@@quinnard9750 But video like that doesn't come around that often. Generally is far off or we just see the aftermath.... I think this is what he was getting at.
Every Russian occupier will receive such a punishment for the children they killed with rocket strikes, for the people they shot in the back of the head, for everything
it really does give you a very different vibe to actually see a person die in a blink of an eye instead of a metal box just instantly exploding into pieces. war is hell.
The roughest thing in this video is that, unlike in previous cases where we saw 1 or 2 metal beast fighting and being completly destroyed now we have seen a human being in that vehicle, we could almost see his face, and he disappeared in the deadly mix of shrapnels, vehicle parts and a fire balls within a blink of an eye in front of our very eyes. And it doesn't matter if it is Russian or Ukranian, seeing such a brutal, unhumane end of a life is tragical. At least he didn't suffer, probably he didn't feel it at all, he didn't have time for it. And this reminds me when I said the best use of a weapon system is when we use it for parading and power demonstrations, and the most succesful wars are the ones which are being fought on military parades. Thanks for the video.
Yes, i feel you man. As u said, at least it was instant painless death. I also feel sorry for russians who are getting killed, because any loss of human life is a tragedy. On the other hand how many ukrainians this tank had killed, also loss of human lives. At this point its the most important thing that Ukraine is on the right side of history, because, it was russia, that started a was Europe has not seen in decades. At this point, its all that matters
@@kaspadd5760 I see your point but in history we don't make good and bad sides. Yeah in WW2 it might looked quite obvious, in this case it is even more obvious, but let's just say Russia's mad run must be stopped
Not really for me. What I saw was a person yes, a person very intently trying to kill other people with his machine, to conquer them, not to defend. I suppose it hit more than if it was a metal box with no visible people, but a lot less than some other footage I have seen in my time.
@@Altrantis Not defending what Russia has done but when you realise someone has just lost their son, brother, husband or even father in an instant like that… War is truly a terrible thing…
@@AltrantisI suggest not looking at what you call “footage”, as no okay person would genuinely take you seriously after saying such an inhuman take. And if there is no sympathy to the person, then you should have it for their family/relatives.
Get ready because the more realistic actual tank games get, the more people will post videos of destroyed tanks and say: look a destroyed :insert_nation: tank. As we seen it with Ukrainian bots posting Arma 3 videos and passing them as actual Russian vehicle losses.
One of the most wild I have seen, no warning, just instant destruction, good thing that the crew didn't feel a thing, they were vaporized faster than the nerve ending have time to send the pain signal.
@@funkrates4778 We can know for sure. Even the fastest human reaction speeds arent 1/60 of a second fast. An agonizing death can be seen by analizing the brain of the deceased for the apropriate changes, here the brain could make no adjustments before being vaporized in a near instant.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Perhaps. However, I have seen explosions where it would seem that someone was vaporized but they are instead 30 yards away, alive and dismembered. I pray this is not one of those situations.
My theory on what happened here is that the tanks optics & view ports got disabled or obscured. At the start of footage you see something hit the tank, either a mine or ATGM, you then see the tank deploy smoke and start moving erratically. This could also be the reason you see the commander hatch up as he’s most likely trying to direct the driver, releasing that they are drifting into the field which is probably mined he directs them back onto the road inadvertently exposing their side
to that i'll add that when RedEffect said "what appears to be a HEAT jet passing through the tank and lifting up the dust" at 1:37, it's most likely was a cookoff of a round in the barrel caused by overpressure in the turret.
@@siralex0encmoz Yes he said some people claim that it's a heat jet passing through the tank but he believes it's the latter and it's just a detonation of the round coming from the barrel of the turret
2:11 I doubt they waited until it turned, becuase it takes some time for the missile to fire and hit. It's a big open field so it probolody came quite far away.
@@John-zk4vpAre you sure? In that frame you can barely make out the projectile and it looks long and narrow, where as the DM-22 has a large cylinder in the middle of the projectile containing the shaped charge. Really doesn't look like a DM-22 to me.
Well, there you go. No tank is invincible no matter how good it is, a single soldier with a portable ATGM launcher can do the job. That's why anti-infantry support is so important. Red makes fairly neutral content showing both sides's wins and losses, yet the comment sections are either "(Space Program Joke)", "Russian Heroes" or Copium from both sides.
Only that if you bring enough infantry to meaningfully protect the tank, you now cover 20x the area to step on mines and become a prime target for artillery. There is a reason why both sides tend to deploy tanks with only small numbers of infantry or on their own rather than doing full scale combined arms maneuver.
I don’t know what kind of sadness one can talk about in relation to the aggressors and accomplices of war crimes. Do you empathize with the Wehrmacht soldiers? Personally, I don't.
@@user-iy9cy7fz5o comparing the Russian soldiers with wermacht is beyond hypocritical and proves your lack of history knowledge. As expected from an ukrainian.
thats the seriousness of war. people like me and u from the outside viewing it dont actually realise how brutal and morbid it gets because were restricted to what we can actually see online and in the media. in reality it can look as morbid as ww1 and ww2 for all we know and we wouldnt even realise it. this is likely just touching the surface of whats going on, within the frontlines.
That explosion was insane. The crew definitely died quickly. I hope we see some videos regarding the Merkavas in the newly erupted war between Israel and Hamas
I dont think they waited for tank to turn to side a bit i think they just got lucky that it showed bit of side at the right time, unless they were at point blank range
My guess is they got flanked because they were probably supporting infantry in the tree line and than maybe the ukrainians had to retreat but than that tank came and they probably took their chances and who knows where the atgm team is they could also be dead if they didn't switch positions fast enough or they got killed later.
@@jleonlove7965today I saw how 1 mk4 was disabled and then got its ammo rack detonated by either a rocket or was scuttled from inside by Palestinian fighters and there was also a video of a Merkeva eating a few RPG projectiles, didn't blow up but what is interesting there is how the trophy system did absolutely nothing against that mid Cold War technology
@@dannycage8672 there are multiple destroyed tanks one got definitely destroyed by a drone from above theres a video for it i think ur talking about the new pictures from other tanks
As a result of such an explosion, a human dies faster than he has time to feel pain. In my opinion, it is better to die like this, quickly and painlessly, than to die slowly from a gunshot wound or a mine explosion. It probably sounds very strange, but Russian tank crew have an advantage over NATO tank crew in this regard - the tank explodes and you evaporate)
There was a video of Russians recording a destroyed Ukrainian T72 and the tank seemed fine until the giant hole on the left side came into frame, couldn't help but think that it was a long excruciating death and not a quick one
I think the "jet" out is the detonation of the shell that is already in the chamber. Because the damages are already happening in a way that might have warped the cannon as well. That is why it kinda looks a bit strange since it might have been detonated because the whole chamber inside the tank was ripped open in order to detonate the shell.
When I first saw the video I believed it was in Israel 🤭 but then I realised it was in Ukraine when the tank exploded as Hamas doesn’t have that technology
I'd like to see him cover some of that too . I have seen video of one destroyed by drone throwing explosive in the hatch i think and some images of a burning one ,not sure if it's the same tank .
@@WEMBLEYNE never say never . Found an image of a destroyed merkava tank with separated turret,taken down by an atgm i belive from 2010 or earlier . They may have improved things now but you never know .
@@WEMBLEYNE watched a guy here on youtube talking about merkava tanks and he says how the turrets fly like the russian tanks ,so nothing much has improved . Like i said ,never say never
The "jet" to the left as the tank explodes may very well be that the breach of the gun was open (they had just fired a shot) and that when the missile struck, it ignites everything and the overpressure finds every way it can out of the tank.
@@ineedapharmists Bradleys aint doing much from what im seeing lol, the only confirmed UAF bradley kill was a ATGM on a BMP2 before they moved into Robotyn.
I know I am no fan of Russia and i am very pro Ukraine, but we just watched 3 men die, it’s hard to not feel sorry. It is truly hard for the lives of three people be wasted for what purpose Ps: these guys should have never been there, I am not condoning the actions of Russia. Ukraine should have never been invaded, Russia has done unspeakable war crimes and actions against the people of Ukraine, but seeing people just die really hurts for me to look at when everything that has happened was avoidable if Russia just didn’t invade Ukraine.
