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A modified M430A1 HEDP 40x53mm grenade was dropped on a rare Russian T-80UK tank. It is difficult to say if the tank received any serious damage, but such HEDP grenades easily penetrate the upper armor of the tank. Music from source.
[embed]https://reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/w4tt07/a_modified_m430a1_hedp_40x53mm_grenade_was/[/embed]A modified M430A1 HEDP 40x53mm grenade was dropped on a rare Russian T-80UK tank. It is difficult to say if the tank received any serious damage, but such HEDP grenades easily penetrate the upper armor of the tank. Music from source.
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Credit to Ukraine Weapons Tracker for the description:
“Ukrainian troops targeting a really endangered species- a modified M430A1 HEDP 40x53mm grenade was dropped on a rare Russian T-80UK tank. It is difficult to say if the tank received any serious damage, but such HEDP grenades easily penetrate the upper armor of the tank.”
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At the very least there are probably some Russians looking for clean underwear right now.
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Is that the air intake/exhaust vents right behind the turret where it landed?
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Doink!
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Hit the air intake and probably parts of the engine… That tank is not going anywhere on it’s on power soon.
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I don’t know much about tanks but I believe that was exactly the best spot to hit…?
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Imagine what the 40mm TB thermobaric version would do if it got inside that open hatch, ouch!
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It has better penetration than any 2A42 autocannon round.
So one could swap BMP’s 30 mm to it.
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bet it was near its birthplace of Kharkiv
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The radiators on it are probably done for.
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nice aim
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Did it have any effect at all?
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Other than an open mancover thats bang on THE perfect spot to hit for such a grenade (from the top). Right on the engine air intakes, very little hard armour, lots of grilles etc – it’d have completely screwed the tank’s powerplant up – 99.9% sure it’d be inoperable and possibly deserted &/or not feasible to repair.
Terrific shot – these are the same yellow 40mm rounds they were using in a video a few days ago and despite me saying they were 40mm’sfolks argued with me till they were blue in the face they were RKG-3’s.
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I played enough battlefield and worldofTanks to say thats 100 a engine bust
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Form the Wiki, T-80UK is somewhat new, form the 90s, this one compared to the 72s, 62s, etc, look like a juicy target;
“Commander version equipped with Shtora-1 APS, thermal imaging night sight TO1-PO2T (detection range / target classification range = 6,400 / 4,600 meters at night), new atmospheric parameter sensor, R-163U and R-163K radio stations, TNA-4 navigation system, HE shell remote detonation system, AB-1-P28 autonomous power plant. Adopted by the army in the 1990s.”
