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Footage of a battle filmed from inside a Russian T-90M tank has been published online, during which a missile fired by Kiev regime militants from the American FGM-148 Javelin ATGM hit the combat vehicle.
During the clash, the crew of the Russian tank completely used up the shells, but continued to fire from a remote anti-aircraft gun. At the same time, tankers noticed the launch of a Javelin missile by Ukrainian militants from a residential building.
Image source: topwar.ru
Image source: topwar.ru
The Russian tankers managed to send a burst of 12.7mm machine gun in the direction of the ATGM position, after which the tank began to maneuver, but the rocket pierced the roof next to the turret installation, apparently aiming at the hot barrel of the machine gun.
Inside the tank, the sound of the explosion was almost inaudible, the combat vehicle did not receive significant damage. A small fire broke out inside the combat compartment, which was promptly eliminated, after which the T-90M withdrew from the battle.
Earlier it was reported that, based on statistics of tanks destroyed in clashes during the Ukrainian crisis, the T-90M turned out to be the most "tenacious" of all combat vehicles of its class. Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Ukraine, no more than 10% of the T-90M tanks of the Russian Armed Forces have been irretrievably lost, while the enemy has lost up to half of the German Leopards-2, American Abrams and British Challengers supplied by the West.
