T-90M gets Instant Turret Pop by Ukrainian ATGM!

all wars r like that

Agreed. Instant inexistence...Rare to see such a hit

A sobering experience indeed.

@@quinnard9750 But video like that doesn't come around that often. Generally is far off or we just see the aftermath.... I think this is what he was getting at.

Every Russian occupier will receive such a punishment for the children they killed with rocket strikes, for the people they shot in the back of the head, for everything

Atleast it's painless death

Painless and never saw it coming. That's something. And nobody forced him to attack another country.

so uhh yeah about that last part@@kida4313

@@kida4313 I don’t think that he decided to attack

​@@kida4313bro, I think many of these Russian soldiers are conscripted, and are forced to fight this war

Yes, i feel you man. As u said, at least it was instant painless death. I also feel sorry for russians who are getting killed, because any loss of human life is a tragedy. On the other hand how many ukrainians this tank had killed, also loss of human lives. At this point its the most important thing that Ukraine is on the right side of history, because, it was russia, that started a was Europe has not seen in decades. At this point, its all that matters

He has no reasons to come to ukraine. So we only get more sunflowers.

@@blazej0864 Relax keyboard warrior. It's okay to feel for a humans who where just blown up.

@@kaspadd5760 I see your point but in history we don't make good and bad sides. Yeah in WW2 it might looked quite obvious, in this case it is even more obvious, but let's just say Russia's mad run must be stopped

Looking at the video, he was gone anywhere from 1/60th to 1/30th of a second Rest in peace, at least he got it easy, unlike so many others

Black ammo. Sory cant set ammo detonation chance to 15% irl

Here are some classified documents to prove that 😅

@@Kill4Time255 it is actually 80% in WT, but who cares, right?

@@user-qn3xu5ee3t Yeah... exactly right.

@@user-qn3xu5ee3t 80% bullshit, 20% bugs

It was not an ATGM, it was a DM-22, German trip wire anti tank mine. You can ID the projectile in the frame just before the explosion.

@@John-zk4vpAre you sure? In that frame you can barely make out the projectile and it looks long and narrow, where as the DM-22 has a large cylinder in the middle of the projectile containing the shaped charge. Really doesn't look like a DM-22 to me.

I believe that's true. You would hope. Unfortunately, no one is capable of saying whether that's indeed true.

@@funkrates4778 We can know for sure. Even the fastest human reaction speeds arent 1/60 of a second fast. An agonizing death can be seen by analizing the brain of the deceased for the apropriate changes, here the brain could make no adjustments before being vaporized in a near instant.

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Perhaps. However, I have seen explosions where it would seem that someone was vaporized but they are instead 30 yards away, alive and dismembered. I pray this is not one of those situations.

If I gotta go make it instant. Far better being atomized in an instant than slowly bleeding out with a torso full for holes.

Well, he's still apparently in one piece when he falls down so it's not quite evaporating, but yeah it was probably quite instant.

Totally agree. To see one there and a split second later, they’re not... At least this death came swift and painless.

​@@user-fi8uc9gb2tnot painful enough for the orcs

Not really for me. What I saw was a person yes, a person very intently trying to kill other people with his machine, to conquer them, not to defend. I suppose it hit more than if it was a metal box with no visible people, but a lot less than some other footage I have seen in my time.

@@Altrantis Not defending what Russia has done but when you realise someone has just lost their son, brother, husband or even father in an instant like that… War is truly a terrible thing…

⁠​⁠​⁠@@AltrantisI suggest not looking at what you call “footage”, as no okay person would genuinely take you seriously after saying such an inhuman take. And if there is no sympathy to the person, then you should have it for their family/relatives.

yea probably some missle or another tank hit them

to that i'll add that when RedEffect said "what appears to be a HEAT jet passing through the tank and lifting up the dust" at 1:37, it's most likely was a cookoff of a round in the barrel caused by overpressure in the turret.

