Chechen Anti Tank Tactics

Discover the intense and strategic tactics used in the Chechen Anti Armor military operations during the Chechen War. This documentary takes you into the heart of the action and explores the history and impact of this conflict. Learn more about Russia's involvement in the Chechen War and delve into the Chechen's fierce resistance. #military #tactical #documentary #fypシ #fyp #history #russia #chechen #war

[@slaughterchainsaw]

The Soviets had a similar problem in Afghanistan, where their APC couldn't aim high enough to hit Mujahedeens attacking from the mountains

[@95ellington]

Yes, they later resorted to ZSU-23-4 for this.

[@clariorastris6104]

A lot of Chechen leadership were also Soviet Afghan war vets

[@Oropher420]

​@@clariorastris6104that's really sad.

[@randomexcessmemories4452]

This would lead to AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers often being mounted on the roofs of said APCs and IFVs in order to grant them some high-angle firepower.

[@deathincluded3706]

They used shilkas for thins role, which is why there was a specific shilka version called "Afghani"

[@iron4517]

I want to see a video series of you guys explaining urban warfare tactics

[@Goldfinch23]

I second this.

[@minerfox5208]

check a channel battle order. they have a video explaining british Urban Warfare

[@LilHan-xq3pw]

Yes

[@excellentosakwe2064]

Me too

[@xBluesy]

That’s what this is

[@hasbolalultimatum]

hi, in Chechnya during the first Chechen war there was a young group of volunteer people, and this group was called “KABOZH”, they ambushed tanks and various armored vehicles. They used grenades or Molotov cocktails to climb onto the tank, throw a grenade into the open hatch of the tank, and leave with impunity.

[@prakharthapliyal4658]

Did the Russian tanks have no infantry support ?

[@ghettobootylover4094]

You got balls… that’s a insane way to attacks tank lol

[@banlu2222]

fucking liars love to make them look good

[@scarecrow0774]

​@ghettobootylover4094 this was happening in the opening months of the Russian/Ukraine War as well prior to the mass funding from foreign countries. I remember seeing videos on here, snapchat (before snapchat started blocking videos from the warfront) ifunny and a couple other places. Shit was absolutely bewildering to watch and the balls it takes to do it... I saw them pull it off, and I also saw them get blown to bits. Respect to anyone willing to do that job, idc who you are and who it's against. That takes heart, bravery, and a little craziness

[@user-il7kp7zf8q]

Kaboj hatuev he was legend and hunted 48 armored vehicle like this tactic He martry 2 month later after

[@mspicer3262]

Okay, I agree that hunter-killer teams have been around for a very long time, I think what they mean by "the Chechens developed" them is that the Chechens were likely unaware of how other countries did anti-armour warfare at the time. I know I learned tank hunter-killer tactics as a Canadian infantryman, but that's was how anybody in the 80's learned it. No internet. So this is sort of like "convergent evolution". They also adapted their tactics to pin-down infantry, and use vertical space to their advantage, both to attack and avoid retaliatory fire.

[@ramuz-ff3cf]

canadians are subjects to the english crown your governor general is appointed by the crown and they in turn appoint all the governors canada australia and new zealand are still uk in all but name

[@TheArklyte]

​@@ramuz-ff3cf and you're a throwaway profile that is 6 month and 9 days old, mister "hot takes" 😂

[@Mary-dc6js]

Of course they developed it, but I'm sure lots of Chechens fought in Afghanistan in the mujahedeen so they brought their knowledge back to the Chechen wars. I learned about it as an Infantry Marine myself, but the Chechens are fierce fighters with a lot of experience, they are competent and well trained. Trust me, you don't want to fight red haired Muslims, especially not on their turf. I am certain they had these tactics before this war, they were probably smoking Russian in Afghanistan for years before this, and taught the younger Chechen soldiers from their experience.

[@mspicer3262]

@@ramuz-ff3cf AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's a ceremonial position clown-shoes...

[@MsFallenPrime]

​@@ramuz-ff3cfsure but you probably crawled out of an Ottoman shithole

[@Timurlane64]

During the Cold War, US infantry trained for the same thing, and called them hunter-killer teams. Step 1 was to separate the enemy infantry from the tanks. Step 2 was to isolate the tanks from infantry support…and each other as much as possible. Step 3 was to immobilize each tank when possible and set up angle of attacks against their vulnerable points while minimizing their ability to defend with fire. Step 4. Kill the bloody thing. Soviet doctrine generally called for tanks to go into combat ‘buttoned up’. A buttoned up tank is like an almost blind elephant stomping and thrashing around. With no infantry to prevent infiltration behind, they are a directionless paranoid elephant. Isolated…they are a dead elephant. Not sure how modern optics and sensory equipment changes that equation, but that was how it worked since WW2.