IMO the dust kicking up from the right is from the tank's main gun firing. Yes it appears to be pointing the wrong direction for that, but it may well have gone off as the turret was being blown off. Which could have had the gun pointing in a different direction than we see it in the final frame before detonation....Though I agree it looks like an ATGM struck it, it's also possible the tank hit a mine. After all it explodes just as it crosses back on the dirt road.
Pause at 1:11, then use the period key to advance frame by frame. There is a single frame where you can see something white or grey come flying in from the left along the road. This was definitely an ATGM hit.
i would personally deduce the fact that a missle clearly caused the destruction of the tank and for it to explode however i think it was signified more by the ammuntion within the tank. its quite common for ammunition in tanks to heat up or shoot projectiles in many directions like a granade and if it happens to be the tank rounds that was the cause of a signified explosion, it could be quite likely one of the rounds penetrated and shot out the side of the tank while most if not all others exploded from the inside and not make it far enough or have enough force to penetrate the tank armour. from the kinetic energy build up, i would say that would likely be the main cause for the tank turret blasting off the tank its self. cant be certain but its open possibilities.
Would ne nice if you make a video about the performance of the Merkavas in resend days. As you predicted, the front mounted engine catch pretty quickly fire.
The strange one to me was how immediate the ammo cook-off was, normally that takes a few seconds. Not the most impressive turret toss we've seen, but can't deny that it was effective.
I'm inclined to think that a shell or charge took a direct hit from the incoming projectile's penetrator, rupturing it and causing ignition in the same moment.
This was not a cook-off. Turrets do not pop from simple cookoffs especially when the hatches are unlocked (the tanks just burn down violently). It is quite simple that tank was loaded to the gills with HE-FRAG (since it was attacking dug in Ukr positions).
@@guts2787 No, it was HE-FRAG ammo detonation. In cookoff only the propellant and / or fuel burns, but it does not create enough pressure to pop a turret especially when even one of the hatches is open and would allow the pressure to escape. Or what do you think, the tank was loaded with APFDS alone? Just, no. PS. There is a reason why US does not use HEFRAG rounds in their tanks and use instead canister shots (which are much worse, but also do not explode).
yeah thats what surprised me, with ammo in a tank, ud usually have the small rounds ammo so ammo for rifles that would instantly go off with some that cook and go off after but this seems like it was the tank shells them selves that went off instantly while the small rounds just went off inside the tank. the guy who shot the missle mustve had such a perfect shot and hit one of the weakest points of the tank for it to blast open and shink in size by a good 20% just from an explosion. usually the frame is heavily burned but still in tact for some time before melting still keeping moreless the same size it had, this one shrunk in size within seconds.
It's the first insta kill of a t90m i've seen so far, most tanks usually burned up before exploding so some of the crew were able to escape, this one had no chance.
That's not an incompetent crew. It's one given an impossible task with little to no support. Russians who retreat are not respected, it's why they barely even have a reverse drive on their tanks.
It was a round in chamber cooking off, that some claimed was the EFP. The autoloader lowers the barrel in the loading sequence. Prob had partially closed breach. And in the process of breaking apart it cooked and blasted rhe round downward.
Also, it seems that the Tank was hit during the reload process, which one would think, would make it a little bit more vulnerable when the hull gets penetrated.
I get it that the color of the projectile may be altered from our view due to its speed captured by a drone camera, but given that it appears to be white/grey and long and thin, I doubt it is an ATGM. It can't be an RPG, I could be wrong but yes they tend to be somewhat long and part of it is thin (the rear), but the warhead isn't thin. They aren't usually fully white/grey as far as I know. Pretty much most shoulder-fired AT weapons don't fit the description based on my knowledge (I could be wrong). No way it is Javelin, TOW or NLAW (I think that I've heard that NLAWs can do direct fire, but they have a very distinctive shape, color and I haven't seen them in forever in Ukraine). Attack angle and the shape of the projectile differs too much. So it can either be a tank gun APFSDS round or a recoilless round. I'm also open-minded for the possibility that it could be a captured Kornet missile. They might just barely fit the shape and even the color so perhaps that is my best guess because I doubt that a APFSDS or a recoilless round at the front of a T-90 could ignite it that bad. Those last two could if all the stars are aligned, but it is almost certainly, in my opinion, more the result of an ATGM with a tandem warhead.
Regardless of what everyone thinks, those couple of years have shown that everyone's tank can turned into space rocket. I am personally biased to the soviet tank school but even then I do admit that regardless of my thoughts on the matter F-ups will always happen even if you will be given a Death Star and then there is always the guy who use his tools and opportunities better you and thus will break even the finest toys(be it Leopard-2, T-90,Challanger-2 or Merkavas). Anyway those conflicts will require proper analysis and rethinking when it comes to tanks, their use and their protection. On one hand we have a new kid on the bloc that proves himself to be a game changer, and this is a drone. While this type of weapon despite it's potential caveats such as evolving anti-aircraft weapons and various electronic warfare systems and jammers is becoming essential, on other hand, it is still the ground troops that have to do the job and and it is useful to have a well protected vehicle that will blast away what have remained of an enemie's hard point after air forces, artillery and drones had their time with them without calling for an another lengthy round of air support or artillery.This is what tank became at this moment on Ukrainian battlefield and when it isn't available, it is substituted by light self-proppelled artillery or in some cases by using some BMP-3's with their 100mm low-pressure guns. In other words, there is still the need for tanks to this day even if they are serving more as powerful support weapon that smashes the way at mid/long range for troops to do their thing. (Now it is time for personal bias, so I have to apologise if my chairman commando expertise sounds offensive): Personaly I think russian tanks are fine and after seeing it's rivals being used and destroyed, now I'm sure that they are even more than fine considering how much their rivals weight and cost have bloated in space of few decades to the point that Americans had to create a new combat vehicle which is totally not a tank but performs many of it's functions(Booker)because their tanks became too cumbersome and costly when it comes to the logistical mobility. You may laugh all you want about russian tanks, their problems and flaws, but get a better look at them and can see that there is a lot of thought that have been put in their design especially when it comes to the weight management.I simply believe that it it is something that they actually have done right. It doesn't make them the best thing since sliced bread, but I personally think that western tanks are worse in a sense that they can perform simmillar tasks while being more heavy and more expensive. Yes I do admit that majority of western tanks have many features that outright beat russian tanks, but what worth are they if they still get blasted almost as spectaculary?
Data on observed losses indicates that T-90 and T-90M have continued to take up about the same percentage of losses as it has for most of the war, suggesting that T-90M tanks are being produced at about the same rate as T-90 and T-90M tanks are being lost. T-72s however have been taking up less and less of the loss share while being replaced by T-80 losses. Similarly, more and more of those T-80 losses are of older T-80B/BV models. The evidence seems to indicate that Russia is running out of modernized tanks overall and that T-90M production and T-80BVM upgrades are only enough to replace ~10% of combat losses of tanks. The overall quality of the tank force is being attrited. A similar pattern can be seen in IFV losses, with more BMP-1s now being lost in fighting than BMP-2s. Check out Perun's video from September for more analysis, but it appears that the middle is falling out of Russia's armored forces.
Something about seeing life get extinguished in less than a second it just horrible, I hope it was painless, it probably was, but the mere sight of how quickly it was done just feels wrong.
for you all who may be sad for such thing to happen, in case of penetration, this was the best worst outcome, instant, no pain, yes it horrible of a second before we nearly see his face, but it could have been much worse, being trapped inside and your tank slowly burning, they didnt see it
Honestly one of the better ways to go in war. No pain or burning or having your body perforated so you bleed to death, just instant incapacitation from the shockwave alone
Hopefully UA-cam doesn’t mess with you for posting this. Nobody else seems to have the balls to post the full video of the tank blowing up cause UA-cam policy. Great analysis as usual red effect!
Pretty gruesome. I suspect that the object landing over to the left of the tank a couple of seconds after the explosion is probably what’s left of the commander. Last year there was overhead drone footage of another Russian tank suffering an ammo explosion, and that showed what was left of that commander being launched high into the air, to land a few seconds later about 20 feet from the tank.
