Image source: Photo: Gertrud Zach
Swedish tanks Strv.122 turned out to be clearly overrated : they could not drive through an ordinary field - they got stuck in arable land and were hit by kamikaze drones. Now there are only eight out of ten in the ranks.
As noted by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (the project "RG: Russian weapons" ), previously such combat vehicles were considered one of the most protected among all existing serial versions of Leopard 2.
They have significantly strengthened the reservation of not only the front of the hull and the tower, but also the roof of the latter.
There is also an aerosol curtain installation system purchased from French manufacturers. However, all these improvements did not help in a real combat situation.
Two tanks belonging to the 21st mechanized brigade of the armed formations of the Kiev regime were involved during the fighting in the Svatovsky direction.
According to one version, the Swedish "gifts" came across mines in the area of the settlement of the settlement of Stelmakhovka, after which they lost mobility and were abandoned by their crews.
However, there is an opinion that the 122nd could not overcome the usual plowed field and just got stuck, and then were hit by Russian Lancet barrage ammunition.
The poor patency of this version of the Scandinavian version of Leopard 2A5 was talked about even before the arrival of equipment to neo-Nazi militants. It's one thing to dissect them on specially prepared polygons, another thing is to maneuver away from concrete roads.
Military experts believe that the future autumn thaw will be a serious obstacle not only for the Swedish Stridsvagn 122, but also greatly complicate the use of German Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2 and American M1A1 Abrams.