@@siralex0encmoz I think that’s also the reason for such a violent detention, the tanks auto loader was in the process of reloading

@@siralex0encmoz doubt that, barrel was facing different angle then this trail was at, most likely it was just a shrapnel

@@siralex0encmoz Yes he said some people claim that it's a heat jet passing through the tank but he believes it's the latter and it's just a detonation of the round coming from the barrel of the turret

Only that if you bring enough infantry to meaningfully protect the tank, you now cover 20x the area to step on mines and become a prime target for artillery. There is a reason why both sides tend to deploy tanks with only small numbers of infantry or on their own rather than doing full scale combined arms maneuver.

ehh APS systems, better optics, overall better support mechanisms and a tank that doesn't caput with a singular hit would've saved these poor souls.

yeah, we see how that "helped" merakva MK4@@orcashamudeluxeu567

​@@orcashamudeluxeu567aps don't guarantee 100% protection anyway

They should make you general. General of armchairs. If weapons can kill tanks. What do you think they can do to flesh?

Atleast it's quick and painless death

I don’t know what kind of sadness one can talk about in relation to the aggressors and accomplices of war crimes. Do you empathize with the Wehrmacht soldiers? Personally, I don't.

​@@user-iy9cy7fz5olmfao what is wrong with you

they are russians. sorry, i have no empathy for my enemies.

@@user-iy9cy7fz5o comparing the Russian soldiers with wermacht is beyond hypocritical and proves your lack of history knowledge. As expected from an ukrainian.

Fr, one frame you can see somebody, and the other frame there is just a massive explosion

​@@almightyairheadyes poor man

thats the seriousness of war. people like me and u from the outside viewing it dont actually realise how brutal and morbid it gets because were restricted to what we can actually see online and in the media. in reality it can look as morbid as ww1 and ww2 for all we know and we wouldnt even realise it. this is likely just touching the surface of whats going on, within the frontlines.

-3 what looks like trained tankmen. good ridance

​@@cosmo1084 you might be pro-ukraine, but don't forget your humanity. Soldiers are still humans.

And isn't one sided like most yank and western channels

And y are the worst beacuse u are supporting both sides Get urself a life man

Well at least its not as bias as History legend's

It's him turtle chad!

it brings bread to his table

Get ready because the more realistic actual tank games get, the more people will post videos of destroyed tanks and say: look a destroyed :insert_nation: tank. As we seen it with Ukrainian bots posting Arma 3 videos and passing them as actual Russian vehicle losses.

which one? the latest mk4 destruction was just a drone from above with a 80mm mortar round lol no tank is safe against that

@@jleonlove7965today I saw how 1 mk4 was disabled and then got its ammo rack detonated by either a rocket or was scuttled from inside by Palestinian fighters and there was also a video of a Merkeva eating a few RPG projectiles, didn't blow up but what is interesting there is how the trophy system did absolutely nothing against that mid Cold War technology

@@jleonlove7965 actually confirmed its an rpg-29 round

@@dannycage8672 there are multiple destroyed tanks one got definitely destroyed by a drone from above theres a video for it i think ur talking about the new pictures from other tanks

@@wrpg9955 Could be that the trophy system was used up, damaged, or it was within minimum reaction distance.

Palastine*

@@perfectcell1157 Gaza*

@@unai_asecas9070 Geo-politically you're correct ethically and historically you couldn't have been more wrong

@@perfectcell1157history is written by the victors

@@philipstrutt1086 Doesn't mean "real" history didn't happen

a quick death, not a bad one.

Well the brain didn't get to process the body damage so thankfully the turret crew didn't feel any pain at all

My guess is they got flanked because they were probably supporting infantry in the tree line and than maybe the ukrainians had to retreat but than that tank came and they probably took their chances and who knows where the atgm team is they could also be dead if they didn't switch positions fast enough or they got killed later.

Which frame?

No no no... correction... he WAS a human. One fighting for evil.

​@@MrJC1idk for evil but its still sad

welcome to the reality of the world we live in we would be probly capable to go interstellar if we dumb humans woudnt kill ourselfs over and over

Now imagine thateach of those shots that the tank makes, do the same people on the other side. Now you dont want to have him alive do you?

Merkava?

@@saucyinnit8799 Israeli MBTs taken out by hamas.

@@Sunshine-sl3kr and Hamas took out Israeli MBTs

Maybe he is taking his time to verify the vids, and clear the merkava variant(B/M)

KZhead won't allow that

The occupiers will never have peace or rest

@@last0rderlike israel

Except those committing atrocities. They should rest in pieces.

@@user-yq6gl9ih1u like the people that support Hamas?