I distinctly remember that one. It was urban right and there was another tank nearby. They had turned their back to a building with an AT team in it IIRC, most likely to get away from it since reverse speed is such a killer (literally)
A couple Leopard tanks gets damaged beyond repair but the crews remain alive: “Da! Western technology fails in the face of the great Russian Bear! NATO trembles!” T-90M #8,000 is obliterated, killing everyone inside: “No problem! Send more Conscriptaviks!”
how do you know the crew escaped the leopard tanks..btw did you saw the Merkava tanks and what 400 dollars bomb did to them yesterday..? think before you writte please ! no tank is 100% safe
@@vedranlastric3632 You both are kinda right. Yes, no tank is safe and I doubt anyone will survive being in direct line of penetrating shot. That being said most western designs put a lot of emphasis on crew survivability - which is proven to make a difference. Also idk about Leopard in particular, but difference between Bradleys and BMPs (2s and 3s) is actually visible in terms of people coming out from them after something exploded. (I know they're often obliterated by artillery after escaping, but in terms of vehicle design... brutally irrelevant)
And theres lots of images of T-90M (and A) that crew survived since its not really about the design level but also the what happened. Put any Tank here and 100% same result would happen except Abrams is more like a 20% and Merkava may also survive because the ammo tends to be on the back but Im not sure about any ready rack. Another would be T-14 which crew would survive while the turret Pop but that is only because the Crew is in another place.
@@vedranlastric3632the Leopard 2A6 in particular has been destroyed a number of times, but in ever case the vehicles remained mostly intact apart from the burn damage. That at least is an indication the crew had time to get away.
This was horrible to watch ngl the feeling that you can just cease to exist so quick and the amount of pain that man must’ve felt in that split second.
@@janoshvondach5866 No, la muerte instantánea solo puede estar en el epicentro de una explosión nuclear. Una persona tiene tiempo para darse cuenta de todo lo demás. Y aunque trato mal a los rusos, ya que mataron a mis cuatro antepasados(no eran soldados, eran civiles), así como a dos de mis antiguos compañeros de clase - en la guerra, no les deseo a los rusos una muerte dolorosa. Es importante preservar la humanidad tanto como sea posible ahora..
3 soldiers just died. On video. It is pretty sad. I do wonder what the commander was doing. With his upper body over the hatch and looking backwards instead of observing and directing the driver and the gunner. His attention was elsewhere than the enemy and the combat. Strange (and I should probably mention that I have been trained and served as a tank commander)
@@nicolasolton Depends. Without your infantry around it is good to be able to observe with your head over the rim. We rarely ran with the hatches closed for that reason. Front towards the enemy is the rule, and the weapons on the tank reach out a long way which is an advantage tankers try to utilize. Generally we would close the hatches for the commander and loader if operating somewhere infantry could sneak up on us. Like brushes etc. With the level of drone droppings we have seen in this war the doctrine probably already have changed. Not good to have a grenade dropped through an open hatch at any time. It is always a compromise.
@@delfinenteddyson9865 I was rather hoping somebody could make an informed guess as I have no idea. The soviets did use flags to control large tank formations in the early days but surely he was not looking for semaphore signals. ;-)
Here's my theory: notice how the smoke launcher goes off right before they are hit. I'm willing to bet they got lased by an AT team. And the system worked by telling the tank the direction of the laser. they popped smoke and began firing in the direction of the enemy. but exposed their side right as the missile hit them.
Not a single tank can withstand a direct missile hit on board with modern anti-tank complexes. And here it absolutely does not matter whether the tower flies off or not, the crew will die anyway, the kingdom of heaven to the boys. I often see questions like: "Why won't the Russians abandon this type of automatic loading, since it detonates and tears off the tower?" The answer is simple - this is exactly what happens when a hit is so deadly that the crew can no longer survive anyway, or after a long fire when the crew left a long time ago tank. The media hostile to Russia always try to present this as a huge problem of Russian tanks, however, if there was an Abrams, or a Merkava, or even a mythical Panther in this place, the result would be the same.
I'm sure I've seen the aftermath of the one where there was a fire in the bustle. It was burnt and rusty and you could see the blowout panels had gone.
Looks like the commander had a pretty westernized combat style, I wonder for how long he had been fighting like that and if there are more tank crews with that style too. I doubt it's any coincidence we see it on a T-90M either.
This is honestly the first tank destruction video I've seen in Ukraine where a commander was out of the hatch, so it's possible this crew felt experienced enough to abandon parts of Russian tank doctrine and found it more effective to have the hatch open. Unless it starts happening more often, I think this might be a one off
It’s not western tactics Russians and the west both did this when sights are blocked possible minefield so commander obviously felt in this scenario they needed better observation and possibly knew that it doesn’t matter cause when they’re hit they’re hit it’s better to be outside sometimes
I saw a video in which the commander of the T90M "Wagner" tank climbed out of the hatch in order to use the walkie-talkie, perhaps the same situation exists here.
@@jaxonl7810 given the security of the t90m, I think a leopard 2 and its crew also had a sad end in a similar case (and this was most likely an explosion on mines / a large land mine, and not what the author of the video indicated).
@@jaxonl7810 with the western crew, Leopard 2 will burn even faster. Russian and so-called Ukrainians (who were also Russian people in the past, but then went crazy) are now the most competent in the war on the planet.
Remember, this isn't just the loss of a tank. I don't care what your views are, or what side you're "rooting" for. There were human lives in that vehicle. That's three lifetimes of human experiences cut short.
@@united_europe Whether you like it or not, those are indeed people. Humans. You dont have to like who they are, or what they're doing, or what they stand for, they are still humans. You dont need to sympathize with them. I just think people get so lost in this warmongering attitude and sensationalize warfare as a spectacle. I think people forget that humans are always on both sides of a war. You, me, and a lot of others have the luxury to judge them from a computer screen. We should think a little more about that.
i think Russia has more tank crews left then Ukrainians soldiers, there is a reason ukis trying to catch all those who fled Ukraine and started a mobilizations couple of weeks ago, Ukraine lost way to many men in combat and also hundred thousands of young men fled the country
@@Notmyname1593 Doesn't matter if the tank explodes you are squishy and everyone in that fighting compartment will die regardless of a explosion because the explosion doesn't have to come from the ammunition to kill everyone. Same way if you got hit with a artillery shell on the top of the turret.
There is no point making a tank completely proof against ammo detonation, it is enough to raise the bar by making sure some random shrapnel can't cause it, only a direct hit with not only enough power to penetrate the outside armor, but also to penetrate the armor of the carousel. It is safe to assume no one inside the tank would survive such a hit anyway, so the ammo explosion does not contribute to crew mortality.
Is there any way to know how effective the different tanks are doing in this war? Are the Leopards doing better than the T-90Ms or the other way around?
There is probably a very diffrent fighting style to each tank for comparison the reverse speed of russian tanks force you to avoid reversing also the height of tanks, protection systems and etc.
Well technically thats hard to measure since they aren't fighting on the same turns when you talk about tactics and artillery superiority and having troops dug into positions tanks are a small factor and engagements between them are kind of rare. In any case russia will always have more tanks than ukraine and from a tactical stand point if they want to take back positions the ukraines are occupying than they will lose tanks simple as that.
From reports, the biggest advantage over the Russian tanks is that leopards are significantly more survivable for the crew. It seems to be the trend across most if not all of the western made vehicles. The designs go to great lengths to make sure that ammo hits are extremely difficult, and when when they do happen the blowout panels will help the crew survive even when the tank is totalled. Red has made videos about it, and comparing things like Bradley's and BMPs. The chances of the crew being able to escape is significantly higher for western vehicles. Also the next biggest advantage is the reverse speed, which is absolutely appalling for Russian tanks, red has made a few videos going to great lengths explaining that issue
@@restitvtororbis5330 With the sole exception of the M1a2 Abrams, virtually every Western tank stores at least 2/3rds of their ammunition in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels The Leopard 2 stores only 15 rounds behind blast doors; the rest of the rounds (27) are in the crew compartment, next to the driver. The Challenger 2 stores none of its rounds behind blast doors The Leclerc stores 22 rounds behind blast doors; and the rest (18) are located in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels The Merkava mk4 stores only 10 of its 48 rounds behind blast doors.
