the coax machine gun side to side into the trees. Tell the gunner to fire at will, get on the radio to try and get some infantry and/or artillery support. But these are Russians who are garbage at combined arms... so that's probably not an option.

The tank's first round hit the dirt and went into the trees too far left. Second round was much closer but still a miss. Stay the fuck away from that road junction. It's possible someone in the turret was wounded. Both gunner and commander can traverse and fire the guns.