[@mitedupev7956]

The chechen command was ex soviet officers, they knew the equipment, tactics etc... They were basically ex friends, or officers who knew each other going against each other . But the second war the air power changed everything

[@mitedupev7956]

@@chechen_nokhcho that too, but I think Ru dropped far more vacuum bombs didn't just rushed to the centar of Grozny,smarter, better strategy and far more vacuum bombs

[@shnextv1217]

​@@chechen_nokhchoвы абсолютно правы

[@Gegenfaschisten]

@@mitedupev7956 The problem behind such operations is that there is no practice, nothing is prepared because it was so chaotic. Yeltsin raised troops there, so surprisingly that the command had to gain a foothold. Above all, the brigades were thrown together at the time the Russian army was in In a very beautiful state you could compare it with the Bundeswehr of today

[@W4emTP]

@@mitedupev7956 yeah they were scared of chechens and they had no balls to fight them by their own if only chechens had anti-air they would smash all ur planes

[@Yahyia-cv3sx]

​@@W4emTP, إن شاء الله، ستتحقق العدالة في غروزني

[@braedenfurman9434]

This is the reason the BMP-T was invented, now I'm not here to debate effectiveness in combat, but it was designed to have a high elevation turret to deal with these threats using 30mm cannons and Ataka missiles. Fun fact: some BMP-Ts have AGS grenade launchers in hull mounts!

[@p_filippouz]

I believe you're confusing yourself with the BMP-T

[@user-nb8yt2il2r]

Bmps, not btrs

[@Vongreimbf109]

Terminators

[@barrag3463]

An issue I have for the BMP-T (aside from the comical amount of armament comparative to crew) is that they could've just put APS on a BMP-2 with missile tubes and not wasted production space on an entirely different niche vehicle. Hell, BMP-2M can do everything Terminator does (high elevation 30mm, ATGMs, and internally controlled AGS), while also being an IFV that can help take dismounts in to help. Using a tank hull is also a bit dumb because you're already dealing with a threat that is specifically employed to negate the armor of tanks. Attacking from above also has the benefit of hitting the roof, which necessarily is less armored because heavily armoring the roof of an AFV makes it terribly overweight and eats into internal volume, especially on soviet designs which are already smaller.

[@braedenfurman9434]

@@barrag3463 It uses a tank hull because it was designed to be a vehicle for supporting tanks, Infantry wasn't exactly part of the equation It also has a lower hull profile while still maintaining a turret that can fire over cover

[@dd5083]

This concept has been around for a long time. The Chechens weren't the first to try this hunter team tactics for sure.

[@maliceharding4668]

Yeah, the axis nations used hunter killer teams on the eastern front

[@Masitu0031]

Sources, please.

[@Masitu0031]

Please post proof to your claim. Not debating, just curious.

[@nickbernardo4445]

No one said they were the ones who originally developed it. They developed the “ hunter killer tactics” in response to the threat. Not sure if this clarifies but

[@Masitu0031]

@@nickbernardo4445 ok. This clarifies dd5's comment.

[@crazeelazee7524]

There's a reason why urban warfare is considered the worst type of warfare and how it either devolves to a deadly slog, with bloody battles fough for every building, or flattening entire city blocks through air and artillery fire.

[@MAli-mj3yd]

It's the most effective for a guerrilla force with rudimentary weapons

[@WillyWonka.-]

trench warfare is far more brutal

[@BadImage1]

what about the thick humid tropical jungle of south east asia riddled with mosquitos? that is probably worst than urban warfare.

[@Bopiz787]

@@WillyWonka.- no not even close

[@emillaularsen6255]

⁠@@BadImage1how about Urban warfare in South east asia

[@capnstewy55]

Which is why Grozny was flattened.

[@EternalMuscovite]

And why Russians lost +20,000 Soldiers.

[@user-vc2ku6hl1k]

@@EternalMuscoviteChechens, actually.

[@mrg3921]

​@@user-vc2ku6hl1kRussians actually. And they lost the first war and sent the whole army to fight a small republic for the second time lol

[@average-_-person]

​@@EternalMuscovite Chechnia lost around the same so what is your point? Also how can you be so anti russian? If you want to fight for Ukriane then enlist to the Ukrainian Army as Volunteer they need men right now, oh i forgot they don't take little children to war but if the idiots do then you are their kid to go, now get out of the adults comment section "EtwrnalMuscovite"😐 Imagine supporting people who support Stepan Bandera's and Adolf Hitler's acts against humanity. Disgusting

[@edzehoo]

@@user-vc2ku6hl1k what are you talking about ? They were czechkoslovakians, and the one that killed them all was an interior decorator

[@somevaultdwelleridunno1750]

If I’m right, there was also a need to GTFO after the attack, as the Russians had a tendency to counter battery with artillery to try and pancake anyone in the area.

[@nicks2581]

That is a common practice for any guerrilla forces fighting large militaries as the Russians and US militaries will saturate an area with artillery and bombs from air support.

[@demilung]

Counter-battery implies an existence of the first battery

[@theMidnight_Express]

Chechens would evacuate all their own armour from the city , hunting the Russian armour by sound. There was this legendary bloke that who was also caputered on camera that would climb on tanks and apc's, throw in grenades and dismount from the top of the armour by summersault. He in his own right deserves to be part of history

[@akhmedsalam9130]

Его звали Кабож

[@chriscohlmeyer4735]

Basically picked up "parquer" from the French - use unexpected erratic movements to exit an area, an enemy would have a hard time tracking you to get a shot. A somersault gets you off the vehicle quickly and in a position to move in any direction required to exit the area.