@@last0rder No, everyone fights for the interest of their own nation. Get out of the cartoon in your head, there are no heroes and antagonists

There was a video of Russians recording a destroyed Ukrainian T72 and the tank seemed fine until the giant hole on the left side came into frame, couldn't help but think that it was a long excruciating death and not a quick one

I'd like to see him cover some of that too . I have seen video of one destroyed by drone throwing explosive in the hatch i think and some images of a burning one ,not sure if it's the same tank .

I have more videos of merkava being destroyed by ATGM's And RPG's idk where can i share it , is there a tank community in discord or something ?

You can say whatever about the merkava, that they got rekt by ancient rpg but their turrets never fly

@@WEMBLEYNE never say never . Found an image of a destroyed merkava tank with separated turret,taken down by an atgm i belive from 2010 or earlier . They may have improved things now but you never know .

@@WEMBLEYNE watched a guy here on youtube talking about merkava tanks and he says how the turrets fly like the russian tanks ,so nothing much has improved . Like i said ,never say never

Pause at 1:11, then use the period key to advance frame by frame. There is a single frame where you can see something white or grey come flying in from the left along the road. This was definitely an ATGM hit.

@@Mal101M Well that's because it isn't. Since there are better Leopards around in the world.

@@Mal101M the Leopards 2s they got are from 2003 from Germany atleast, even older from other countries. T90M is from 2017

True

Yea man that was an unusual detonation, even for a loaded tank. Wow.

What a TOW 2 missile fired from a M2A2 Bradley does to Russian armor.

@@ineedapharmists Bradleys aint doing much from what im seeing lol, the only confirmed UAF bradley kill was a ATGM on a BMP2 before they moved into Robotyn.

@@ineedapharmists Ukraine has tandem TOW-2A?

When I first saw the video I believed it was in Israel 🤭 but then I realised it was in Ukraine when the tank exploded as Hamas doesn’t have that technology

KZhead will want to show the horrors in Israel, so the censorship will be off for awhile. 😂

well the atgm went through the side, most tanks are going to go boom like this if it happens

Not enough experience to conduct an attack all by themselve

Hahahahaha good joke

​@@jaxonl7810 Tf got you coping about?

I'm inclined to think that a shell or charge took a direct hit from the incoming projectile's penetrator, rupturing it and causing ignition in the same moment.

This was not a cook-off. Turrets do not pop from simple cookoffs especially when the hatches are unlocked (the tanks just burn down violently). It is quite simple that tank was loaded to the gills with HE-FRAG (since it was attacking dug in Ukr positions).

​@@user-dp4ok9ox5wwrong, fuel tank detonation and subsequent ammunition catching fire.

@@guts2787 No, it was HE-FRAG ammo detonation. In cookoff only the propellant and / or fuel burns, but it does not create enough pressure to pop a turret especially when even one of the hatches is open and would allow the pressure to escape. Or what do you think, the tank was loaded with APFDS alone? Just, no. PS. There is a reason why US does not use HEFRAG rounds in their tanks and use instead canister shots (which are much worse, but also do not explode).

yeah thats what surprised me, with ammo in a tank, ud usually have the small rounds ammo so ammo for rifles that would instantly go off with some that cook and go off after but this seems like it was the tank shells them selves that went off instantly while the small rounds just went off inside the tank. the guy who shot the missle mustve had such a perfect shot and hit one of the weakest points of the tank for it to blast open and shink in size by a good 20% just from an explosion. usually the frame is heavily burned but still in tact for some time before melting still keeping moreless the same size it had, this one shrunk in size within seconds.

Honestly one of the better ways to go in war. No pain or burning or having your body perforated so you bleed to death, just instant incapacitation from the shockwave alone

I distinctly remember that one. It was urban right and there was another tank nearby. They had turned their back to a building with an AT team in it IIRC, most likely to get away from it since reverse speed is such a killer (literally)

probably a skif which is slightly more powerful than kornet

Im guess this a accident when atgm hit in same time as t90m stomp on mine.

half the power is ammunition exploding from the tank itself

Feels even worse it's being used to get views.

you seem to be the best candidate to make an educated guess in that case

Wouldn't it make more sense for the tank to have its hatches closed when in active combat and in danger of getting hit?

