Ukraine is facing an invasion from the east. The second biggest country on our continent with an area of nearly 604 thousand square kilometers is being conquered by the Russian army from several directions. The breadbasket of Europe has been turned into a giant warehouse of military equipment of all kinds.
Due to their shared history, both sides are using similar technology from the Soviet era. Howitzers, for example, often face each other, which differ only in the varying degrees of modernization and, most importantly, the much-publicized markings on Russian vehicles.
While Russia (so far) dominates the skies and wins in destructive missile power and quantity, the Ukrainian defences are nevertheless bolstered again by anti-aircraft and anti-tank small arms complexes from the West, Turkish drones and, undoubtedly, by military intel from NATO and the US. Let’s take a look at some of these weapons in the following few chapters.
And we have another current celebrity of Twitter and Telegram: Destroyed Russian tank. T-80U (crew: 3), which is the typical representative of the Main Battle Tank category, so naturally, it reigns over the casualty statistics.
A gas turbine powers the 46-tonne vehicle. The key weapon is the 125 mm 2A46-2 gun, complemented by the well-known PKT machine gun and the 12.7 mm NSVT anti-aircraft machine gun. Furthermore, the 9M112 Cobra and 9M119 Reflex anti-tank missiles are also included. Though the tank is equipped with reactive armor, the Ukrainian forces were keen on many of them (but most were abandoned by the crew, probably after running out of fuel).
Russia also lost a bunch of T-72 series tanks in various variants and upgrades, T-90A, T-80BVM or T-64BV tanks.
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