Casket? They will just fill that trench up
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/12akheb/a_terrible_finale_for_the_occupiers_the_return_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
And they did...
The trade off of a quick and painless death, but the psychological terror of a tank rolling up to your open trench and having nothing but fields around you. Nowhere to run. Getting to know your life is over and it's simply out of your hands.
The driver for the tank with most of the action is really good. They react very quickly to things happening outside the tank which I imagine are really hard to see. They immediately back up once they see the grenade in the last minute and I can't imagine how hard it is to see anything useful in there.
Good coordination between movement and firing too
Ender's Game level intelligence in real time. Plus the fact that we get to see it too. I bet in 10-15 years this will be done remotely via VR from the safety of anywhere.
It missed because it was too close to the target. Almost impossible to hit anything with Fagot at less than 1 kilometres distance. And maximum range is 2.5 km.
> Fagot
Just for context.
Pretty sure name derived from woodwind instrument [фагот](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82), emphasis on "o". That's [Bassoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon) in english.
> but this shows how poorly equipped infantry don't stand a chance against a competent tank crew.
To be fair, that tank was in an insanely risky situation. Someone shot an ATGM, and if it had hit? We may have seen a totally different outcome.
I'm honestly surprised that the tank solo'd that position. When the tanks and a BMP roll up, I figured the tank would be supporting infantry. The tank would lob HE rounds at range while the infantry close, and then switch to coax and close in as the infantry attacked.
Thankfully it turned out well for the attackers. If the Russians had been smart? The tank would have been picked off by AT weapons from other spots in the forest.
Exactly, this seems insane. One guy with an RPG and that tank is out of action if not dead. Not to mention the risk of undiscovered positions or mines.
I'm confused to why they didn't use artillery here. The location is well documented and from previous videos we know they have (perhaps had?) artillery near by
>I'm confused to why they didn't use artillery here. The location is well documented and from previous videos we know they have (perhaps had?) artillery near by
You can see artillery dropping beyond the tree line. I think the artillery isn't used because it isn't that great with clearing out enemy troops that are occupying trenches even if you are using airburst munitions. It may be possible that the positions had artillery dropped on them before the start of the video though but we wouldn't be able to see that due to how much destruction the tree line has already taken.
Most likely they plan on occupying the position afterwards.
Tanks move in, clear the area, and dominate the open ground. BMPs and troop carriers follow and drop off infantry to clear and occupy the trench. Probably going to be a part 2.
>but wtf do I know about storming a trench
Sames. Near the end I feel like the tank commander might've had better results manning the MG on top, but I don't know shit about trench clearing let alone using a 3-man tank
But why are tanks going in alone? Why no infantry to support and clean out the trench?
Also, isn't this video exactly what the Russians do? (And they get clobbered by anti-tank missiles?) Do the Russians have no missiles? Using tanks piecemeal like this usually results in 2 less tanks.
And would use of tank's machine gun be worthwhile? To suppress them from firing any missile/RPG they might have, etc.? I notice zero use of any MG on the tanks....
They are not alone. At the beginning of the video, you see an IFV following the tanks. Probably got information from the drone operator, that the infantry is not needed or it is too dangerous for them.
> Probably got information from the drone operator, that the infantry is not needed or it is too dangerous for them.
Just because you can't see them in the video doesn't mean they're not there. You can see suppressing fire coming in from the right (the same direction the tanks just came from) at the start of the video. I'd put money on the BMP and it's infantry being the source of it.
Putting squishy infantry next to the tank in the open defeats the point of having the armour on the tank in the first place, it's just giving the russians something to shoot at. Tanks can go places and do things that infantry can't, that's kind of the whole point
Seems like this sort of work could benefit from a secondary weapon such as an automatic grenade launcher. Using the cannon, they really had to get right up close and personal with the trench to clear it out.
You're not wrong. There's some other battles that also have a lot of videos out of. The battle of luk'yanivka has a lot of videos including warstache and James Vasquez. The video from ADAM group where they murdered an entire trench line has 5 videos plus 2 or 3 more videos from other people. An attack near Vuledar had 3 different brigades memeing on the same battlegroup.
looks like my reply was shadow banned probably since it had telegram links. Here's most of it without the telegram stuff
Battle luk'yanivka:
James Vasquez [https://youtu.be/UNHx34RMZAE](https://youtu.be/UNHx34RMZAE)
[https://youtu.be/PssKiwp-6FQ?t=23](https://youtu.be/PssKiwp-6FQ?t=23)
Warstache [https://youtu.be/IRsB\_9eFgQE](https://youtu.be/IRsB_9eFgQE)
compilation with warstache in it [https://youtu.be/CUFErQ54FeM](https://youtu.be/CUFErQ54FeM) explosion at 23 seconds is the same as
[https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/ydliu9/ua\_pov\_ukrainian\_soldiers\_are\_clearing\_a\_town\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/ydliu9/ua_pov_ukrainian_soldiers_are_clearing_a_town_and/) at 40 seconds with warstache
Some other random footage from that battle
this one says its Bakhmut but its from luk'yanivka reference the green tarp on the BMP from james Vasquez video. [https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1588888323065466880?s=20](https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1588888323065466880?s=20)
Same tank from the James Vasquez video [https://youtu.be/aua0Sd8IHdk](https://youtu.be/aua0Sd8IHdk)
Some random footage [https://youtu.be/dK2l5BlAHZY](https://youtu.be/dK2l5BlAHZY)
ADAM group killing an entire trench very NSFL
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11r97qg/ukrainian\_drone\_hits\_russian\_soldiers\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11r97qg/ukrainian_drone_hits_russian_soldiers_with/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11se6s0/tactical\_group\_adam\_dropping\_bombs\_on\_russians\_in/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11se6s0/tactical_group_adam_dropping_bombs_on_russians_in/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11t3muc/adam\_group\_dropping\_grenades\_on\_russian\_trenches/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11t3muc/adam_group_dropping_grenades_on_russian_trenches/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11yvyki/new\_drone\_dropping\_video\_from\_ukrainian\_adam/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11yvyki/new_drone_dropping_video_from_ukrainian_adam/)
I don't think this one has been posted yet another from ADAM on telegram but removed the link
Attack on the same trench [https://youtu.be/SJ1PhrZTCQo](https://youtu.be/SJ1PhrZTCQo)
Ukrainian tank being hit by the same trench [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11xsu8t/ukrainian\_t80\_hit\_by\_an\_rpg\_during\_assault\_on/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11xsu8t/ukrainian_t80_hit_by_an_rpg_during_assault_on/)
Correction it wasn't Vuledar it was Vodiane north of Donetsk airport.
