seven videos show the ways ukrainian fighters are mauling russia's tanks
one of the world's largest armies is failing after more than a month of war
the russian military has faced debilitating casualties fighting an enemy one-third the size
imported weapons many from nato countries the ukrainian army has so far denied entry by russian
forces to nearly all of ukraine's major cities while destroying russian tanks in the process
during the past few weeks the internet has been flooded with videos of russian tanks
bursting into flames the ukrainian military is destroying tanks with a variety of weapons
including land mines stugna p guided missiles and shoulder-fired missiles like javelins and n-laws
the new york times reported in less than one week this month the u.s and nato armed ukraine
through poland and romania with more than 17 000 anti-tank weapons combat in ukraine
is revealing that advances in guided missiles are making it much easier for combatants even
inexperienced volunteers to destroy tanks of the 2840 tanks in russia's active arsenal
at least 340 had been destroyed in ukraine as of tuesday these seven videos appear to show various
ways the ukrainian army is taking out russian tanks at a rate even experts have found surprising
land mine a landmine is a device that is placed on or under the ground and is designed to explode
when a person or vehicle passes over it causing indiscriminate damage land mines can lie dormant
for years before being triggered and often pose issues to civilians long after combat has ended
first deployed in world war ii land mines have been used in many conflicts
including the vietnam war the korean war and the first gulf war
as the video notes it's unclear exactly which weapon was used
javelin the javelin is a portable anti-tank missile system that can be carried and
launched by a single person with a range of two miles it traces its target's thermal picture
and is useful against tanks because it can strike from the top
like the track and field spear that shares its name
the javelin is a fire and forget system in which
self-guided missiles let troops take cover or reload immediately after firing
designed by the u.s companies lockheed martin and raytheon the javelin was first deployed in 1996
stugna p designed and produced in ukraine stugna p is an anti-tank missile system at 200 pounds it is
heavier less portable and cheaper than the javelin but has proved extremely effective against russian
tanks it can be set up on tripods and camouflaged allowing operators to hide before discharging
the missile via remote control with a firing range of 328 feet to 3.1 miles stugna p can be
manually guided using a remote control or left to be guided by its own laser in fire and forget mode
and law like the javelin the in-law is a portable anti-tank weapon that can be
launched by a single person on foot and uses the fire and forget method
the weapon uses predictive line of sight technology
calculating the target's distance and speed the n-law can hit moving targets
20 to 400 meters away in stationary targets up to 800 meters away
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