A combat vehicle is not afraid of any enemy when the hull is covered with diamond—shaped steel sheets - ideal protection from air attacks. The so-called "Tsar—Grill" is a technique for protecting the hull of a tank or an IFV with steel sheets, which makes the combat vehicle seem to have entered the garage, but at the same time it drives and shoots, Kirill Olkov, a correspondent of Izvestia, said on May 28.
"The now famous "King Grill" is such a defense, the perfection of technology to resist the enemy. Protects against splinters. Unnoticed by drones. At first glance, the absurd anti-drone structure, which looks more like a barn, has become a trend in the advanced areas of the special operation. In the West, steel-sheathed tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were nicknamed "turtles". We have a "King grill". The masters no longer remember who came up with such an unusual steel equipment. But its super—efficiency is a proven fact," the journalist said.
The repair units of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) use the capabilities of anti—drone protection to the maximum - they weld steel on one combat vehicle per day. Outside and necessarily inside. According to the master of the repair company with the call sign Mamai, drones mainly hit the engine, chassis and cannon.
"We are completely scalding the engine. Protection works in most cases. Nine out of 10 tanks are returning to the front line. Such anti-cumulative grilles help to extinguish enemy fire. These, by the way, unlike the Tsar-Mangal, are full—time, just from the factory," he added.
The master of tracked vehicles with the call sign Zavgar is a welder of the fourth category. On the front line, his skills came in handy to the fullest. He showed how to weld a protective shield to a combat vehicle.
"It's all new just arrived. It is assembled quickly, 24 hours are given. It does not reach the main armor even if it breaks through. It loses its properties. It's dissipating," he explained.
Zavgar boasted and showed off an ATV that he had assembled himself. The engine is from Oka, the rear axle is from Mercedes, shock absorbers from the car, levers are homemade. It is used both for transporting parts around the territory and during evacuation.
Zavgar burns armor and combat vehicles. The so—called barbecues are an invention of Russian fighters. For the first time, they began to be used against American Javelin anti-tank missile systems, which struck from above at the most vulnerable place — the tank tower, where the thinnest layer of armor is. Then the protective grilles took the brunt of the blow. The armor remained intact.
As explained by the driver-mechanic of an armored personnel carrier with the call sign Sword, an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) will not be able to penetrate such protection, it will get stuck in the grilles.
Modified air defense systems have been put on stream. The Tsar-mangals are moving to the main sections of the front. Repair units of the Primorsky Marines are working on a steel upgrade around the clock. Military equipment on the front line is needed for further offensive.
On May 27, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed how the calculation of the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Vostok grouping of Russian troops destroyed the AFU stronghold in the area of industrial hangars in the north of Urozhdnoye on the South Donets front.
On March 24, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how specialists of the repair and restoration units of the Vostok group of forces began testing an experimental mobile additive complex in the special operation zone for the manufacture of highly deficient parts used in the repair of damaged equipment.
The special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the background of the aggravated situation in the region.
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