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It is proposed to return to the idea of ​​installing "visors" on tanks to protect against attacks from drones

It is proposed to return to the idea of ​​​​installing on tanks «visors» to protect against drone attacksA special military operation has changed many ideas and standards, relating to the conduct of hostilities in modern conditions. About significant, and sometimes decisive, the role of various unmanned aerial vehicles has already been said a lot. It revealed, that the artillery, like reactive, and stem, still plays an important role in long-term offensive and defensive ground operations. Those military analysts were wrong too, who considered, that armored vehicles are yesterday.

Tanks are still a formidable weapon, but at the same time, even the most modern machines can be powerless in front of conventional ammunition. In an attempt to improve protection against 3rd generation ATGMs, attacking in the upper hemisphere, Russian tankers invented an innovation, which received the conditional name "visor from the sun". A simple device in the form of a metal frame is attached to the turret and on the roof behind the gun mantlet., additional grilles are placed on the sides, covering the tracks.

However, in real combat conditions, the additional frame did not justify its purpose., such protection was quickly abandoned. If even in the summer you could see Russian tanks T-72B, T-72B3 and T-90A with similar designs, then now, on the initiative of the crews themselves, the visors have been dismantled and are no longer used as an inefficient and not very convenient way to upgrade protection.

And it turned out, that not only Javelin and NLAW pose a serious threat to an armored vehicle, but also conventional drones, using hand grenades to attack. One of these situations is reported on Russian Telegram channels..

The newest Russian tank T-90M was abandoned by the crew due to track damage. He was discovered by the enemy, Drone flew in the night, who dropped several Soviet hand-held cumulative grenades RKG-3 onto the roof of the tank turret, causing the detonation of ammunition and the complete destruction of the vehicle.

It is proposed to return to the idea of ​​​​installing on tanks «visors» to protect against drone attacks

In such a situation, protection in the form of a visor of an improved design would just help, the author of the publication thinks. It should be made sloping, to prevent ammunition, dropped from a drone, into the hatch of the tank. Either the grenade will explode on impact with the visor, thereby preventing critical damage to the vehicle itself and undermining the ammunition. Otherwise, expensive and most modern vehicles can be destroyed using the simplest UAVs with a Soviet grenade on board.. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:Defense Ministry

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