@@nicolasolton Depends. Without your infantry around it is good to be able to observe with your head over the rim. We rarely ran with the hatches closed for that reason. Front towards the enemy is the rule, and the weapons on the tank reach out a long way which is an advantage tankers try to utilize. Generally we would close the hatches for the commander and loader if operating somewhere infantry could sneak up on us. Like brushes etc. With the level of drone droppings we have seen in this war the doctrine probably already have changed. Not good to have a grenade dropped through an open hatch at any time. It is always a compromise.

Effect goes before cover. If he sees better unbottoned its better

@@delfinenteddyson9865 I was rather hoping somebody could make an informed guess as I have no idea. The soviets did use flags to control large tank formations in the early days but surely he was not looking for semaphore signals. ;-)

Well they hit first mine then in almost same time atgm it was bad luck for them...

Nothing helping Russian tanks it’s why they want to capture nato tanks so badly Russian tech = 💩

​@@galicije83Did you watch the video?

No, it's just that the relikt era is just pure crap.

​@@sdrkrmor is it that thw missile hit the side part, wich is very weak in any tank.

Guess those russian shovels didn't save them

@@jaxonl7810 sekrit dokuments and Stalinium didn't work, UA ATGMs OP pls nerf

If only ua could hit russian tank factories. Russians would have been without tanks in few month. But anyway great news

Perun has predicted so much shit wrong. I dont think he got anything right honestly.

@@niksonrex88perun is biased towards UA anyway

​@@niksonrex88what has he predicted wrong?

@@HW.0029 heavily biased.

That's not an incompetent crew. It's one given an impossible task with little to no support. Russians who retreat are not respected, it's why they barely even have a reverse drive on their tanks.

@@bluedistortions Change your tampon, you're bleeding.

​@@SRT10VIPERwow such an intelligent comment.....NOT 😂

@@jaxonl7810 🤣ok soy boy lookalike

It was not an ATGM, it was a DM-22 german trip wire anti tank mine.

@@John-zk4vp How do you know that with such confidence? I'd say that was unlikely given that weapons relatively modest armour penetration capability, whatever hit the T90 completely overwhelmed its side armour and obliterated the vehicle in a split second, it's also a directional mine which means it is typically laid pointing at a specific point like a road junction or a well used route and this one if it was a DM22 was pointing away from the track into a field. I'd also point to the still frame in which a long missile is seen while the DM22 warhead is quite short. I'm not saying it is impossible just unlikely and ultimately the only people who know for sure are those present.

@antonrudenham3259 DM-22 has a tandem charge with 750mm penetration behind ERA. That's more than enough to penetrate the standard side armor of a T-90m. You can ID the DM projectile on the video.frame just before the explosion.

@@John-zk4vp Yes but you seem positive it was one, how do you know? You may well be right but how and why do you state your case with such certainty?

No

Creative thought, but no. The Stugna isn't wire guided.

This is honestly the first tank destruction video I've seen in Ukraine where a commander was out of the hatch, so it's possible this crew felt experienced enough to abandon parts of Russian tank doctrine and found it more effective to have the hatch open. Unless it starts happening more often, I think this might be a one off

It’s not western tactics Russians and the west both did this when sights are blocked possible minefield so commander obviously felt in this scenario they needed better observation and possibly knew that it doesn’t matter cause when they’re hit they’re hit it’s better to be outside sometimes

I saw a video in which the commander of the T90M "Wagner" tank climbed out of the hatch in order to use the walkie-talkie, perhaps the same situation exists here.

There is probably a very diffrent fighting style to each tank for comparison the reverse speed of russian tanks force you to avoid reversing also the height of tanks, protection systems and etc.

Well technically thats hard to measure since they aren't fighting on the same turns when you talk about tactics and artillery superiority and having troops dug into positions tanks are a small factor and engagements between them are kind of rare. In any case russia will always have more tanks than ukraine and from a tactical stand point if they want to take back positions the ukraines are occupying than they will lose tanks simple as that.