No guarantee they were overconfident. We don't know what was happening. And given the widespread incompetence of Russian commanders, it's quite possible they were ordered forward against their will.
@@revanofkorriban1505 - I could not determine if they were brave or foolhardy, but settled on overconfident. No doubt they were ordered forward, but they seemed enthusiastic
@@kwaii_gamer You can't judge emotion by a low-resolution video from a drone, for the same reason American drone strikes regularly kill civilians rather than terrorists.
One of the things I wondered for some long time, can't there be some form of blowout panels underneath the tanks like T-90, T-72? Like is it in anyway practical? But either way, RIP the Russian tanks crew
it would be very difficult, expensive, and likely not that reliable like on an abrams, or leo 2. i think the prototype burlak turret has a full bustle autoloader, like on the leclerc, but i can be wrong. also i dont know, even if it has a bustle autoloader, if there is any ammo in the hull
It's possible to do something like this, but if you're going to overhaul the hull of the tank enough to do this, you might as well just make a whole new tank.
Feels morbid that you are watching a man just cease to exist. One moment he’s there, the he’s gone
all wars r like that
Agreed. Instant inexistence...Rare to see such a hit
A sobering experience indeed.
@@quinnard9750 But video like that doesn't come around that often. Generally is far off or we just see the aftermath.... I think this is what he was getting at.
Every Russian occupier will receive such a punishment for the children they killed with rocket strikes, for the people they shot in the back of the head, for everything
it really does give you a very different vibe to actually see a person die in a blink of an eye instead of a metal box just instantly exploding into pieces. war is hell.
Atleast it's painless death
Painless and never saw it coming. That's something. And nobody forced him to attack another country.
so uhh yeah about that last part@@kida4313
@@kida4313 I don’t think that he decided to attack
@@kida4313bro, I think many of these Russian soldiers are conscripted, and are forced to fight this war
The roughest thing in this video is that, unlike in previous cases where we saw 1 or 2 metal beast fighting and being completly destroyed now we have seen a human being in that vehicle, we could almost see his face, and he disappeared in the deadly mix of shrapnels, vehicle parts and a fire balls within a blink of an eye in front of our very eyes. And it doesn't matter if it is Russian or Ukranian, seeing such a brutal, unhumane end of a life is tragical. At least he didn't suffer, probably he didn't feel it at all, he didn't have time for it. And this reminds me when I said the best use of a weapon system is when we use it for parading and power demonstrations, and the most succesful wars are the ones which are being fought on military parades. Thanks for the video.
Yes, i feel you man. As u said, at least it was instant painless death. I also feel sorry for russians who are getting killed, because any loss of human life is a tragedy. On the other hand how many ukrainians this tank had killed, also loss of human lives. At this point its the most important thing that Ukraine is on the right side of history, because, it was russia, that started a was Europe has not seen in decades. At this point, its all that matters
He has no reasons to come to ukraine. So we only get more sunflowers.
@@blazej0864 Relax keyboard warrior. It's okay to feel for a humans who where just blown up.
@@kaspadd5760 I see your point but in history we don't make good and bad sides. Yeah in WW2 it might looked quite obvious, in this case it is even more obvious, but let's just say Russia's mad run must be stopped
Looking at the video, he was gone anywhere from 1/60th to 1/30th of a second
Rest in peace, at least he got it easy, unlike so many others
Side armor isn't suffiecent for this.
War Thunder: You sure about that?
Black ammo. Sory cant set ammo detonation chance to 15% irl
Here are some classified documents to prove that 😅
@@Kill4Time255 it is actually 80% in WT, but who cares, right?
@@user-qn3xu5ee3t Yeah... exactly right.
@@user-qn3xu5ee3t 80% bullshit, 20% bugs
At least for the crew it was over fast. Overpressure fragments and heat. No chance to realise what happened.
Hits different when you actually see the commander's face out the hatch then he's gone.
Totally agree. To see one there and a split second later, they’re not... At least this death came swift and painless.
@@user-fi8uc9gb2tnot painful enough for the orcs
Not really for me. What I saw was a person yes, a person very intently trying to kill other people with his machine, to conquer them, not to defend. I suppose it hit more than if it was a metal box with no visible people, but a lot less than some other footage I have seen in my time.
@@Altrantis Not defending what Russia has done but when you realise someone has just lost their son, brother, husband or even father in an instant like that…
War is truly a terrible thing…
@@AltrantisI suggest not looking at what you call “footage”, as no okay person would genuinely take you seriously after saying such an inhuman take. And if there is no sympathy to the person, then you should have it for their family/relatives.
the most idiotic thing ive seen about this video is that someone had posted it in warthunder forums claiming its a israeli merkava being popped
Get ready because the more realistic actual tank games get, the more people will post videos of destroyed tanks and say: look a destroyed :insert_nation: tank. As we seen it with Ukrainian bots posting Arma 3 videos and passing them as actual Russian vehicle losses.
One of the most wild I have seen, no warning, just instant destruction, good thing that the crew didn't feel a thing, they were vaporized faster than the nerve ending have time to send the pain signal.
I believe that's true. You would hope. Unfortunately, no one is capable of saying whether that's indeed true.
@@funkrates4778 We can know for sure. Even the fastest human reaction speeds arent 1/60 of a second fast. An agonizing death can be seen by analizing the brain of the deceased for the apropriate changes, here the brain could make no adjustments before being vaporized in a near instant.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Perhaps. However, I have seen explosions where it would seem that someone was vaporized but they are instead 30 yards away, alive and dismembered. I pray this is not one of those situations.
If I gotta go make it instant. Far better being atomized in an instant than slowly bleeding out with a torso full for holes.
Well, he's still apparently in one piece when he falls down so it's not quite evaporating, but yeah it was probably quite instant.
My theory on what happened here is that the tanks optics & view ports got disabled or obscured. At the start of footage you see something hit the tank, either a mine or ATGM, you then see the tank deploy smoke and start moving erratically. This could also be the reason you see the commander hatch up as he’s most likely trying to direct the driver, releasing that they are drifting into the field which is probably mined he directs them back onto the road inadvertently exposing their side
yea probably some missle or another tank hit them
to that i'll add that when RedEffect said "what appears to be a HEAT jet passing through the tank and lifting up the dust" at 1:37, it's most likely was a cookoff of a round in the barrel caused by overpressure in the turret.
@@siralex0encmoz I think that’s also the reason for such a violent detention, the tanks auto loader was in the process of reloading
@@siralex0encmoz doubt that, barrel was facing different angle then this trail was at, most likely it was just a shrapnel
@@siralex0encmoz Yes he said some people claim that it's a heat jet passing through the tank but he believes it's the latter and it's just a detonation of the round coming from the barrel of the turret
2:11 I doubt they waited until it turned, becuase it takes some time for the missile to fire and hit. It's a big open field so it probolody came quite far away.
It was not an ATGM, it was a DM-22, German trip wire anti tank mine. You can ID the projectile in the frame just before the explosion.
@@John-zk4vpAre you sure? In that frame you can barely make out the projectile and it looks long and narrow, where as the DM-22 has a large cylinder in the middle of the projectile containing the shaped charge. Really doesn't look like a DM-22 to me.
Well, there you go. No tank is invincible no matter how good it is, a single soldier with a portable ATGM launcher can do the job.
That's why anti-infantry support is so important.
Red makes fairly neutral content showing both sides's wins and losses, yet the comment sections are either "(Space Program Joke)", "Russian Heroes" or Copium from both sides.
Only that if you bring enough infantry to meaningfully protect the tank, you now cover 20x the area to step on mines and become a prime target for artillery.
There is a reason why both sides tend to deploy tanks with only small numbers of infantry or on their own rather than doing full scale combined arms maneuver.
ehh APS systems, better optics, overall better support mechanisms and a tank that doesn't caput with a singular hit would've saved these poor souls.
yeah, we see how that "helped" merakva MK4@@orcashamudeluxeu567
@@orcashamudeluxeu567aps don't guarantee 100% protection anyway
They should make you general. General of armchairs. If weapons can kill tanks. What do you think they can do to flesh?
