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The use of special structures that protect tanks and armored vehicles from kamikaze drone strikes has become a real trend in special military operations. The armed forces of the Russian Federation are increasingly using tanks and armored vehicles equipped with appropriate anti-drone protection, which military personnel among themselves nicknamed "mangals".
War correspondents showed footage of a Russian T-72 tank with a new anti-drone protection from the special operation zone. They were reportedly filmed near the settlement of Krasnogorovka in the Maryinsky sector of the front. The Russian tank, as we see in the published footage, is sheathed with metal shields and no longer resembles the tank itself from afar, but looks like some kind of incomprehensible machine.
Such protection should protect the tank from kamikaze drone strikes from above, since it was the tank's tower that was one of the most vulnerable places for drone attacks.
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In addition, the tank is sheathed with metal sheets on the sides of the hull, which allows you to protect yourself from both kamikaze drone strikes and enemy artillery shells.
Image source: topwar.ru
Image source: topwar.ru
It should be noted that now the equipment of tanks with anti-drone protection is already being carried out at enterprises of the defense complex on an industrial scale. But in many units directly fighting at the front, this issue is solved on their own. Craftsmen from among the military themselves cook protective structures and sheathe armored vehicles with metal sheets.