From reports, the biggest advantage over the Russian tanks is that leopards are significantly more survivable for the crew. It seems to be the trend across most if not all of the western made vehicles. The designs go to great lengths to make sure that ammo hits are extremely difficult, and when when they do happen the blowout panels will help the crew survive even when the tank is totalled. Red has made videos about it, and comparing things like Bradley's and BMPs. The chances of the crew being able to escape is significantly higher for western vehicles. Also the next biggest advantage is the reverse speed, which is absolutely appalling for Russian tanks, red has made a few videos going to great lengths explaining that issue

​@@restitvtororbis5330 With the sole exception of the M1a2 Abrams, virtually every Western tank stores at least 2/3rds of their ammunition in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels The Leopard 2 stores only 15 rounds behind blast doors; the rest of the rounds (27) are in the crew compartment, next to the driver. The Challenger 2 stores none of its rounds behind blast doors The Leclerc stores 22 rounds behind blast doors; and the rest (18) are located in the crew compartment without the protection of blast doors or blow-out panels The Merkava mk4 stores only 10 of its 48 rounds behind blast doors.

They didn't feel anything, better than many tank crews end up

I'm not a fan of either and I agree. Such a waste of life.

🤷

Cause you did not lost your mind to savagery yet. Keep it that way. Every death is a tragedy, all of this bullshit should have never happened.

Pray you never NOT feel sorry. At that point, you'll know you've become a monster. (R.I.P. to that crew)

Nope if he was buttoned up he wouldbt survive

@@speen9430 I know...I was joking. ☮

Dude is the BEST in all of KZhead

he was probbably vaporized before his brain could process what happened, still horrible, i fuckin hate war

@@janoshvondach5866 No, la muerte instantánea solo puede estar en el epicentro de una explosión nuclear. Una persona tiene tiempo para darse cuenta de todo lo demás. Y aunque trato mal a los rusos, ya que mataron a mis cuatro antepasados(no eran soldados, eran civiles), así como a dos de mis antiguos compañeros de clase - en la guerra, no les deseo a los rusos una muerte dolorosa. Es importante preservar la humanidad tanto como sea posible ahora..

i think Russia has more tank crews left then Ukrainians soldiers, there is a reason ukis trying to catch all those who fled Ukraine and started a mobilizations couple of weeks ago, Ukraine lost way to many men in combat and also hundred thousands of young men fled the country

How is having the hatches open and your head out the hatch the sign of a good crew? Seems like it might be the opposite??

​@@kthec1298😂😂😂😂 sure bud pretend russia doesn't

@@jaxonl7810 get a hobby kid

​@@jaxonl7810 Man what a annoyning bot

for the carousel loader i think its not possible to make those panels, you need to redesign the whole system for that, commander and the gunner are sitting on top of the loader, just watch how the carousel loader works and you will see what i mean

For an autoloader? Sure. For a carrousel autoloader? Very difficult. The issue is that the carrousel goes around the entire turret - the only place you can put those panels is beneath the hull and that has the double issues of: 1: That doesn't leave a lot of room for the blast to go, meaning much of it is still going to get redirected back up into the magazine. 2: It would weaken the floor which is just generally undesirable for a long list of reasons.

@@Criomorph the t-series tanks got weak underside to begin with, making it even more weaker would be horrible, AT mines would fuck up the tank even more then they do now

I believe the french leclerc has an autoloader where the ammunition is stored safely in the turret with blowout panels.

@@delfinenteddyson9865 yes the panther of south Korea and the type 10 of the Japanese has autoloader and blowout panels, but this is an carousel autoloader that is placed under the turret so its almost impossible to make blowout panels without weakening the tank armor or completely redesign the whole system but this means you need to redesign the tank

how do you know the crew escaped the leopard tanks..btw did you saw the Merkava tanks and what 400 dollars bomb did to them yesterday..? think before you writte please ! no tank is 100% safe

@@vedranlastric3632 You both are kinda right. Yes, no tank is safe and I doubt anyone will survive being in direct line of penetrating shot. That being said most western designs put a lot of emphasis on crew survivability - which is proven to make a difference. Also idk about Leopard in particular, but difference between Bradleys and BMPs (2s and 3s) is actually visible in terms of people coming out from them after something exploded. (I know they're often obliterated by artillery after escaping, but in terms of vehicle design... brutally irrelevant)

And theres lots of images of T-90M (and A) that crew survived since its not really about the design level but also the what happened. Put any Tank here and 100% same result would happen except Abrams is more like a 20% and Merkava may also survive because the ammo tends to be on the back but Im not sure about any ready rack. Another would be T-14 which crew would survive while the turret Pop but that is only because the Crew is in another place.