That is honestly insane to see up close but also sad as you can see 3 peoples live lost in seconds.
Atleast it's quick and painless death
I don’t know what kind of sadness one can talk about in relation to the aggressors and accomplices of war crimes. Do you empathize with the Wehrmacht soldiers? Personally, I don't.
@@user-iy9cy7fz5olmfao what is wrong with you
they are russians. sorry, i have no empathy for my enemies.
@@user-iy9cy7fz5o comparing the Russian soldiers with wermacht is beyond hypocritical and proves your lack of history knowledge. As expected from an ukrainian.
Red effect is the best because he shows both sides of this conflict.
And isn't one sided like most yank and western channels
And y are the worst beacuse u are supporting both sides
Get urself a life man
Well at least its not as bias as History legend's
It's him turtle chad!
it brings bread to his table
RIP tank crew, shit that’s brutal…
Fr, one frame you can see somebody, and the other frame there is just a massive explosion
@@almightyairheadyes poor man
thats the seriousness of war. people like me and u from the outside viewing it dont actually realise how brutal and morbid it gets because were restricted to what we can actually see online and in the media. in reality it can look as morbid as ww1 and ww2 for all we know and we wouldnt even realise it. this is likely just touching the surface of whats going on, within the frontlines.
-3 what looks like trained tankmen. good ridance
@@cosmo1084 you might be pro-ukraine, but don't forget your humanity. Soldiers are still humans.
That explosion was insane. The crew definitely died quickly. I hope we see some videos regarding the Merkavas in the newly erupted war between Israel and Hamas
Palastine*
@@perfectcell1157
Gaza*
@@unai_asecas9070 Geo-politically you're correct
ethically and historically you couldn't have been more wrong
@@perfectcell1157history is written by the victors
@@philipstrutt1086 Doesn't mean "real" history didn't happen
I can't wait for this conflict to be over. It's horrifying seeing a human being being alive and well and then vaporized within a 30th of a second.
a quick death, not a bad one.
Well the brain didn't get to process the body damage so thankfully the turret crew didn't feel any pain at all
well at least it was quick. RIP. Seemed experienced too.
Looking at that commanders face and knowing he is not alive anymore hurts me.
idc if he is russian or not he is still a human
Which frame?
No no no... correction... he WAS a human. One fighting for evil.
@@MrJC1idk for evil but its still sad
welcome to the reality of the world we live in
we would be probly capable to go interstellar if we dumb humans woudnt kill ourselfs over and over
Now imagine thateach of those shots that the tank makes, do the same people on the other side. Now you dont want to have him alive do you?
I dont think they waited for tank to turn to side a bit i think they just got lucky that it showed bit of side at the right time, unless they were at point blank range
My guess is they got flanked because they were probably supporting infantry in the tree line and than maybe the ukrainians had to retreat but than that tank came and they probably took their chances and who knows where the atgm team is they could also be dead if they didn't switch positions fast enough or they got killed later.
Could you analyze some of the destroyed Merkva tanks?
which one? the latest mk4 destruction was just a drone from above with a 80mm mortar round lol no tank is safe against that
@@jleonlove7965today I saw how 1 mk4 was disabled and then got its ammo rack detonated by either a rocket or was scuttled from inside by Palestinian fighters and there was also a video of a Merkeva eating a few RPG projectiles, didn't blow up but what is interesting there is how the trophy system did absolutely nothing against that mid Cold War technology
@@jleonlove7965 actually confirmed its an rpg-29 round
@@dannycage8672 there are multiple destroyed tanks one got definitely destroyed by a drone from above theres a video for it i think ur talking about the new pictures from other tanks
@@wrpg9955 Could be that the trophy system was used up, damaged, or it was within minimum reaction distance.
Rest in Peace all those involved in this horrible war.
The occupiers will never have peace or rest
@@last0rderlike israel
Except those committing atrocities. They should rest in pieces.
@@user-yq6gl9ih1u like the people that support Hamas?
@@last0rder No, everyone fights for the interest of their own nation. Get out of the cartoon in your head, there are no heroes and antagonists
Russian apologists who shat on the immobilized Leo2 from few months ago are now real quiet or say the "No tank wouldve survived that" cope.
@@Mal101M Well that's because it isn't. Since there are better Leopards around in the world.
@@Mal101M the Leopards 2s they got are from 2003 from Germany atleast, even older from other countries. T90M is from 2017
As a result of such an explosion, a human dies faster than he has time to feel pain. In my opinion, it is better to die like this, quickly and painlessly, than to die slowly from a gunshot wound or a mine explosion.
It probably sounds very strange, but Russian tank crew have an advantage over NATO tank crew in this regard - the tank explodes and you evaporate)
There was a video of Russians recording a destroyed Ukrainian T72 and the tank seemed fine until the giant hole on the left side came into frame, couldn't help but think that it was a long excruciating death and not a quick one
Can you also show us the Merkava tanks that was taken out recently
Merkava?
@@saucyinnit8799 Israeli MBTs taken out by hamas.
@@Sunshine-sl3kr and Hamas took out Israeli MBTs
Maybe he is taking his time to verify the vids, and clear the merkava variant(B/M)
UA-cam won't allow that
At least it was instant ... they felt nothing 😢
I think the "jet" out is the detonation of the shell that is already in the chamber. Because the damages are already happening in a way that might have warped the cannon as well. That is why it kinda looks a bit strange since it might have been detonated because the whole chamber inside the tank was ripped open in order to detonate the shell.
Meanwhile on War Thunder forums:
*It's a Merkava*
When I first saw the video I believed it was in Israel 🤭 but then I realised it was in Ukraine when the tank exploded as Hamas doesn’t have that technology
Was waiting for you to cover this!
T90 space program is going very well
Red !
how can i communicate with you? I have some rare footages of Merkava tank being destroyed in Israel so you can review it and do a video about it
I'd like to see him cover some of that too . I have seen video of one destroyed by drone throwing explosive in the hatch i think and some images of a burning one ,not sure if it's the same tank .
I have more videos of merkava being destroyed by ATGM's And RPG's
idk where can i share it , is there a tank community in discord or something ?
You can say whatever about the merkava, that they got rekt by ancient rpg but their turrets never fly
@@WEMBLEYNE never say never . Found an image of a destroyed merkava tank with separated turret,taken down by an atgm i belive from 2010 or earlier . They may have improved things now but you never know .
@@WEMBLEYNE watched a guy here on youtube talking about merkava tanks and he says how the turrets fly like the russian tanks ,so nothing much has improved . Like i said ,never say never
The "jet" to the left as the tank explodes may very well be that the breach of the gun was open (they had just fired a shot) and that when the missile struck, it ignites everything and the overpressure finds every way it can out of the tank.
It's crazy that it appears the entire hull was completely pulverized
Yea man that was an unusual detonation, even for a loaded tank. Wow.
What a TOW 2 missile fired from a M2A2 Bradley does to Russian armor.
@@ineedapharmists Bradleys aint doing much from what im seeing lol, the only confirmed UAF bradley kill was a ATGM on a BMP2 before they moved into Robotyn.
@@ineedapharmists Ukraine has tandem TOW-2A?
Damn, what a way to go. The crew probably had no idea it was coming. At least it was quick.
I know I am no fan of Russia and i am very pro Ukraine, but we just watched 3 men die, it’s hard to not feel sorry. It is truly hard for the lives of three people be wasted for what purpose
Ps: these guys should have never been there, I am not condoning the actions of Russia. Ukraine should have never been invaded, Russia has done unspeakable war crimes and actions against the people of Ukraine, but seeing people just die really hurts for me to look at when everything that has happened was avoidable if Russia just didn’t invade Ukraine.
They didn't feel anything, better than many tank crews end up
I'm not a fan of either and I agree. Such a waste of life.
🤷
Cause you did not lost your mind to savagery yet. Keep it that way. Every death is a tragedy, all of this bullshit should have never happened.