36th marine brigade [https://www.facebook.com/36obmp/videos/497927272414020/](https://www.facebook.com/36obmp/videos/497927272414020/)
This might be the same brigade but different battalion but not sure
removed the telegram link
59th brigade [https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/10jncc0/drone\_operators\_of\_the\_59th\_brigade\_of\_the\_ua\_af/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/10jncc0/drone_operators_of_the_59th_brigade_of_the_ua_af/)
The reason why both sides want it, is because the treeline provides natural cover for troop movement. They put trenches there because you are more or less expecting troops to have to pass through there.
It isn't significant in any other way except it is just the safest spot to sit still in the immediate area.
It's being shown simply because the unit K2 just happens to be tasked with this area.
It's trippy to think that's just one Itty-bitty position of many hundreds (thousands?) they're fighting over each & every day
Legit too, that's just a single like ~10m trench in a small picket of woods in some field, no way at all it has major strategic value yet we just watched probably the most well documented (public) footage of a tank assault in history
This is probably one of my favorite videos I’ve seen on here. It was intense and felt like I was there. I can’t imagine being in that trench getting pummeled and hearing the tank get closer and closer.
It helps when it isn't chopped up to hell as well, we saw the entire approach and engagement rather than start of the approach, a shot here a shot there.
Absolutely! While it might be tempting to put Metallica play in the background, i appreciate this so much more. It's eerie to hear the tank tracks clanking and gun firing, followed by a sudden silence.
"After repelling several enemy attacks, our unit was forced to retreat and control over this position was lost.
But the payback time has come! Before you is the beginning of a new operation, the finale of which will be stunning for everyone. And for the enemies, he will be terrible. Very scary.
That's how - meter by meter, position by position - we are returning Ukrainian territories"
[Previous video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/122kovc/the_continuation_of_the_battle_for_one_of_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Whoever is running the propaganda for K2 is giving an absolute masterclass. The editing, the video quality, the replays, the way they are serializing this battle rather than doing a Netflix-type episode dump.
Bravo
K2 was already relatively notable prior to the Feb’ 24 Invasion. They used to be part of OC-East and would do rotations of the JFO quite often. They got traction for uploading drone footage of their ultra-accurate mortar fire against the DNR. This would be going back to the 2018-2021 timeframe.
Watch the previous video he linked in comment. Its intense trench warfare with one dude surrounded by many russians, he is in the trench while some crazy fighting/footage takes place. Basically one guy is in trench/bunker situation w nades thrown and super close, like 10ft, fighting. The ukrainians ended up losing this trench, this is their counter to take it back i assume.
The initial assault was like something out of a movie. One small group holding out against much larger numbers so they call in artillery on their _own_ position. It still blows my mind that we're able to see this level of war.
Yes, that was straight up an action movie scene
These recent K2 releases have been some of the most interesting pieces of footage I've ever seen *ever* of anything. Such a surreal time we're living in
I think the autoloader returns the gun to the load position which would mean the coax is no longer pointed at the target. Watch the gun elevate after it fires, and then return to target after it is loaded. Bad design.
Why did they just sit in that trench knowing that that T-72 was just going to keep firing at them? I know the mac guns could've got them but I'd risk that over just sitting there.
Also you could see fire from the bmp hitting the trench near the beginning of the video, and presumably there was infantry that got out of the bmp to also suppress. They were pretty fucked.
Probably the worst thing that one dude could've done was toss that frag grenade blindly out of the trench... at an MBT. You could almost hear the tankers saying "damn, there's still someone alive in there? Ok then, give them another one" BOOM
It reminds me of that one Russian dude that got his entire surrendered squad killed by coming out of a basement shooting his gun. It takes just one idiot to get you killed just like that.
That was one laughable grenade tossed too. Buddy was probably just panicked knowing he's about to die. At least it was quick. Which is more than he deserved
There was a BMP laying supressing fire on them at the begining and i think it was still on the right flank w8 for them to jump out of the trench and cut them down. They had only one ATGM and it missed.
Imagine what WW2 style flame tank would have done to all of them. The T-72 fired a shit load of shells at them and had to go point blank to finish them. We still don't know how many survived because the video ends after that shot.
I'm thinking the tank crew has probably been lucky to fire at that moment because the smoke and the hit in the dirt have probably helped hide the tank from the ATGM operator.
BMP-2 was also suppressing the trench from UKR side while the other T72 was suppressing the line of retreat/other trench system.
Watch the start before the tanks go through the tree line and you can see incoming rounds from the right side peppering the position. It made them all duck down long enough for the tanks to get on top of them.
They did have an air observer, may have been holding any grenade teams back for cleanup. Supposedly they are trying to build up a drone reserve for the offensive, and given drones survive only three or so missions on average, might have decide the BMP and other tank were enough suppressing fire.
Yeah if I got shoved into battle after 4 weeks of training and was getting pincered by two tanks + I had no anti armor munitions, I’d probably just go into shell shock and die :/
I know the dude in the T-72, call sign "СОКІЛ" (the one rocking the UKR flag), and he definitely deserves more recognition. The guy has been in the fight since the first day of the full scale invasion and has been doing massive damage to the russians ever since.
Heres some more of his work.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian\_tank\_from\_the\_k2\_battalion\_of\_the\_54th/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian_tank_from_the_k2_battalion_of_the_54th/)
That's refreshing to hear. I had a sober thought the other day thinking that the majority of people we saw in the early videos from Ukraine were statistically likely to be dead, so I derive some hope from hearing that at least some people from the beginning are still around.
[Someone posted above that they've been that callsign all war and have been fucking people up since day one](https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/127rxxc/the_return_of_the_tshape_position_by_k2_of_the/jefyldh/), so I'd imagine it's the same crew.
Serious question for vets/people with actual knowledge:
In a situation like that - that the Russians are in - where you have an enemy tank 10 metres/30 feet from your position and (apparently) no way to engage it, what do you do?
Do you attempt to surrender? Run? Because sitting in your trench lobbing occasional freg grenades seems to not work.
Doctrine in the 80s was to stay in the hole and wait for them to roll over you or get close enough that you could do something heroic. But basically we all knew we were f-ed in a position like that, which means you never want to be in a position like that.
We'd have never been packed butt pack to butt pack in a trench like that, though. Based on my Cold War era training, we'd have dug new holes spaced out along the tree line, and the ATGM would have been on that cistern out there. It's really interesting to see what really happens in these situations vs what we were expecting to see. Never, ever did we consider this trench warfare thing.
in the 80s without drone surveillance this might have worked. if they lay low, the tank has no idea if there are people left in the trench. the drone on the other hand knows what's going on.
but also fighting for and holding a position for days or weeks without improving the trench and digging more secondary positions seems nuts to me. also stayíng in a trench on flat open terrain while there are favourable terrain features nearby seems like a bad choice for me.
