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| Ukrainian hackers published Ukrainian Armed Forces documents on the losses of Abrams tanks |
| 2024-03-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA] Ukrainian hackers from the Beregini group published data from the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the losses of Abrams tanks in the Telegram channel. “Today we will tell you about the vaunted Abrams, whose hour was short and useless. We will also show you the documents of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where they are written off for scrap metal,” the publication says. Thus, one of the tanks with serial number UKR002 was irretrievably lost near the village of Berdychi as a result of an attack by two drones. The commander was killed, two crew members were injured, it follows from the documents. Another tank, number UKR006, abandoned its crew. Another car with number UKR005 was damaged in the Semenovka area. During the special military operation, Russian troops have already destroyed dozens of German Leopard tanks, several British Challengers and French wheeled AMX-10RCs. M1 Abrams is the main battle tank of the United States, serial production began in 1980. It is in service with the American Army and Marine Corps, as well as the armed forces of Egypt, Australia, Morocco and some Middle Eastern states. The M1 Abrams is one of the heaviest tanks, its combat weight exceeds 62 tons. It is equipped with a 120 mm smoothbore gun. The tank has strong armor only at the front, a powerful engine with high fuel consumption and heat radiation, manual loading of the gun instead of automatic, a vulnerable additional engine and a high price. The United States promised to transfer 31 Abrams units to the Kyiv regime, and the media reported the start of deliveries in September last year. At the same time, as The Wall Street Journal wrote, Ukrainian officials admitted that the appearance of these vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not be able to change the situation at the front. The Kremlin has repeatedly emphasized that the Abrams tanks supplied to Ukraine will burn, like other Western equipment. |
| Posted by:badanov |