I also thought it looked like a video game. If The Bradley’s had time to shoot multiple rounds so did the Russian tank. And that would have been a one-shot response.
The two Bradley fighting vehicles spray the tank with 25mm one-pound shells. The Bradleys aimed at the juncture of the hull and the turret housing the gun systems, the weakest point on any tank, said Bulgariamilitary[dot]com.
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The Russian tank fires first at the fighting vehicles, and misses…
The Bradleys, firing at close range from different directions…
It’s a one-shot kill if you hit your target. The Bradleys are faster and more maneuverable, and the Russian crew may have panicked.
The 25mm cannon on the Bradley has a much higher rate of fire (selectible 100 to 300 rounds per minute). The strategy in an engagement like this is blaze away taking out the tanks viewports, tearing up any reactive armor, and blinding it. Keep your vehicle in motion and keep firing. You’re going for a mobility kill and/or damage to the main gun. In the video, the tank loses all direction control and the turret is swinging wildly before crashing into the trees.
There was an old cartoon ('40s or '50s) on the other day encouraging the presumably-young viewer to join up, because if you join, you have the option of choosing your field rather than having it chosen for you. One of the options they touted was you could be a tank commander. After observing this conflict, I have misgivings. It just seems like being in a tank is painting an enormous target on yourself.
Photo shows extensive damage. Parts of it might still be useable.
Locally, our National Guard returned today. They spent 9 months training Ukrainians in Germany. 
Glad to see our local men contributing to the defense of Ukraine. .
A few days old. Our local tv news had footage of them returning this Saturday.
Link Army National Guard’s 39th Infantry to return from 9 month deployment to Germany this weekend | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
Not much bigger than a Womp Rat.
I just saw a follow up video where a kamikaze drone finished off the T-90 after it was damaged. The whole engagement was impressive display from the Bradley’s point of view. It kind of reminds me of underpowered Shermans ganging up to take out a Tiger.
I don’t know. I’ve seen too many videos of isolated Russians freezing in foxholes being taken out by murder robots and dying slow agonizing deaths. A tank sounds better.
Suchomimus has a pretty good analysis of this duel. When it’s slowed down to it’s actual speed (the Twitter vid is on fast forward) , you can see the T-90s missed shots more clearly. It seems like there are two large explosions that lack a clear explanation while it’s engaging the first Bradley that may have damaged the tank and made it unable to aim or fire. After those, It’s just mauled by the second Bradley until it veers into the tree with its turret spinning crazily.
Really a strange engagement. I’ve heard about Bradleys taking out tanks when using TOW missiles, but not with the 25MM gun before now.
Oh, and one other thing he mentions that is curious that I forgot is that the T-90 isn’t supported by anything. There’s no obvious support from any infantry or other vehicles on either side, though.
Tanks need infantry support - but that requires a lot of training and discipline.
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Thank you for this. I couldn’t follow the sped-up version on the Twitter feed.
Daily Kos reports that Ukrainians have shot down a Russian AWACS and an IL-22, which possibly was a radar jammer.
If this is true this is a pretty big deal, from what I can tell Russia only has a handful (less than a dozen) of the AWACS planes, and they’re very, very useful for knowing enemy electronic capabilities.
Kyiv post are reporting it this morning
EDIT: the BBC are also reporting on it now but are still saying “according to Ukrainian sources”. I suspect they’re responding to the article by the Kyiv Post!
A friend in college was in ROTC (and retired a full colonel). One summer, they apparently had a ‘pick your branch’ overview. One session was tanks, and he said everyone was very excited. The next session was anti-tank weapons - the number of prospective tank commanders went way down.
According to the Wiki entry, approximate 40 Beriev A-50s were built, and there are 8 active. I don’t know if 8 are active now, or if that’s after the one that was shot down.
I’m not finding anything on the Ilyushin Il-22M. Usually there a Wikipedia page on such things. So I don’t know how many they have.
There is a Wikipedia page for the Ilyushin Il-22, which you might logically believe is the base model of the Il-22m. But of course not. The Il-22 was the Soviet Union’s failed first attempt at a jet-engined heavy bomber.
The Il-22m is actually a mission-tailored version of the Il-18 turboprop airliner.