Pray you never NOT feel sorry. At that point, you'll know you've become a monster. (R.I.P. to that crew)
IMO the dust kicking up from the right is from the tank's main gun firing. Yes it appears to be pointing the wrong direction for that, but it may well have gone off as the turret was being blown off. Which could have had the gun pointing in a different direction than we see it in the final frame before detonation....Though I agree it looks like an ATGM struck it, it's also possible the tank hit a mine. After all it explodes just as it crosses back on the dirt road.
Pause at 1:11, then use the period key to advance frame by frame. There is a single frame where you can see something white or grey come flying in from the left along the road. This was definitely an ATGM hit.
i would personally deduce the fact that a missle clearly caused the destruction of the tank and for it to explode however i think it was signified more by the ammuntion within the tank. its quite common for ammunition in tanks to heat up or shoot projectiles in many directions like a granade and if it happens to be the tank rounds that was the cause of a signified explosion, it could be quite likely one of the rounds penetrated and shot out the side of the tank while most if not all others exploded from the inside and not make it far enough or have enough force to penetrate the tank armour. from the kinetic energy build up, i would say that would likely be the main cause for the tank turret blasting off the tank its self. cant be certain but its open possibilities.
We lost another high-tier War Thunder player. R.I.P. bro, i cri evrytiem
Guess those russian shovels didn't save them
@@jaxonl7810 sekrit dokuments and Stalinium didn't work, UA ATGMs OP pls nerf
damn that sucks. it seems like the crew was also very experienced as well.
Not enough experience to conduct an attack all by themselve
Hahahahaha good joke
@@jaxonl7810 Tf got you coping about?
Would ne nice if you make a video about the performance of the Merkavas in resend days. As you predicted, the front mounted engine catch pretty quickly fire.
The strange one to me was how immediate the ammo cook-off was, normally that takes a few seconds. Not the most impressive turret toss we've seen, but can't deny that it was effective.
I'm inclined to think that a shell or charge took a direct hit from the incoming projectile's penetrator, rupturing it and causing ignition in the same moment.
This was not a cook-off. Turrets do not pop from simple cookoffs especially when the hatches are unlocked (the tanks just burn down violently). It is quite simple that tank was loaded to the gills with HE-FRAG (since it was attacking dug in Ukr positions).
@@user-dp4ok9ox5wwrong, fuel tank detonation and subsequent ammunition catching fire.
@@guts2787 No, it was HE-FRAG ammo detonation. In cookoff only the propellant and / or fuel burns, but it does not create enough pressure to pop a turret especially when even one of the hatches is open and would allow the pressure to escape. Or what do you think, the tank was loaded with APFDS alone? Just, no.
PS. There is a reason why US does not use HEFRAG rounds in their tanks and use instead canister shots (which are much worse, but also do not explode).
yeah thats what surprised me, with ammo in a tank, ud usually have the small rounds ammo so ammo for rifles that would instantly go off with some that cook and go off after but this seems like it was the tank shells them selves that went off instantly while the small rounds just went off inside the tank. the guy who shot the missle mustve had such a perfect shot and hit one of the weakest points of the tank for it to blast open and shink in size by a good 20% just from an explosion. usually the frame is heavily burned but still in tact for some time before melting still keeping moreless the same size it had, this one shrunk in size within seconds.
It's the first insta kill of a t90m i've seen so far, most tanks usually burned up before exploding so some of the crew were able to escape, this one had no chance.
well the atgm went through the side, most tanks are going to go boom like this if it happens
Incompetent crew, no wing man, no artillery or infantry support. What did they expected?
That's not an incompetent crew. It's one given an impossible task with little to no support. Russians who retreat are not respected, it's why they barely even have a reverse drive on their tanks.
@@bluedistortions Change your tampon, you're bleeding.
@@SRT10VIPERwow such an intelligent comment.....NOT 😂
@@jaxonl7810 🤣ok soy boy lookalike
It was a round in chamber cooking off, that some claimed was the EFP. The autoloader lowers the barrel in the loading sequence. Prob had partially closed breach. And in the process of breaking apart it cooked and blasted rhe round downward.
Also, it seems that the Tank was hit during the reload process, which one would think, would make it a little bit more vulnerable when the hull gets penetrated.
True
Interesting that a new tank like a T-90M would be sent into combat without the reactive armor that might have saved it.
Well they hit first mine then in almost same time atgm it was bad luck for them...
Nothing helping Russian tanks it’s why they want to capture nato tanks so badly
Russian tech = 💩
@@galicije83Did you watch the video?
No, it's just that the relikt era is just pure crap.
@@sdrkrmor is it that thw missile hit the side part, wich is very weak in any tank.
I get it that the color of the projectile may be altered from our view due to its speed captured by a drone camera, but given that it appears to be white/grey and long and thin, I doubt it is an ATGM. It can't be an RPG, I could be wrong but yes they tend to be somewhat long and part of it is thin (the rear), but the warhead isn't thin. They aren't usually fully white/grey as far as I know. Pretty much most shoulder-fired AT weapons don't fit the description based on my knowledge (I could be wrong). No way it is Javelin, TOW or NLAW (I think that I've heard that NLAWs can do direct fire, but they have a very distinctive shape, color and I haven't seen them in forever in Ukraine). Attack angle and the shape of the projectile differs too much. So it can either be a tank gun APFSDS round or a recoilless round. I'm also open-minded for the possibility that it could be a captured Kornet missile. They might just barely fit the shape and even the color so perhaps that is my best guess because I doubt that a APFSDS or a recoilless round at the front of a T-90 could ignite it that bad. Those last two could if all the stars are aligned, but it is almost certainly, in my opinion, more the result of an ATGM with a tandem warhead.
Let's also take a moment to realize we just watched 3 men die instantly (the Tank Commander, The Gunner and The Driver)
Regardless of what everyone thinks, those couple of years have shown that everyone's tank can turned into space rocket. I am personally biased to the soviet tank school but even then I do admit that regardless of my thoughts on the matter F-ups will always happen even if you will be given a Death Star and then there is always the guy who use his tools and opportunities better you and thus will break even the finest toys(be it Leopard-2, T-90,Challanger-2 or Merkavas). Anyway those conflicts will require proper analysis and rethinking when it comes to tanks, their use and their protection. On one hand we have a new kid on the bloc that proves himself to be a game changer, and this is a drone. While this type of weapon despite it's potential caveats such as evolving anti-aircraft weapons and various electronic warfare systems and jammers is becoming essential, on other hand, it is still the ground troops that have to do the job and and it is useful to have a well protected vehicle that will blast away what have remained of an enemie's hard point after air forces, artillery and drones had their time with them without calling for an another lengthy round of air support or artillery.This is what tank became at this moment on Ukrainian battlefield and when it isn't available, it is substituted by light self-proppelled artillery or in some cases by using some BMP-3's with their 100mm low-pressure guns. In other words, there is still the need for tanks to this day even if they are serving more as powerful support weapon that smashes the way at mid/long range for troops to do their thing. (Now it is time for personal bias, so I have to apologise if my chairman commando expertise sounds offensive): Personaly I think russian tanks are fine and after seeing it's rivals being used and destroyed, now I'm sure that they are even more than fine considering how much their rivals weight and cost have bloated in space of few decades to the point that Americans had to create a new combat vehicle which is totally not a tank but performs many of it's functions(Booker)because their tanks became too cumbersome and costly when it comes to the logistical mobility. You may laugh all you want about russian tanks, their problems and flaws, but get a better look at them and can see that there is a lot of thought that have been put in their design especially when it comes to the weight management.I simply believe that it it is something that they actually have done right. It doesn't make them the best thing since sliced bread, but I personally think that western tanks are worse in a sense that they can perform simmillar tasks while being more heavy and more expensive. Yes I do admit that majority of western tanks have many features that outright beat russian tanks, but what worth are they if they still get blasted almost as spectaculary?
Data on observed losses indicates that T-90 and T-90M have continued to take up about the same percentage of losses as it has for most of the war, suggesting that T-90M tanks are being produced at about the same rate as T-90 and T-90M tanks are being lost. T-72s however have been taking up less and less of the loss share while being replaced by T-80 losses. Similarly, more and more of those T-80 losses are of older T-80B/BV models. The evidence seems to indicate that Russia is running out of modernized tanks overall and that T-90M production and T-80BVM upgrades are only enough to replace ~10% of combat losses of tanks. The overall quality of the tank force is being attrited. A similar pattern can be seen in IFV losses, with more BMP-1s now being lost in fighting than BMP-2s. Check out Perun's video from September for more analysis, but it appears that the middle is falling out of Russia's armored forces.