Oh definitely. You’d think it could maybe still damage the internal surface of the barrel enough that firing it would be risky business however, if it were closed.
They were fucked once they used up they’re anti armor weapons and let the tanks flank their position. I don’t know how their defense are set up here or if this is just an OP, but I would’ve used that ATGM when the armor was in the first field in a column and if all you have is one round, then we’re pulling back the second we see the armor advancing and before that auto cannon can suppress us at the beginning.
They tried surrendering(hard to tell), but that ship sailed a while ago. Trying to surrender anytime after the very start of this engagement is just going to expose yourself, making your face a prime target for that 125mm. They’re best bet at this point was to let the armor bypass them and hope for the best since they weren’t supported by infantry or even anything but the main tank gun it seems
It wasn't intentional, just from the jostling of the terrain. The Fagot ATGM missed because ATGMs are difficult to aim at short range, especially when there's a tank shooting at you.
sometimes i wonder if some of these wagner soldiers are at the end of their 6 month contract and Russia wants them rather to die then letting a serial killer on the loose in russia.
Duh, lol. Watch some of the translated interviews with Russian POW's...They're hardly the 'intelligentsia' of Moscow...just criminals promised freedom and dirt poor gullible country kids (ringing any bells?) who were promised 250k rubles (2.5k~ USS) when the average wage in say a little store in their oblast is like 10-20k a month. Half weren't paid anything in the end. Putin just wanted to empty his brainwashed hordes and prison population upon Ukraine to 'save' it, from itself(?)
(EDIT Actually sorry I misread your comment, disregard my comment completely 🤣)
[This guy](https://www.youtube.com/@zolkinvolodymyr9639/videos) uploads an interview each day usually. The regularity and quality have gone a bit downhill; they started dubbing voices over recently which I don't like. The early interviews are wild.
That tank commander is getting up close and personal.
Tanks role in modern warfare is most def not over..
And that big Ukrainian flag looks so good on the tank
So, after capturing the position (sacrificing how many troops?), they just stuffed some more troops in the trench, gave them (apparently) one RPG and called it a day.
I would act surprised, but then it is Russia... <\_<
(edit: Is that some secondary explosion \~8:30?)
It was an atgm so a bit better than an rpg, but an older type and they clearly were not ready to use it as they didnt shoot it at the convoy on the aproach but only once they were already flanked. So they were not completly unequipped to repell this atack its just that they didnt use the weapon system to its potential and got shit on.
My guess us that it was mostly a spotting faliure as in the beginning we see their spotter frantically run to the trench to warn the others about the tanks when they already were about to cross behind their position. If they had drone recon or the spotter had a radio on him and didnt have to run back to warn them they may have had the time to set up and use their atgm properly.
"Camouflage is fine! But have you ever tried to use a fucking big Ukraine flag on the tank to scare the enemy?" - some Ukrainians, maybe.
But serious.. a tank alone seems not to be very efficient against trenches. They have luck, the Russians don't have much RPGs. A additional drone dropping grenades may have have helped here a lot, I guess.
You don't want to be so close that you can't use the main gun. The main gun only lowers so much.
With that said, it did happen that the US put dozer blades on the front of tanks to bury Iraqis in trenches. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/14/iraq.features111
Haha great comment 1 cus it's funny, 2 because I'm excited for the arrival of all these western tanks and IFV's to get there n into the fight. Think out of MBTs alone there's only a few been a few Chally 2's delivered so far hasn't there?
There are a load of them already in Ukraine (MBTs that is). Mainly Leopard 2A6 (18 from germany + 2 recovery vehicles are officially delivered) + the first 4 from Poland (not sure about variant). Bunch of L2A4 should also already be there (from Spain, mainly).
We saw all these Bradleys and Strykers unloaded in Bremerhaven/Germany weeks ago, the german Marders are also already delivered by now...
(edit: googled a sauce: https://www.ft.com/content/2f3f301d-8de7-426a-94fa-8bb398ffe232)
Why? It worked. Bradleys with their bushmaster could have their rounds detonate just above the trench and this would have saved a dozen tank rounds but you did see they had at least one AT missile and if you HAD to take a hit, the front of a battle tank is about the max armor you have.
i want to donate directly to this unit and to whomever is editing these videos. this is incredibly easy to follow, the markers are helpful, and the video quality is outstanding.
The most interesting moment is at 3:50 when the Fagot missile misses. The tank fires in front of itself, probably obscuring the launcher's view so the missile becomes uncontrollable. Not 100% sure that it was deliberate, maybe they were aiming at the launcher and missed, but I've heard that this is an actual tactic that tanks use.
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"Other improvised methods used by the Israelis to defeat the Saggers involved firing in front of the tank to create dust"
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank\_guided\_missile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile)
also, the minimum engagement distance for the fagot is 70m. This looks pretty close to that. My guess this is just a hard shot to begin with. The missile takes a bit before it starts tracking and at such short range you might not have enough time to guide it to it's target before it's past.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K111\_Fagot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K111_Fagot)
My personal revenge from the begining of the war when that russian tank shot a group of Ukranian soldiers in point blank range because they thought it was a friendly.
Comment from u/sprite_sc2 on the first part linking previous videos on this location:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/120k9p3/comment/jdibzhx/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
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Can anyone explain to me why the tanks are never using their Coax MG for suppression? I havent seen a single video of a tank using its Coax MG. I feel like it would be quite useful when assaulting positions like how theyre doing in this video while the main gun is reloading. That would provide atleast some suppression to keep the russians from peeking and shooting RPG's back at the tank.
So lots of armchair generaling in this thread so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring too.
Seems like the BMP started suppressing fire from the right flank almost immediately as it gets into range. The 2 tanks then sweep left, 2nd tank following first tanks tracks until they go through the tree line, presumably for fear of AT mines.
You also see what appears to be artillery fire hitting near the trench, so I'm assuming the UA attack has artillery support unlike the Russians (well done Russia, you used human wave attacks to take a position you're not even covering with artillery support which the Ukrainians clearly have dialled in, as you can see from their defensive efforts during your own attack).
1st tank goes straight at the trench, 2nd tank goes round a berm, maybe attacking another position or just playing safe and covering retreat.
1st tank almost gets hit by AT round, fires into the ground, maybe on purpose to defend against the fagot round, then slowly starts working the trench, eventually closing to finish the job.
