Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Monster Russian turtle tank is blown to bits by Ukrainian mines" video.

  1. The tank was mobility killed so unless Russia can retrieve it under fire with another tank (a very slow process even for experienced troops) it will be finished off afterwards. That's how AT mines can end ANY tank. There are no mine-proof tracks.
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  2. Only to military illiterates and children. Tanks are to be used in COMBINED arms operations including SHORAD to take out drones. This war is like the Iran-Iraq war, a few innovative systems and masses of old systems designed for a different era. Russia uses cope sheds because it doesn't have enough hard kill Active Protection Systems. Tanks with their high load capacity and low ground pressure will remain necessary (for the same reasons bulldozers etc are tracked) to carry heavy defensive systems to go with their heavy offensive systems. No one accuses wheeled vehicles of being obsolete for obvious reasons but they're even more vulnerable without SHORAD systems and (heavy) APS.
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  3. Mines can mobility kill any tank by breaking track after which other systems can finish it off. Cope sheds only work against light FPV under ideal conditions. Otherwise cope sheds severely limit already poor vision, severely limit turret traverse, and prevent the tank from defending itself from sides and rear. May Russia put cope sheds on all their vehicles because ATGW they cannot see thanks to the shed can attack from outside the barrel traverse. Containing turrets makes cleanup and recycling more convenient.
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