If only ua could hit russian tank factories. Russians would have been without tanks in few month. But anyway great news
Perun has predicted so much shit wrong. I dont think he got anything right honestly.
@@niksonrex88perun is biased towards UA anyway
@@niksonrex88what has he predicted wrong?
@@HW.0029 heavily biased.
Incredible power in these ATGMs, quite devastating.
probably a skif which is slightly more powerful than kornet
Im guess this a accident when atgm hit in same time as t90m stomp on mine.
half the power is ammunition exploding from the tank itself
Absolutely rooted.....top job
going frame by frame shows the suspected projectile lifting up the dust clearly move away, i think its safe to say you're right with that analysis
Something about seeing life get extinguished in less than a second it just horrible, I hope it was painless, it probably was, but the mere sight of how quickly it was done just feels wrong.
Feels even worse it's being used to get views.
for you all who may be sad for such thing to happen, in case of penetration, this was the best worst outcome, instant, no pain, yes it horrible of a second before we nearly see his face, but it could have been much worse, being trapped inside and your tank slowly burning, they didnt see it
Honestly one of the better ways to go in war.
No pain or burning or having your body perforated so you bleed to death, just instant incapacitation from the shockwave alone
Hopefully UA-cam doesn’t mess with you for posting this. Nobody else seems to have the balls to post the full video of the tank blowing up cause UA-cam policy. Great analysis as usual red effect!
UA-cam will want to show the horrors in Israel, so the censorship will be off for awhile. 😂
Pretty gruesome. I suspect that the object landing over to the left of the tank a couple of seconds after the explosion is probably what’s left of the commander. Last year there was overhead drone footage of another Russian tank suffering an ammo explosion, and that showed what was left of that commander being launched high into the air, to land a few seconds later about 20 feet from the tank.
I distinctly remember that one. It was urban right and there was another tank nearby. They had turned their back to a building with an AT team in it IIRC, most likely to get away from it since reverse speed is such a killer (literally)
May they rest in peace 🙏🇷🇺🇺🇦
Still can't decide if making the turret an inherent part of the explosive-reactive armor was a smart move...
Trashkava being burned by home made stuff deserves a video.
The propaganda says it has "the best crew protection" but only 1 of the 3 was still alive.
Truly more air time than the jets
something about the crew actually being competent and being able to see the commander makes this a lot harder to watch.
A couple Leopard tanks gets damaged beyond repair but the crews remain alive: “Da! Western technology fails in the face of the great Russian Bear! NATO trembles!”
T-90M #8,000 is obliterated, killing everyone inside: “No problem! Send more Conscriptaviks!”
how do you know the crew escaped the leopard tanks..btw did you saw the Merkava tanks and what 400 dollars bomb did to them yesterday..?
think before you writte please ! no tank is 100% safe
@@vedranlastric3632 You both are kinda right.
Yes, no tank is safe and I doubt anyone will survive being in direct line of penetrating shot.
That being said most western designs put a lot of emphasis on crew survivability - which is proven to make a difference.
Also idk about Leopard in particular, but difference between Bradleys and BMPs (2s and 3s) is actually visible in terms of people coming out from them after something exploded. (I know they're often obliterated by artillery after escaping, but in terms of vehicle design... brutally irrelevant)
And theres lots of images of T-90M (and A) that crew survived since its not really about the design level but also the what happened.
Put any Tank here and 100% same result would happen except Abrams is more like a 20% and Merkava may also survive because the ammo tends to be on the back but Im not sure about any ready rack.
Another would be T-14 which crew would survive while the turret Pop but that is only because the Crew is in another place.
@@vedranlastric3632the Leopard 2A6 in particular has been destroyed a number of times, but in ever case the vehicles remained mostly intact apart from the burn damage. That at least is an indication the crew had time to get away.
@@scatterlite2266 thats beccause leopards that have been destroyed are by arty and not dirrect hit from ATGM..
That split second , he just..... disappear , thats ... that war ... thats hell
Atleast it's painless
This was horrible to watch ngl the feeling that you can just cease to exist so quick and the amount of pain that man must’ve felt in that split second.
he was probbably vaporized before his brain could process what happened, still horrible, i fuckin hate war
@@janoshvondach5866 No, la muerte instantánea solo puede estar en el epicentro de una explosión nuclear. Una persona tiene tiempo para darse cuenta de todo lo demás. Y aunque trato mal a los rusos, ya que mataron a mis cuatro antepasados(no eran soldados, eran civiles), así como a dos de mis antiguos compañeros de clase - en la guerra, no les deseo a los rusos una muerte dolorosa. Es importante preservar la humanidad tanto como sea posible ahora..
3 soldiers just died. On video. It is pretty sad.
I do wonder what the commander was doing. With his upper body over the hatch and looking backwards instead of observing and directing the driver and the gunner. His attention was elsewhere than the enemy and the combat. Strange (and I should probably mention that I have been trained and served as a tank commander)
you seem to be the best candidate to make an educated guess in that case
Wouldn't it make more sense for the tank to have its hatches closed when in active combat and in danger of getting hit?
@@nicolasolton Depends. Without your infantry around it is good to be able to observe with your head over the rim. We rarely ran with the hatches closed for that reason. Front towards the enemy is the rule, and the weapons on the tank reach out a long way which is an advantage tankers try to utilize. Generally we would close the hatches for the commander and loader if operating somewhere infantry could sneak up on us. Like brushes etc.
With the level of drone droppings we have seen in this war the doctrine probably already have changed. Not good to have a grenade dropped through an open hatch at any time.
It is always a compromise.
Effect goes before cover. If he sees better unbottoned its better
@@delfinenteddyson9865 I was rather hoping somebody could make an informed guess as I have no idea. The soviets did use flags to control large tank formations in the early days but surely he was not looking for semaphore signals. ;-)
talk about the israeli tanks being destroyed by drones & rpg-7
You are talking about the Merkava near a fence? Is there proof it was an RPG7?
I only saw video of the burned tank not what destroyed it.
that it`s why I am asking him to analyze it@@ousou78
I just want to know if the M10 Booker is a tank or not.
I think everyone was waiting for this analysis.
I want to see something similar with Armata like in this video)))
Here's my theory: notice how the smoke launcher goes off right before they are hit. I'm willing to bet they got lased by an AT team. And the system worked by telling the tank the direction of the laser. they popped smoke and began firing in the direction of the enemy. but exposed their side right as the missile hit them.
See...if he had been 'buttoned up'?
He would have survived.
Seriously... R.I.P. to that crew.
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Nope if he was buttoned up he wouldbt survive
@@speen9430 I know...I was joking.
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Not a single tank can withstand a direct missile hit on board with modern anti-tank complexes. And here it absolutely does not matter whether the tower flies off or not, the crew will die anyway, the kingdom of heaven to the boys.
I often see questions like: "Why won't the Russians abandon this type of automatic loading, since it detonates and tears off the tower?"
The answer is simple - this is exactly what happens when a hit is so deadly that the crew can no longer survive anyway, or after a long fire when the crew left a long time ago tank.
The media hostile to Russia always try to present this as a huge problem of Russian tanks, however, if there was an Abrams, or a Merkava, or even a mythical Panther in this place, the result would be the same.
I'm sure I've seen the aftermath of the one where there was a fire in the bustle. It was burnt and rusty and you could see the blowout panels had gone.
1:12 When you use a 500% booster
Aight time to spawn as a Heli and Revenge CAS
RedEffect: "Was it a missile or was it a rocket?"
Everyone else: "That dude just got deleted"
Top job..
Looks like the commander had a pretty westernized combat style, I wonder for how long he had been fighting like that and if there are more tank crews with that style too. I doubt it's any coincidence we see it on a T-90M either.