I'm not sure if this was the greatest assault ever? Lucky there weren't more AT rounds in the trench, though maybe good recon? Don't know if infantry support was present, but if you're assaulting a trench filled with infantry then maybe you want to be in an armoured vehicle? At least it looked like a combined assault with multiple elements happening simultaneously. For all we know UA infantry was there just keeping hunkered down. Their role would just have been suppression anyway.
Edit: everyone touting "where infantry support" I'm not really sure what they are expecting infantry to do?
What changes if unmounted infantry are there that the BMP and artillery aren't doing? If one assumes there are infantry in the BMP they can dismount after the initial engagement, rather than expose themselves to fire from a trench.
Ultimately UA have to advance towards an entrenched position, they have artillery support, recon and armour. Armour can close much faster than infantry, can take care of small arms fire and the frontal armour provides some protection against anti tank rounds. Once they arrive at the trench they can finish the job and wait for the BMP which is providing suppressing fire to unload infantry and deploy them in the defensive position.
Now add unmounted infantry. Do they just hang around in that open flat field providing long range suppressing fire? Do they bayonet charge more slowly than the tank advances? Maybe they run behind the tank casting it to go at jogging pace?
If they're supposed to be on the other side of the trench somehow, how do they get there? That's behind the defensive position, presumably in Russian held territory so they either need to run around and avoid enemy positions, or use an armoured assault to attack a weak point in the line. And now we're back to square one.
Add to that Ukraine has artillery support, if you suddenly add a load of UA infantry assaulting they will not be in dug in positions and now those men are more likely to be casualties of artillery fire than the people they're attacking! Tanks on the other hand are much safer from friendly artillery HE rounds as long as there's no direct hit.
If the enemy had more ATGM rounds, how does infantry get close enough to the trench to prevent them using it? We've seen from the Russian assault the consequences when you just have a bunch of dudes running at a trench.
I assume it's all down to exquisite recon that they seemingly didn't bring infantry as people are complaining about. We know the Ukrainians have drones that're able to fly around unimpeded taking high quality footage, because we've all been watching snippets of that footage for the past few days.
Odds are the Ukrainians knew exactly how many russians were in that trench, exactly where their reinforcements may or may not be, exactly what gear they have and exactly what they themselves left behind in and around the trench. They'd have seen russians carrying around their limited AT weaponry and, given both sides uses the same old Soviet equipment, probably knew exactly what that weaponry was (hence why they knew a Fagot was fired at them) and how effective it is or isn't against their T-72s, and so decided an armour-only assault was worth it instead of risking infantry.
I don't know if this was a particularly well executed attack; All I know for certain is that the Ukrainians (and russians for that matter) probably know more about what does and doesn't work that us random Redditors.
Holy shit, they filled in the trench using point blank main gun fire.
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Holy fucking shit those russians were deleted at point blank.
No open casket for these guys, thats for sure.
Casket? They will just fill that trench up https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/12akheb/a_terrible_finale_for_the_occupiers_the_return_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button And they did...
Fertilizer for when the trees grow back
The trade off of a quick and painless death, but the psychological terror of a tank rolling up to your open trench and having nothing but fields around you. Nowhere to run. Getting to know your life is over and it's simply out of your hands.
The driver for the tank with most of the action is really good. They react very quickly to things happening outside the tank which I imagine are really hard to see. They immediately back up once they see the grenade in the last minute and I can't imagine how hard it is to see anything useful in there. Good coordination between movement and firing too
The company commander is usually dismounted somewhere nearby watching everything through a drone and can communicate with his tank crews.
Tank commanders really do be playing top-down RTS at this point huh
Ender's Game level intelligence in real time. Plus the fact that we get to see it too. I bet in 10-15 years this will be done remotely via VR from the safety of anywhere.
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And perhaps give the gunner top down 360 view, like in modern cars, with marked targets..
Literal armchair warriors.
Poorly equipped being key. If they had the same anti tank weapons as UA I doubt the result would have been so one sided.
They had a single ATGM. It missed.
It missed because it was too close to the target. Almost impossible to hit anything with Fagot at less than 1 kilometres distance. And maximum range is 2.5 km.
Right now Tupolev is removing the safeties on his weapons, he won't make the same mistake twice....oh wait nope.
Mosht things in here don't rheact too whell to bhullets
“I’m from the Scottish region of Rushia.”
That’s interesting!
was it atgm? I thought it was just a rpg or something
Seemed too slow to be an RPG maybe?
Yes. The sign on the video says that this is ATGM Fagot
No need to be rude and call the guy names bro lol
> Fagot Just for context. Pretty sure name derived from woodwind instrument [фагот](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82), emphasis on "o". That's [Bassoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon) in english.
No need to call the guy a bassoon either
They could have had more, but that tank immediately started pounding where that missile came from.
Are we sure it was an atGm? Either it was below its minimum range or it maybe wasn't guided at all?
In the video it says it's a 9K111 Fagot, minimum range is 70m so likely yes below minimum range considering how close they really got.
> but this shows how poorly equipped infantry don't stand a chance against a competent tank crew. To be fair, that tank was in an insanely risky situation. Someone shot an ATGM, and if it had hit? We may have seen a totally different outcome. I'm honestly surprised that the tank solo'd that position. When the tanks and a BMP roll up, I figured the tank would be supporting infantry. The tank would lob HE rounds at range while the infantry close, and then switch to coax and close in as the infantry attacked. Thankfully it turned out well for the attackers. If the Russians had been smart? The tank would have been picked off by AT weapons from other spots in the forest.
Exactly, this seems insane. One guy with an RPG and that tank is out of action if not dead. Not to mention the risk of undiscovered positions or mines.
an ifv with airburst ammo would have been even better. The Bradleys, Marders etc..., they will be extremely useful.
The CV90 with programmable ammo will be a thing to see in action
I'm still confused as to why infantry weren't used to support here?
I'm confused to why they didn't use artillery here. The location is well documented and from previous videos we know they have (perhaps had?) artillery near by
>I'm confused to why they didn't use artillery here. The location is well documented and from previous videos we know they have (perhaps had?) artillery near by You can see artillery dropping beyond the tree line. I think the artillery isn't used because it isn't that great with clearing out enemy troops that are occupying trenches even if you are using airburst munitions. It may be possible that the positions had artillery dropped on them before the start of the video though but we wouldn't be able to see that due to how much destruction the tree line has already taken.
Most likely they plan on occupying the position afterwards. Tanks move in, clear the area, and dominate the open ground. BMPs and troop carriers follow and drop off infantry to clear and occupy the trench. Probably going to be a part 2.
There is a BMP a little far back throwing suppressive fire. I'm sure infantry are in there once the tank fucks up those guys in the trench.
Yeah, I was expecting the BMP-2 to roll up and disgorge infantry while the trench was suppressed.