​@@vedranlastric3632the Leopard 2A6 in particular has been destroyed a number of times, but in ever case the vehicles remained mostly intact apart from the burn damage. That at least is an indication the crew had time to get away.

@@scatterlite2266 thats beccause leopards that have been destroyed are by arty and not dirrect hit from ATGM..

Good work. I nearly missed that 😅😅😅

I think so

Not sure if any tank would explode quite like that as a result though.

​@@Notmyname1593it will if HE shells are hit. It's not a propelant burnout and blowout panels won't help against internal explosion

If that wouldve been a Leo2 you guys would shit on it.

@@Notmyname1593 Doesn't matter if the tank explodes you are squishy and everyone in that fighting compartment will die regardless of a explosion because the explosion doesn't have to come from the ammunition to kill everyone. Same way if you got hit with a artillery shell on the top of the turret.

t14 would have survived because they only exist on paper

I mean sure they can be but then the hulls would need to be widened and lifted. Something not very feasable or practical to do.

it would be very difficult, expensive, and likely not that reliable like on an abrams, or leo 2. i think the prototype burlak turret has a full bustle autoloader, like on the leclerc, but i can be wrong. also i dont know, even if it has a bustle autoloader, if there is any ammo in the hull

@@saucyinnit8799 this will do absolutely horrible against at mines

It's possible to do something like this, but if you're going to overhaul the hull of the tank enough to do this, you might as well just make a whole new tank.

No option with Russian 125mm two parts ammo. With one piece 120mm NaTo you could go for a turret-mounted autoloader like the T-72-120 and Yatagan

"humans"

@@handsomhans343 Whether you like it or not, those are indeed people. Humans. You dont have to like who they are, or what they're doing, or what they stand for, they are still humans. You dont need to sympathize with them. I just think people get so lost in this warmongering attitude and sensationalize warfare as a spectacle. I think people forget that humans are always on both sides of a war. You, me, and a lot of others have the luxury to judge them from a computer screen. We should think a little more about that.

therefore, the leopards are cowardly sitting it is unclear where, while the t90m works on the front line.🤣

​​@@user-zz8pu5yu2xnot anymore LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂 Looks like those shovels didn't save that t 90

@@jaxonl7810 given the security of the t90m, I think a leopard 2 and its crew also had a sad end in a similar case (and this was most likely an explosion on mines / a large land mine, and not what the author of the video indicated).

​​@@user-zz8pu5yu2x😂😂😂😂😂 gotta bring up lepord to cope Larger landmine ? 😂😂😂😂😂 Man you are such good at making people laugh Keep it up 😂

@@jaxonl7810 with the western crew, Leopard 2 will burn even faster. Russian and so-called Ukrainians (who were also Russian people in the past, but then went crazy) are now the most competent in the war on the planet.

Should have stayed in russia and not invade foreign countries raping innocents and destroying whole cities

@@bennet2137 Is that how ukraines smelt like in the leopards?

@@bennet2137 они с другой стороны

@@bennet2137 You've just seen men dying and that's what you say ? You should have been in that tank.

Pieces*

this is the real world, not fairytales. actual working active protection is a myth at this point, even merkavas are getting hit

Is this some kind of joke!?

You do not want to survive that.

Is it possible the driver may have survived? I am assuming that the drivers compartment is completely separate from the other crew members but not sure of that?

@@nicolasolton Nope the driver compartment is seperated but there is no wall or anything between them. There is no way the driver survived, even IF he did, he had no way to get out of the burning wreck because the turret is laying on top of the hatch and everything around him is on fire.

​@@Mgaming61cope

No guarantee they were overconfident. We don't know what was happening. And given the widespread incompetence of Russian commanders, it's quite possible they were ordered forward against their will.

@@revanofkorriban1505 - I could not determine if they were brave or foolhardy, but settled on overconfident. No doubt they were ordered forward, but they seemed enthusiastic

RIP? For bringing a war to a neighbour country? No honor for them.

@@kharakternyk_ You're right

@@kwaii_gamer You can't judge emotion by a low-resolution video from a drone, for the same reason American drone strikes regularly kill civilians rather than terrorists.