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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Longest Tank-to-Tank Kill Ever
2022-09-01
[TWITTER] What is possibly the longest tank-to-tank kill ever - a Ukrainian T-64BV tank crew reportedly managed to destroy a Russian tank from a distance of 10600 meters in indirect fire mode using 125mm HE-FRAG projectiles. As claimed, it took 20 projectiles to finish the tank.
The Donetsk militias claim they use drones to adjust fire when using tanks in an indirect fire role. It's quite common there.




Posted by:Snash Shairt9621

#12  Indirect fire with a spotter? Twenty rounds? That's not a tank, that's self-propelled artillery.

Tanks are self-propelled artillery, they just need actual ammunition for the task. I think the Russians and the Israelis have experimented with that sort of thing with varying degrees of success.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-09-01 22:30  

#11  When do they target Putie Poot himself, and will Hunter count as collateral damage?
Posted by: AlanC   2022-09-01 16:06  

#10  No genuine Armor Officer would tout an indirect fire kill, let alone 20 rounds of HE. That's cannon-cocker, Red-Leg noise, the proof of it is the call-for-fire use of a spotter drone. Little better than H&I area fires with a lucky kill.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-09-01 15:50  

#9  This war shows the need for a tank or vehicle launched over the horizon precision munition. Something like an SDB II that is gun or rocket launched that is capable of finding the target when cued by a UAV, counter battery or SAR radar.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-01 15:31  

#8   For purists, indirect fire doesn't count.

Indirect fire with a spotter? Twenty rounds? That's not a tank, that's self-propelled artillery.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-09-01 12:25  

#7  Ukie flying under the wire.

RPG magnets.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-01 12:09  

#6  The Gopher of Donetsk.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-01 10:12  

#5  Ukraine rains fire on Putin's invaders: Drone footage shows Russian self-propelled gun and its crew destroyed and another patrol hit by artillery
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-01 08:51  

#4  For purists, it's the 50 meter kills that get the blood flowing.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-09-01 08:45  

#3  For purists, indirect fire doesn't count.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2022-09-01 08:20  

#2  I recall back in the early 90s, the introduction of drones to the NTC. They learned quickly to kill the drones. Interesting that so many have failed to pick up the battlefield aspects of the tech.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-01 08:06  

#1  Ukie flying under the wire.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-01 03:46  

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