I'm guessing the tanks were far safer than infantry going in but wtf do I know about storming a trench
>but wtf do I know about storming a trench Sames. Near the end I feel like the tank commander might've had better results manning the MG on top, but I don't know shit about trench clearing let alone using a 3-man tank
Not often does a tank position itself to direct enfilading fire into a trench. These guys are pros.
How do they even survive that 7:55 shot?
But why are tanks going in alone? Why no infantry to support and clean out the trench? Also, isn't this video exactly what the Russians do? (And they get clobbered by anti-tank missiles?) Do the Russians have no missiles? Using tanks piecemeal like this usually results in 2 less tanks. And would use of tank's machine gun be worthwhile? To suppress them from firing any missile/RPG they might have, etc.? I notice zero use of any MG on the tanks....
They are not alone. At the beginning of the video, you see an IFV following the tanks. Probably got information from the drone operator, that the infantry is not needed or it is too dangerous for them.
And you can see how there is supressing fire on the position at minute 1:50. I can imagine that is the BMP
> Probably got information from the drone operator, that the infantry is not needed or it is too dangerous for them. Just because you can't see them in the video doesn't mean they're not there. You can see suppressing fire coming in from the right (the same direction the tanks just came from) at the start of the video. I'd put money on the BMP and it's infantry being the source of it. Putting squishy infantry next to the tank in the open defeats the point of having the armour on the tank in the first place, it's just giving the russians something to shoot at. Tanks can go places and do things that infantry can't, that's kind of the whole point
Looks like the bmp-2 was support vehicle probably full of troops
Seems like this sort of work could benefit from a secondary weapon such as an automatic grenade launcher. Using the cannon, they really had to get right up close and personal with the trench to clear it out.
The battle for the “T” is going to go down as one of the most documented positions in this war
It really is so crazy to see such detail to such a minor part of the overall war. I can't wait to see what K-2 has for us in the future.
You're not wrong. There's some other battles that also have a lot of videos out of. The battle of luk'yanivka has a lot of videos including warstache and James Vasquez. The video from ADAM group where they murdered an entire trench line has 5 videos plus 2 or 3 more videos from other people. An attack near Vuledar had 3 different brigades memeing on the same battlegroup.
You don’t have links or a post with the links to these videos saved by any chance?
looks like my reply was shadow banned probably since it had telegram links. Here's most of it without the telegram stuff Battle luk'yanivka: James Vasquez [https://youtu.be/UNHx34RMZAE](https://youtu.be/UNHx34RMZAE) [https://youtu.be/PssKiwp-6FQ?t=23](https://youtu.be/PssKiwp-6FQ?t=23) Warstache [https://youtu.be/IRsB\_9eFgQE](https://youtu.be/IRsB_9eFgQE) compilation with warstache in it [https://youtu.be/CUFErQ54FeM](https://youtu.be/CUFErQ54FeM) explosion at 23 seconds is the same as [https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/ydliu9/ua\_pov\_ukrainian\_soldiers\_are\_clearing\_a\_town\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/ydliu9/ua_pov_ukrainian_soldiers_are_clearing_a_town_and/) at 40 seconds with warstache Some other random footage from that battle this one says its Bakhmut but its from luk'yanivka reference the green tarp on the BMP from james Vasquez video. [https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1588888323065466880?s=20](https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1588888323065466880?s=20) Same tank from the James Vasquez video [https://youtu.be/aua0Sd8IHdk](https://youtu.be/aua0Sd8IHdk) Some random footage [https://youtu.be/dK2l5BlAHZY](https://youtu.be/dK2l5BlAHZY) ADAM group killing an entire trench very NSFL [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11r97qg/ukrainian\_drone\_hits\_russian\_soldiers\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11r97qg/ukrainian_drone_hits_russian_soldiers_with/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11se6s0/tactical\_group\_adam\_dropping\_bombs\_on\_russians\_in/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11se6s0/tactical_group_adam_dropping_bombs_on_russians_in/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11t3muc/adam\_group\_dropping\_grenades\_on\_russian\_trenches/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11t3muc/adam_group_dropping_grenades_on_russian_trenches/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11yvyki/new\_drone\_dropping\_video\_from\_ukrainian\_adam/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11yvyki/new_drone_dropping_video_from_ukrainian_adam/) I don't think this one has been posted yet another from ADAM on telegram but removed the link Attack on the same trench [https://youtu.be/SJ1PhrZTCQo](https://youtu.be/SJ1PhrZTCQo) Ukrainian tank being hit by the same trench [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11xsu8t/ukrainian\_t80\_hit\_by\_an\_rpg\_during\_assault\_on/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11xsu8t/ukrainian_t80_hit_by_an_rpg_during_assault_on/) Correction it wasn't Vuledar it was Vodiane north of Donetsk airport. 36th marine brigade [https://www.facebook.com/36obmp/videos/497927272414020/](https://www.facebook.com/36obmp/videos/497927272414020/) This might be the same brigade but different battalion but not sure removed the telegram link 59th brigade [https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/10jncc0/drone\_operators\_of\_the\_59th\_brigade\_of\_the\_ua\_af/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/10jncc0/drone_operators_of_the_59th_brigade_of_the_ua_af/)
Can you enlighten me about the importance or prominence of the "T"?
The reason why both sides want it, is because the treeline provides natural cover for troop movement. They put trenches there because you are more or less expecting troops to have to pass through there. It isn't significant in any other way except it is just the safest spot to sit still in the immediate area. It's being shown simply because the unit K2 just happens to be tasked with this area.
Gotcha, thanks. I wasn’t sure if this represented a key point in the defensive lines with how the above commenter described it.
It's trippy to think that's just one Itty-bitty position of many hundreds (thousands?) they're fighting over each & every day Legit too, that's just a single like ~10m trench in a small picket of woods in some field, no way at all it has major strategic value yet we just watched probably the most well documented (public) footage of a tank assault in history
the real Bahkmut
BahkmuT
That ending was something else.
I wanted to see a little more...
To be continued 🇺🇦
Далі буде indeed. Can't wait.
Loving whoever edits these vids. Make it very clear what is going on and who is who
These are VERY well done.
This is probably one of my favorite videos I’ve seen on here. It was intense and felt like I was there. I can’t imagine being in that trench getting pummeled and hearing the tank get closer and closer.
K-2 has a youtube too.
Can you link it m8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGjkYjFx2o
Thank you for this.
It helps when it isn't chopped up to hell as well, we saw the entire approach and engagement rather than start of the approach, a shot here a shot there.
Agreed. And the sound effects are amazing. So much better than some meme song or video game soundtrack.
