Ukrainian servicemen witnessed the impact of a Russian ODAB-500 bomb equipped with a UMPK module. The video is rare and archival, the location of the shooting is not reported, the bomb was presumably dropped by a Su-34NVO aircraft, the bomb exploded over the target. The ODAB-500 bomb was developed by GNPP Bazalt in the late 1980s, it contains ethylene oxide or piperylene, depending on the version. There are 4 versions of bombs in total: ODAB-500, ODAB-500P, ODAB-500PM and ODAB-500PMV. The damaging factor of the ODAB-500 bomb is a blast wave with a pressure of up to 120 atmospheres and thermal radiation of up to 2000 degrees, some call the bomb a vacuum bomb. The radius of destruction of the ODAB-500 bomb is from 30 to 300 meters, depending on the altitude of the explosion and the weather. The ODAB-500 bomb weighs 500 kg and can be equipped with a parachute. The bomb's TNT equivalent reaches one ton.
The crew of the Ukrainian T-64BV tank showed the consequences of several strikes by Russian drones. The video was filmed in the Kursk region of Russia. The tank is equipped with "Mangal" type protection. The crew decided to abandon the tank.
An episode of a mass attack by Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" on the Ukrainian seaport of Reni in the Odessa region, on the border with Romania. Some of the drones "Geran-2" are shot down by aviation and air defense of Ukraine, an episode of this is shown in the second part of the video. According to Ukrainian media, 15-20 explosions were heard in the port. In the video, a Ukrainian helicopter Mi-24, Soviet-made, fires from 12.7-mm machine guns YakB-12.7 at the Russian drone "Geran-2".
Footage of attacks by Russian FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky", controlled via fiber optic cable, on a Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tank stuck in a trench. In reality, the Ukrainian tank hit in the video is a Leopard 2A4 tank. The Leopard 2A6 tank began to be produced in Germany in 1997, based on the Leopard 2A5 tank. The Ukrainian version of the tank is reinforced with dynamic protection. The video was filmed near the village of Pobeda, in the Kurakhovsky direction. The Vandal drones attacked not only the tank, but also the crew, who abandoned the tank. One crew member tried to take cover under the tank, the second ran to the dugout, the episode was partially cut from the video.
An episode of the battle of the Russian 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Lisichansk Cossack Brigade. The video shows the use of, presumably, a T-72 tank with Tsar-Mangal protection during the assault on a Ukrainian army stronghold near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye, in the Seversky direction of the Donbass. Judging by the video, this time the Russian Tsar-Mangal protection was also effective. The Russian tank is attacked by Ukrainian drones, but they are unable to cause critical damage to it. The video also shows that Russian soldiers are using motorcycles to quickly move the infantry. After delivering the infantry, the tank goes to its original positions, and the infantry begins to storm the building. The video is shortened.
The video shows three FPV drones "Vandal", controlled via fiber optic cable, striking a Ukrainian T-64BV tank in the village of Sverdlikovo, Kursk region of Russia. The tank is equipped with Ukrainian mesh protection "Mangal". The tank was attacked by three drones, after the second drone strike, the T-64 tank crew abandoned the combat vehicle. The FPV drone "Vandal", abbreviated "KVN", was used by the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the 7th Division of the Russian Airborne Forces.
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