Seeing that you bring this up again knowing it’s complete nonsense, the Russian Afghan war seen as many as 600,000 Afghans killed most of them civilians.
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Seeing that you bring this up again knowing it’s complete nonsense, the Russian Afghan war seen as many as 600,000 Afghans killed most of them civilians.
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I'm surprised they didn't want to tow it off and study it. Maybe it wasn't close enough to their lines to risk it.
Pretty sure it wasn't that near the front line (I haven't seen a geolocation and timing of the estimated front though).
Apart from some Russian counter attacks in Robotyne that have gained ground, they lost ground immediately after, so they wouldn't even had a chance to grab disabled kit.
Its because it’s British and the Russians know even a dead British tank will still roll up on Moscow. That Challenger will need to be destroyed daily until the Russians leave Ukraine.
I'd agree it was probably an artillery shell however for reference a Lancet can go through the top of a C2 turret.
We know this for a few reasons: Firstly the lancet uses two types of warheads, a HE one for soft targets and a shaped demo charge for anti-armour. Secondly the shaped charge warhead has comparable penetration to a top end RPG-7. Thirdly the RPG-7 can penetrate an Abrams turret from elevation (above). Finally an Abrams has better turret armour than a C2.
I don't know if there have been any refinements since this war kicked off but the shaped charge warhead on the Lancet, at least in original incarnation, isn't that good - it is based off a general purpose industrial design and not optimised for punching through tank armour - on paper capable of around 200mm penetration but against tank armour likely less than that - IIRC the C2 turret armour is rated to over 200mm at the weakest (assuming no upgrade package - which the Ukrainian ones don't seem to have) - so hit and miss if it would penetrate.
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"As you can see" - no, I could hardly see bugger all in that video
Was the ATGM helicopter launched?
routinely
/ruːˈtiːnli/
adverb
- as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.
"large-scale producers routinely vaccinate their birds against the disease"- frequently and without proper consideration of the consequences.
"owners routinely flout local laws about restraining and picking up after their pets"
- frequently and without proper consideration of the consequences.
Figured I'd link that for you as it seems you weren't aware what the word means. In fact I'll go one extra and give you some contextual examples!
1: Russia have been routinely killing civilians in Ukraine, just like Russia and Assad routinely killed civilians in Syria.
2: There were a number of regrettable civilian casualties in the first and second coalition actions against Saddam Hussain, however in both cases they were routinely avoided and comparatively low for an operation of that size.
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Maybe, I've seen Lancets hit a T80 and a Panzerhaubitze and both vehicles drove off with minimal damage which suggests they lack firepower but after reading your post that might be down to the warhead used.
Sadly if I remember correctly the 215mm number comes from one obscure source with little other information other than dimensions.
The real penetration value for the KZ-6 demolition charge is ~570mm on RHA (rolled homogeneous armor) assuming the shaped charge liner is steel which it appears to be. Somebody more versed in munitions actually calculated it out:
I'll be honest I don't know what any of that means, but the source seemed more competent than the rando 215mm claim xD
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Can translate. Very mucho localised bango.
The ~200mm claim is based on the actual performance of the industrial application (EDIT: Not seen it quoted as specific as 215mm before), what it is actually capable of on the Lancet is a bit of an unknown but the results so far in the Ukraine war suggests ~200mm is probably likely.
EDIT: I don't think it was designed specifically as a tank killer either - it seems to have been designed for general purpose demolition against dug in fortifications and light armour in general.
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God damnit, now Russia are getting weapons from Mexico!?!
Sadly probably not delivered until like 2025...
Do you think the uploader is aware of who’s song that is… Vladolf has raised a generation of Mussrons.
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