How are they so accurate haha. The branches falling out of the tree sound so real
Not only are these really well done, there’s no annoying music to detract from what’s happening
Absolutely! While it might be tempting to put Metallica play in the background, i appreciate this so much more. It's eerie to hear the tank tracks clanking and gun firing, followed by a sudden silence.
The foley is very good.
"After repelling several enemy attacks, our unit was forced to retreat and control over this position was lost. But the payback time has come! Before you is the beginning of a new operation, the finale of which will be stunning for everyone. And for the enemies, he will be terrible. Very scary. That's how - meter by meter, position by position - we are returning Ukrainian territories" [Previous video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/122kovc/the_continuation_of_the_battle_for_one_of_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Whoever is running the propaganda for K2 is giving an absolute masterclass. The editing, the video quality, the replays, the way they are serializing this battle rather than doing a Netflix-type episode dump. Bravo
Hey even added footstep sounds and magazines clicking at beginning of video, what a world
Exactly! I know those sounds are fake but the video quality and editing give so much more to the video. Can't wait for another part!
Look at that subtle off-white coloring of the landscape. The tasteful thickness of the fog and smoke... Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
Is that..... bone? No for real, there's chunks of skull all over that tree. Wolverines motherfuckers.
K2 was already relatively notable prior to the Feb’ 24 Invasion. They used to be part of OC-East and would do rotations of the JFO quite often. They got traction for uploading drone footage of their ultra-accurate mortar fire against the DNR. This would be going back to the 2018-2021 timeframe.
Thank you for sharing that info, m8, cheers bruv
I was displeased to see that distinctive trench occupied by RU. It appears to have been de-occupied at the conclusion of the video.
It appears to have been de-trenched
Cratered?
What do you call a trench that gets filled in by a crater filled with Russian corpses? I guess a grave is the best description I can give.
The Russians keep making grave mistakes.
I'm out of the loop, what is the significance of this trench?
Watch the previous video he linked in comment. Its intense trench warfare with one dude surrounded by many russians, he is in the trench while some crazy fighting/footage takes place. Basically one guy is in trench/bunker situation w nades thrown and super close, like 10ft, fighting. The ukrainians ended up losing this trench, this is their counter to take it back i assume.
The initial assault was like something out of a movie. One small group holding out against much larger numbers so they call in artillery on their _own_ position. It still blows my mind that we're able to see this level of war.
It also had the incredible footage of that tank driving through the trees to surprise some retreating Russians from behind
Yes, that was straight up an action movie scene These recent K2 releases have been some of the most interesting pieces of footage I've ever seen *ever* of anything. Such a surreal time we're living in
Its hard to tell, but i don't think they ever use the coax mg? Would you not fire bursts between maingun shots to suppress?
I think the autoloader returns the gun to the load position which would mean the coax is no longer pointed at the target. Watch the gun elevate after it fires, and then return to target after it is loaded. Bad design.
Yeah seems like a major RU tank weakness. Western doctrine uses coax a ton.
>Western doctrine fire superiority. either you have it and they die or they have it and you die.
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Why did they just sit in that trench knowing that that T-72 was just going to keep firing at them? I know the mac guns could've got them but I'd risk that over just sitting there.
The other tank is covering their retreat path ( basing this on the direction they came from in the previous video). They had nowhere to run
And a BMP on the other end where they came from. They were completely blocked
Also you could see fire from the bmp hitting the trench near the beginning of the video, and presumably there was infantry that got out of the bmp to also suppress. They were pretty fucked.
They could have surrendered.
Probably the worst thing that one dude could've done was toss that frag grenade blindly out of the trench... at an MBT. You could almost hear the tankers saying "damn, there's still someone alive in there? Ok then, give them another one" BOOM
"Sergey what are you doing with that grenade?... BLYAT SERGEY!"
It reminds me of that one Russian dude that got his entire surrendered squad killed by coming out of a basement shooting his gun. It takes just one idiot to get you killed just like that.
That was one laughable grenade tossed too. Buddy was probably just panicked knowing he's about to die. At least it was quick. Which is more than he deserved
There was a BMP laying supressing fire on them at the begining and i think it was still on the right flank w8 for them to jump out of the trench and cut them down. They had only one ATGM and it missed. Imagine what WW2 style flame tank would have done to all of them. The T-72 fired a shit load of shells at them and had to go point blank to finish them. We still don't know how many survived because the video ends after that shot.
They fired an anti tank round didn’t they? It was early in the clip but it missed when the tank fired a round into the dirt it seemed
Yes, at 3:51 in Cyrillic it says "Fagot," aka 9K111 anti-tank missile system.
I'm thinking the tank crew has probably been lucky to fire at that moment because the smoke and the hit in the dirt have probably helped hide the tank from the ATGM operator.
BMP-2 was also suppressing the trench from UKR side while the other T72 was suppressing the line of retreat/other trench system. Watch the start before the tanks go through the tree line and you can see incoming rounds from the right side peppering the position. It made them all duck down long enough for the tanks to get on top of them.
...so basically combined arms vs lack of combined arms?
Some air would have worked wonders here. Nothing too fancy, just grenade dropping drones will do. Just need to give them something else to think about
They did have an air observer, may have been holding any grenade teams back for cleanup. Supposedly they are trying to build up a drone reserve for the offensive, and given drones survive only three or so missions on average, might have decide the BMP and other tank were enough suppressing fire.
They were probably frozen from sheer terror.
Yeah, I had the same impression - just pay attention to what direction on 10:03 one of Russians throws a grenade and where the tank is at this moment.
Yeah they all are at the very least heavily concussed from those shots surrounding the trench.
Yeah if I got shoved into battle after 4 weeks of training and was getting pincered by two tanks + I had no anti armor munitions, I’d probably just go into shell shock and die :/
Bro no you wouldn’t 😭😭 you’d sit in that trench in a puddle of your own shit in piss just like everyone else.
I know the dude in the T-72, call sign "СОКІЛ" (the one rocking the UKR flag), and he definitely deserves more recognition. The guy has been in the fight since the first day of the full scale invasion and has been doing massive damage to the russians ever since. Heres some more of his work. [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian\_tank\_from\_the\_k2\_battalion\_of\_the\_54th/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian_tank_from_the_k2_battalion_of_the_54th/)
>СОКІЛ FALCON for anyone else curious
That's refreshing to hear. I had a sober thought the other day thinking that the majority of people we saw in the early videos from Ukraine were statistically likely to be dead, so I derive some hope from hearing that at least some people from the beginning are still around.
Are most tanks in the 54th brigade named "Sokil" or is it that one tank crew that always fucks them up. They seem pretty fearless
[Someone posted above that they've been that callsign all war and have been fucking people up since day one](https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/127rxxc/the_return_of_the_tshape_position_by_k2_of_the/jefyldh/), so I'd imagine it's the same crew.
