Tiger331 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 The Russian Army recently 'invaded' Estonia (and the other Baltic States & Poland) courtesy of a 'third party'. Estonia was gifted a T-72B3 (according to the Information Board) and it is currently 'on tour' around the country before going on permanent display in the Estonian Military Museum near Tallinn. Apologies for the quality of the fourth photograph, taken in a blizzard here in Tartu on Saturday. UPDATE: What a difference a day makes....went back this afternoon and managed to re-shoot most of the images in brilliant sunshine. I am no expert but it looks as if it was disabled through several means. The largest amount of damage from projectiles appears on the right hand side, taking away part of the decking and setting fire to the rear of the turret (probably a Javelin or similar that narrowly missed separating the turret from the chassis). I took several other photos so if you need more detail please let me know. PLEASE, NO COMMENTS OF A POLITICAL NATURE. The missing bogie appears yo have been removed in accordance with a maintenance manual (in other words to repair another tank). Only appeared to have ERA fitted to the front of the turret but the rear of the tank was obviously targeted. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Holy smokes! When I read your headline I thought the worst had happened and we were going to have to apply winter camo to all of our M-1A3s in Europe. Ok, things are settled now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Please excuse my ignorance but has the suspension collapsed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 34 minutes ago, echen said: Please excuse my ignorance but has the suspension collapsed? Torsion bars I think but the front idler is off so that’s probably why the suspension looks flat and the tracks laying on the wheels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 If a tosion bar suspension vehicle catches fire the heat can soften the bars causing the suspension to collapse.. This was seen in knocked out T72's in Desert Storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman2 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Tabloid Headlines 🙄 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 On 3/20/2023 at 9:50 AM, magman2 said: Tabloid Headlines 🙄 Yup. Click bait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad edd Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Not getting political at all, but apart from the clickbait title, I personally find these "wondering circus" tank tours in extremely poor taste, especially if people (of any nation) happened to die inside... 2 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Only one person to blame for that isn’t there? If it focuses the minds of the Baltic states on the danger of the Orcs then carry on! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Exactly the same broken "trophies" are shown on the streets in Russia. It's all very sad... 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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