This is honestly the first tank destruction video I've seen in Ukraine where a commander was out of the hatch, so it's possible this crew felt experienced enough to abandon parts of Russian tank doctrine and found it more effective to have the hatch open. Unless it starts happening more often, I think this might be a one off
It’s not western tactics Russians and the west both did this when sights are blocked possible minefield so commander obviously felt in this scenario they needed better observation and possibly knew that it doesn’t matter cause when they’re hit they’re hit it’s better to be outside sometimes
I saw a video in which the commander of the T90M "Wagner" tank climbed out of the hatch in order to use the walkie-talkie, perhaps the same situation exists here.
Rest in peace to all who have died in this imperialist war.
Could you go into more detail about the ERA armor used by both sides in this conflict?
Red can you make video about Merkava Mk 4?
Rest in peace Russian crew.
They went out with bravery. True russian warriors.
Yeah, seeing the dude in the hatch just disappear is always disturbing to watch.
@@Kroq_Gar true invader pigs
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More like, rest in piss
Is this the almighty T 90 thats supposed to be better then leopards 😂
therefore, the leopards are cowardly sitting it is unclear where, while the t90m works on the front line.🤣
@@user-zz8pu5yu2xnot anymore LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂
Looks like those shovels didn't save that t 90
@@jaxonl7810 given the security of the t90m, I think a leopard 2 and its crew also had a sad end in a similar case (and this was most likely an explosion on mines / a large land mine, and not what the author of the video indicated).
@@user-zz8pu5yu2x😂😂😂😂😂 gotta bring up lepord to cope
Larger landmine ? 😂😂😂😂😂
Man you are such good at making people laugh
Keep it up 😂
@@jaxonl7810 with the western crew, Leopard 2 will burn even faster. Russian and so-called Ukrainians (who were also Russian people in the past, but then went crazy) are now the most competent in the war on the planet.
Mines are seen on the road. Exactly where his tracks went over. They zoomed in at that moment so it ppl dont notice.
Thanks to UA-cam's addblock block I can't watch this video.
Do you have a channel on Rumble or Odysee?
Could the dust on the ground be the cable from an ATGM?
Grat video by the way
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Creative thought, but no. The Stugna isn't wire guided.
thank you. right to the point and no political or emotional bs
Dude is the BEST in all of UA-cam
Remember, this isn't just the loss of a tank. I don't care what your views are, or what side you're "rooting" for. There were human lives in that vehicle. That's three lifetimes of human experiences cut short.
"humans"
@@united_europe Whether you like it or not, those are indeed people. Humans. You dont have to like who they are, or what they're doing, or what they stand for, they are still humans.
You dont need to sympathize with them. I just think people get so lost in this warmongering attitude and sensationalize warfare as a spectacle. I think people forget that humans are always on both sides of a war.
You, me, and a lot of others have the luxury to judge them from a computer screen. We should think a little more about that.
Its very different when the hatch is open.... the disconnected humanity of the tank vs the man sticking out of it, we do fight in brutal ways
Good tank crew for sure, probably one of the last. Last thing to go thorough their minds was auto loader carousel.
i think Russia has more tank crews left then Ukrainians soldiers, there is a reason ukis trying to catch all those who fled Ukraine and started a mobilizations couple of weeks ago, Ukraine lost way to many men in combat and also hundred thousands of young men fled the country
How is having the hatches open and your head out the hatch the sign of a good crew? Seems like it might be the opposite??
@@kthec1298😂😂😂😂 sure bud pretend russia doesn't
@@jaxonl7810 get a hobby kid
@@jaxonl7810 Man what a annoyning bot
Tbh a hit like this would be pretty imposssible to survive for any tank. Imo T-90M is still a really solid MBT.
Not sure if any tank would explode quite like that as a result though.
@@Notmyname1593it will if HE shells are hit. It's not a propelant burnout and blowout panels won't help against internal explosion
If that wouldve been a Leo2 you guys would shit on it.
@@Notmyname1593 Doesn't matter if the tank explodes you are squishy and everyone in that fighting compartment will die regardless of a explosion because the explosion doesn't have to come from the ammunition to kill everyone. Same way if you got hit with a artillery shell on the top of the turret.
t14 would have survived because they only exist on paper
There is no point making a tank completely proof against ammo detonation, it is enough to raise the bar by making sure some random shrapnel can't cause it, only a direct hit with not only enough power to penetrate the outside armor, but also to penetrate the armor of the carousel. It is safe to assume no one inside the tank would survive such a hit anyway, so the ammo explosion does not contribute to crew mortality.
Is there any way to know how effective the different tanks are doing in this war? Are the Leopards doing better than the T-90Ms or the other way around?
There is probably a very diffrent fighting style to each tank for comparison the reverse speed of russian tanks force you to avoid reversing also the height of tanks, protection systems and etc.
Well technically thats hard to measure since they aren't fighting on the same turns when you talk about tactics and artillery superiority and having troops dug into positions tanks are a small factor and engagements between them are kind of rare. In any case russia will always have more tanks than ukraine and from a tactical stand point if they want to take back positions the ukraines are occupying than they will lose tanks simple as that.
From reports, the biggest advantage over the Russian tanks is that leopards are significantly more survivable for the crew. It seems to be the trend across most if not all of the western made vehicles. The designs go to great lengths to make sure that ammo hits are extremely difficult, and when when they do happen the blowout panels will help the crew survive even when the tank is totalled. Red has made videos about it, and comparing things like Bradley's and BMPs. The chances of the crew being able to escape is significantly higher for western vehicles.
Also the next biggest advantage is the reverse speed, which is absolutely appalling for Russian tanks, red has made a few videos going to great lengths explaining that issue
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With the sole exception of the M1a2 Abrams, virtually every Western tank stores at least 2/3rds of their ammunition in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels
The Leopard 2 stores only 15 rounds behind blast doors; the rest of the rounds (27) are in the crew compartment, next to the driver.
The Challenger 2 stores none of its rounds behind blast doors
The Leclerc stores 22 rounds behind blast doors; and the rest (18) are located in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels
The Merkava mk4 stores only 10 of its 48 rounds behind blast doors.
Rip to the crew of T-90M.
They fought and they lost their lives. Whatever they did believe in is gone with them now.
May they rest in peace 🕊️
Should have stayed in russia and not invade foreign countries raping innocents and destroying whole cities
@@bennet2137 Is that how ukraines smelt like in the leopards?
@@bennet2137 они с другой стороны
@@bennet2137 You've just seen men dying and that's what you say ?
You should have been in that tank.
Pieces*
Definitely an experienced, and over confident crew..
No guarantee they were overconfident. We don't know what was happening. And given the widespread incompetence of Russian commanders, it's quite possible they were ordered forward against their will.
@@revanofkorriban1505 - I could not determine if they were brave or foolhardy, but settled on overconfident. No doubt they were ordered forward, but they seemed enthusiastic
RIP? For bringing a war to a neighbour country? No honor for them.
@@kharakternyk_ You're right
@@kwaii_gamer You can't judge emotion by a low-resolution video from a drone, for the same reason American drone strikes regularly kill civilians rather than terrorists.
This show why tactic and work in team is important. Tho I feel sad that...even a enemy..he just gone without knowing what happen
It was a DM-22, german anti tank mine.
Will you cover the Merkava losses? That model took quite the beating as of recent. And it's reputation as well.
One of the things I wondered for some long time, can't there be some form of blowout panels underneath the tanks like T-90, T-72? Like is it in anyway practical?
But either way, RIP the Russian tanks crew
I mean sure they can be but then the hulls would need to be widened and lifted. Something not very feasable or practical to do.
it would be very difficult, expensive, and likely not that reliable like on an abrams, or leo 2.
i think the prototype burlak turret has a full bustle autoloader, like on the leclerc, but i can be wrong. also i dont know, even if it has a bustle autoloader, if there is any ammo in the hull
@@saucyinnit8799 this will do absolutely horrible against at mines
It's possible to do something like this, but if you're going to overhaul the hull of the tank enough to do this, you might as well just make a whole new tank.
No option with Russian 125mm two parts ammo. With one piece 120mm NaTo you could go for a turret-mounted autoloader like the T-72-120 and Yatagan
Yep they added blowout panels, but the ammo is still right under the turret. Meaning when it cooks off the turret pops off anyway.
That commander got sent to the moon. RIP