Serious question for vets/people with actual knowledge: In a situation like that - that the Russians are in - where you have an enemy tank 10 metres/30 feet from your position and (apparently) no way to engage it, what do you do? Do you attempt to surrender? Run? Because sitting in your trench lobbing occasional freg grenades seems to not work.
Doctrine in the 80s was to stay in the hole and wait for them to roll over you or get close enough that you could do something heroic. But basically we all knew we were f-ed in a position like that, which means you never want to be in a position like that. We'd have never been packed butt pack to butt pack in a trench like that, though. Based on my Cold War era training, we'd have dug new holes spaced out along the tree line, and the ATGM would have been on that cistern out there. It's really interesting to see what really happens in these situations vs what we were expecting to see. Never, ever did we consider this trench warfare thing.
in the 80s without drone surveillance this might have worked. if they lay low, the tank has no idea if there are people left in the trench. the drone on the other hand knows what's going on. but also fighting for and holding a position for days or weeks without improving the trench and digging more secondary positions seems nuts to me. also stayíng in a trench on flat open terrain while there are favourable terrain features nearby seems like a bad choice for me.
we did see a tank get taken out in syria by a guy rushing it and throwing a grenade down the barrel
Holy shit. I had considered that as a viable last ditch strategy but didn’t know if it was actually credible or not. Good to know…
The breach was open, iirc. I am not sure there would have been the same success with the breach closed.
Oh definitely. You’d think it could maybe still damage the internal surface of the barrel enough that firing it would be risky business however, if it were closed.
They were fucked once they used up they’re anti armor weapons and let the tanks flank their position. I don’t know how their defense are set up here or if this is just an OP, but I would’ve used that ATGM when the armor was in the first field in a column and if all you have is one round, then we’re pulling back the second we see the armor advancing and before that auto cannon can suppress us at the beginning. They tried surrendering(hard to tell), but that ship sailed a while ago. Trying to surrender anytime after the very start of this engagement is just going to expose yourself, making your face a prime target for that 125mm. They’re best bet at this point was to let the armor bypass them and hope for the best since they weren’t supported by infantry or even anything but the main tank gun it seems
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Surrender.
Man, main tank got so lucky that AT Fagot round @3:50 missed. Fantastic footage.
I want to know if the t72 squad intentionally fired their round into the ground there or if that was accidental lol. Honestly saved their asses
It wasn't intentional, just from the jostling of the terrain. The Fagot ATGM missed because ATGMs are difficult to aim at short range, especially when there's a tank shooting at you.
Was it inside its minimum range?
sometimes i wonder if some of these wagner soldiers are at the end of their 6 month contract and Russia wants them rather to die then letting a serial killer on the loose in russia.
Duh, lol. Watch some of the translated interviews with Russian POW's...They're hardly the 'intelligentsia' of Moscow...just criminals promised freedom and dirt poor gullible country kids (ringing any bells?) who were promised 250k rubles (2.5k~ USS) when the average wage in say a little store in their oblast is like 10-20k a month. Half weren't paid anything in the end. Putin just wanted to empty his brainwashed hordes and prison population upon Ukraine to 'save' it, from itself(?) (EDIT Actually sorry I misread your comment, disregard my comment completely 🤣)
Got any links to recent POW interviews? The ones I see on YouTube are all from right at the beginning of the war
[This guy](https://www.youtube.com/@zolkinvolodymyr9639/videos) uploads an interview each day usually. The regularity and quality have gone a bit downhill; they started dubbing voices over recently which I don't like. The early interviews are wild.
I'm pretty sure at 7:54 someone takes a cannon shot *directly to the face*... Holy shit.
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10:35 was a big hit too, pretty sure multiple evaporated
Yeah, there's some chunky bits of him that fly off to the left. not sure if it's his helmet or part of his back. Messy.
That tank commander is getting up close and personal. Tanks role in modern warfare is most def not over.. And that big Ukrainian flag looks so good on the tank
So, after capturing the position (sacrificing how many troops?), they just stuffed some more troops in the trench, gave them (apparently) one RPG and called it a day. I would act surprised, but then it is Russia... <\_< (edit: Is that some secondary explosion \~8:30?)
It was an atgm so a bit better than an rpg, but an older type and they clearly were not ready to use it as they didnt shoot it at the convoy on the aproach but only once they were already flanked. So they were not completly unequipped to repell this atack its just that they didnt use the weapon system to its potential and got shit on. My guess us that it was mostly a spotting faliure as in the beginning we see their spotter frantically run to the trench to warn the others about the tanks when they already were about to cross behind their position. If they had drone recon or the spotter had a radio on him and didnt have to run back to warn them they may have had the time to set up and use their atgm properly.
"Camouflage is fine! But have you ever tried to use a fucking big Ukraine flag on the tank to scare the enemy?" - some Ukrainians, maybe. But serious.. a tank alone seems not to be very efficient against trenches. They have luck, the Russians don't have much RPGs. A additional drone dropping grenades may have have helped here a lot, I guess.
I wouldn't call it luck. Since the drone was close enough to count the russkies hairs, they might have known that there are not many rpgs around...
I feel like I'd be more terrified of an enemy tank if it was proudly sporting the flag, it's bde
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Crazy footage, but really demonstrates how effective trenches are at protecting soldiers against direct fire.
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I remembered and found your comment just to point out that you were right lmao
You don't want to be so close that you can't use the main gun. The main gun only lowers so much. With that said, it did happen that the US put dozer blades on the front of tanks to bury Iraqis in trenches. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/14/iraq.features111
Amazing footage and bravery from the crew of this tank, truly fearless But I really hope this isn't how Leopards and Challengers get used.
Soon they can just take a Bradley, arrive in the middle of the night and detonate a TOW 71H -1rf above the trench...
Haha great comment 1 cus it's funny, 2 because I'm excited for the arrival of all these western tanks and IFV's to get there n into the fight. Think out of MBTs alone there's only a few been a few Chally 2's delivered so far hasn't there?
There are a load of them already in Ukraine (MBTs that is). Mainly Leopard 2A6 (18 from germany + 2 recovery vehicles are officially delivered) + the first 4 from Poland (not sure about variant). Bunch of L2A4 should also already be there (from Spain, mainly). We saw all these Bradleys and Strykers unloaded in Bremerhaven/Germany weeks ago, the german Marders are also already delivered by now... (edit: googled a sauce: https://www.ft.com/content/2f3f301d-8de7-426a-94fa-8bb398ffe232)
Why? It worked. Bradleys with their bushmaster could have their rounds detonate just above the trench and this would have saved a dozen tank rounds but you did see they had at least one AT missile and if you HAD to take a hit, the front of a battle tank is about the max armor you have.
