"Monster" tank T-72B3M appears on the battlefield in Ukraine
A Russian T-72B3M tank with powerful protection, looking like a monster from a horror movie, has appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•15/07/2025
According to Ukrainian war journalists, a Russian T-72B3M tank with powerful protection, looking like a monster from a horror movie, has appeared on the front line of the Ukrainian battlefield. This “monster” tank took part in offensive operations in the Dyleevka area, on the Toretsko-Konstantinovsky front. The media called this combat vehicle a “horror movie monster”, because it was equipped with all kinds of protection.
It is known that the “monster” T-72B3M tank withstood 60 attacks by FPV UAVs of the Ukrainian army. On the roof of the tank, you can see Ukrainian FPV UAVs, entangled in various types of protective barriers. It is worth noting that the tank only stopped after running over an anti-tank mine. In October 2024, Russian tanks with a protective mesh structure, to protect against attacks by FPV UAVs, appeared in the war zone, which looks like a curly hairstyle - or dreadlocks. This design is a frame erected on the tank turret in the familiar "oven" shape. On the steel mesh frame on the turret and the rear of the vehicle, supplemented by a layer of barbed wire, mounted along the perimeter of the roof. The distance between them is calculated so that the warhead of the attacking FPV UAV explodes outside the armor of the tank without causing damage. The result of the FPV UAV hitting these "ovens" is almost zero. The Russian Military Review also reported that the Russian army’s T-72B3M tank demonstrated its super survivability near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. This “monster” tank was hit by a Ukrainian FPV UAV at least five times, but was only disabled after running over an anti-tank mine.
The footage that has surfaced online shows this “monster” tank, which Russian soldiers have “modified” with almost every known homemade protection, from dynamic protection to wire mesh. This protection, installed on Russian tanks, turns out to be quite useful. The FPV UAVs that attacked it can be seen stuck on the barbed wire on the tank’s roof. Additional protection solutions, improvisedly installed on tanks and other armored vehicles, making them look like a monster from a horror movie, are often used by Russian soldiers on the front line. Previously, it was reported that tanks “modified” like this would lose the ability to rotate the turret as well as the ability to observe for almost all crew members (except the driver). But in fact, it is really effective in combat, providing good protection for armored vehicles against FPV UAV attacks. Although armored vehicles are enhanced with all sorts of ideas, even the craziest ones, it certainly increases the protection on the battlefield against the swarms of FPV UAVs on the battlefield. That is also the reason why the number of such “modified” armored vehicles, captured by camera lenses on the front lines, is increasing. Not only the Russian army, the Ukrainian army is also actively installing similar protection on Western-style armored vehicles. The Ukrainian army said that tanks and infantry fighting vehicles transferred to Kiev by the US and its allies are virtually defenseless against Russian weapons.
Adding protection to armored vehicles is not new. Before the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out, the Russian army put “steel helmets” on their T-72B3 tanks to protect them from the “top-breaking” attack of Javelin missiles. The “steel helmets” on Russian tanks were once ridiculed by Western media as a “crazy” idea of the Russians. When the Russia-Ukraine war entered a fierce phase, FPV UAVs were used by both sides. At this time, armored vehicles were no longer only wearing helmets, but also turned into giant porcupines, with all kinds of barbed wire tied to the vehicle, to counter the attacks of FPV UAVs, which had now become the main anti-tank weapon on the battlefield. It is worth noting that the Russians always have unique inventions in defense technology. According to the Russian channel Rybar, the upgrade to protect tanks against UAVs FPV, invented by the tank squadrons of the 150th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, reinforced with the RFAF Southern Group, fighting on the Donetsk battlefield. (photo source Military Review, Sputnik, X).
Russian monster tank T-72B3 on the battlefield in Ukraine. Source Military Review
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•15/07/2025
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