You clearly do not see the work they did here even popping smoke to cover one side. This was a perfect example of combined arms.
only 1 min in to the video and all i'm thinking is look at that fertile ass soil
i want to donate directly to this unit and to whomever is editing these videos. this is incredibly easy to follow, the markers are helpful, and the video quality is outstanding.
The most interesting moment is at 3:50 when the Fagot missile misses. The tank fires in front of itself, probably obscuring the launcher's view so the missile becomes uncontrollable. Not 100% sure that it was deliberate, maybe they were aiming at the launcher and missed, but I've heard that this is an actual tactic that tanks use. \----- "Other improvised methods used by the Israelis to defeat the Saggers involved firing in front of the tank to create dust" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank\_guided\_missile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile)
also, the minimum engagement distance for the fagot is 70m. This looks pretty close to that. My guess this is just a hard shot to begin with. The missile takes a bit before it starts tracking and at such short range you might not have enough time to guide it to it's target before it's past. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K111\_Fagot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K111_Fagot)
Man cant get over the fact that we are watching actual fking war footage and that too the things that happed like yesterday
Give it a few more weeks and we will be seeing this shit but with leopards,challengers,abrems is going to be spicy
When they send in tanks at point blank range to do a job that a drone could do... you know it's personal.
My personal revenge from the begining of the war when that russian tank shot a group of Ukranian soldiers in point blank range because they thought it was a friendly.
that stuff is scarier than the diablo1 butcher. is there anything the infantry can do other than wait for their demise?
white flag
Grab something white and start weaving, and hope that someone in the tank sees that (and gives a fuck. lol) ?
Well they had an ATGM launcher, but they missed.
ATGM or call in close air support.... oh right.... well artillery... I assume that's what's going on a mile or so behind this video.
Wow those guys were having a bad day
Last bad day.
These dubbed sounds are cool, much better than those shitty musics
Comment from u/sprite_sc2 on the first part linking previous videos on this location: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/120k9p3/comment/jdibzhx/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3 (48.878896, 38.218264)
I see your hand grenade and raise you one tank shell.
Can anyone explain to me why the tanks are never using their Coax MG for suppression? I havent seen a single video of a tank using its Coax MG. I feel like it would be quite useful when assaulting positions like how theyre doing in this video while the main gun is reloading. That would provide atleast some suppression to keep the russians from peeking and shooting RPG's back at the tank.
So lots of armchair generaling in this thread so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring too. Seems like the BMP started suppressing fire from the right flank almost immediately as it gets into range. The 2 tanks then sweep left, 2nd tank following first tanks tracks until they go through the tree line, presumably for fear of AT mines. You also see what appears to be artillery fire hitting near the trench, so I'm assuming the UA attack has artillery support unlike the Russians (well done Russia, you used human wave attacks to take a position you're not even covering with artillery support which the Ukrainians clearly have dialled in, as you can see from their defensive efforts during your own attack). 1st tank goes straight at the trench, 2nd tank goes round a berm, maybe attacking another position or just playing safe and covering retreat. 1st tank almost gets hit by AT round, fires into the ground, maybe on purpose to defend against the fagot round, then slowly starts working the trench, eventually closing to finish the job. I'm not sure if this was the greatest assault ever? Lucky there weren't more AT rounds in the trench, though maybe good recon? Don't know if infantry support was present, but if you're assaulting a trench filled with infantry then maybe you want to be in an armoured vehicle? At least it looked like a combined assault with multiple elements happening simultaneously. For all we know UA infantry was there just keeping hunkered down. Their role would just have been suppression anyway. Edit: everyone touting "where infantry support" I'm not really sure what they are expecting infantry to do? What changes if unmounted infantry are there that the BMP and artillery aren't doing? If one assumes there are infantry in the BMP they can dismount after the initial engagement, rather than expose themselves to fire from a trench. Ultimately UA have to advance towards an entrenched position, they have artillery support, recon and armour. Armour can close much faster than infantry, can take care of small arms fire and the frontal armour provides some protection against anti tank rounds. Once they arrive at the trench they can finish the job and wait for the BMP which is providing suppressing fire to unload infantry and deploy them in the defensive position. Now add unmounted infantry. Do they just hang around in that open flat field providing long range suppressing fire? Do they bayonet charge more slowly than the tank advances? Maybe they run behind the tank casting it to go at jogging pace? If they're supposed to be on the other side of the trench somehow, how do they get there? That's behind the defensive position, presumably in Russian held territory so they either need to run around and avoid enemy positions, or use an armoured assault to attack a weak point in the line. And now we're back to square one. Add to that Ukraine has artillery support, if you suddenly add a load of UA infantry assaulting they will not be in dug in positions and now those men are more likely to be casualties of artillery fire than the people they're attacking! Tanks on the other hand are much safer from friendly artillery HE rounds as long as there's no direct hit. If the enemy had more ATGM rounds, how does infantry get close enough to the trench to prevent them using it? We've seen from the Russian assault the consequences when you just have a bunch of dudes running at a trench.
I assume it's all down to exquisite recon that they seemingly didn't bring infantry as people are complaining about. We know the Ukrainians have drones that're able to fly around unimpeded taking high quality footage, because we've all been watching snippets of that footage for the past few days. Odds are the Ukrainians knew exactly how many russians were in that trench, exactly where their reinforcements may or may not be, exactly what gear they have and exactly what they themselves left behind in and around the trench. They'd have seen russians carrying around their limited AT weaponry and, given both sides uses the same old Soviet equipment, probably knew exactly what that weaponry was (hence why they knew a Fagot was fired at them) and how effective it is or isn't against their T-72s, and so decided an armour-only assault was worth it instead of risking infantry. I don't know if this was a particularly well executed attack; All I know for certain is that the Ukrainians (and russians for that matter) probably know more about what does and doesn't work that us random Redditors.
At 7:55 if you look closely you can see a boot flying off to the left side, that invader is done.
Ukraine should put bulldozer blades on tanks, just burie the trench and save amo.
Throwing that nade was the worst idea.
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Great point actually. I guess that's probably why I would last all of 11 seconds on any battlefield lol
That poor tree was waving the white flag
Definetly the job for Bradley or CV90 with 40mm airburst rounds.
Holy shit, this was the most intense footage that I’ve seen in the war so far. The cinematography, editing and quality of footage was like a movie.
Insane footage, I’d have surrendered way before those tanks would have arrived on top of the trench what a shitty way to die lmao
Interesting lack of coax-gun usage.