[@user-ml4ng4cp8n]

Кабож ма ву цар вуьцарг! 😅 💪💪💪

[@akhmedsalam9130]

@@user-ml4ng4cp8n да👍💪

[@user-lf7xy7qo9g]

Он был борцом.

[@CALIMA2000]

This is why you always level the city first before sending in the tanks. Rookie mistake.

[@justADeni]

they didn't make that mistake the second time

[@nex-ex5100]

@@justADeni That's what I was going to say! lol

[@satsebeli]

​@@justADeniand yet the losses are even bigger

[@alexanderthegreatoz5945]

Looks like Israel learned this in currently levelling Gaza.

[@aymenyahyaoui1771]

​@@alexanderthegreatoz5945is it working though rubble can be excellent hiding spots not to mention the city underground

[@ces4399]

Chechens were employed against the US in Afghanistan and tried similar tactics against similar US armor/infantry teams. US forces, apprised of the tactics the Chechens used against the Russians as seen in the video, opted instead to conduct “armor raids,” using surprise attacks, applying the necessary fires during the assault, completing the mission, and quickly withdrawing to prevent being pinned down by Chechen forces.

[@Coach_Vedo]

they all learned to make small mobile anti-tank groups in such urban areas from Croats in "Battle for Vukovar" against Serbs in 1991.

[@martinmateev7517]

Thats why no tank enters a city without infrantry

[@ImR97-uj4yy]

Russia keeps making that mistake

[@lmao.3661]

​@@ImR97-uj4yythey use the opposite tactics in cities now, no armour, just infantry and artillery.

[@W4emTP]

@@lmao.3661 still dumb cause artillery can easily be bombed by bombers

[@jonahkabonah1039]

israel take notes

[@ConvetionalHeretic]

Prety sure hunter killer AT teams existed during ww2. Especially during urban combat.

[@hdufort]

"Non repairable" as in "we don't want to report it as destroyed".

[@manteca2132]

Well no, the difference between no repairable and destroyed is that the non repairable vehicles normally are incapacitated and even engineering vehicles can't take them out of the field, someonetimes when the mobility is killed this is considered as non repairable too and is needed and especial vehicle to retrieve this and sent to the factory were people can use the parts that are not damaged, this happened with Russia with their IFV and AOC fields in Crimea and with Ukraine with the field of Bradleys IFV were both canibalize what they need. This could explain some of the russian experiments on putting the turret of the ZSU 23-4 on a APC chasis.

[@kyizelma]

destroyed is like your tank exploding into pieces, non repairable means that theyre nearly impossible to fix

[@FodaseNaoLigo]

Stupid comment

[@iotaje1]

Non repairable means you can get a bunch of spare parts out of it.

[@FodaseNaoLigo]

Ok westeinoid

[@raihanwidodo1042]

Probably still relevant tactics in a dense urban warfare against opponents that still uses soviet era tanks and its derivatives

[@PeferG17]

It's not even Soviet era tanks specific you could do the same thing to modern day tanks... they just have better countermeasures and stuff but if you got enough guys with rockets something will get through and damage it

[@prakharthapliyal4658]

Yep. Tanks are notoriously unsuitable for urban warfare.

[@sycomorah1380]

I remember at the beginning of the war there were many videos recorded by Ukrainians from their houses, as the Russians simply hit all the buildings with tanks. They were probably veterans of the Chechen war who already had experience. So many civilians were killed by these monsters

[@kira8610]

@@sycomorah1380if there is no people, there is no enemy😎

[@user-dh9id1hz8k]

Would still be effective against American, German, British tanks

[@TankDada]

I have met a couple Chechens in my life so far. Either in martial arts training or as soldiers in different countries (Germany, UK, Etc). Chechen men don’t know the word fear. It’s like it’s not even a word in their language. I can see why they use hunter killer strategies successfully, cause either you have to completely insane or the bravest guy in town to this. For those who don’t understand why I say this: A big dusty cloud in a window is a pretty obvious hit point for enemies

[@StreetsoundzV]

Dont be stupid in Ukraine some of them were sent to fight but shit their pants and onlyrecordded tik tok videos snd never fought. They are people like everybody they just love to pretend be super man.

[@user-ml4ng4cp8n]

Я чеченец из Германии и на мне уже живого места нет. 😅 Мне в прошлом году сломали сзади три ребра, я поехал домой, перевязал их простынёй,вернулся и дрался дальше 😅

[@franktreppiedi2208]

Russian armor tactics: lose a shitload of tanks.

[@danielcamacho1913]

Have you seen “Girls und Panzer, Abridged”? “But now they have less ammo. My plan is working perfectly!”

[@pork_eater_Z666]

While we loose "shitload of tanks", u loose land and people

[@misterx8449]

Wait, I was thinking this is Israel tactics

[@levu579]

And yes they have a shitload of tanks to replace that too.

[@GunRoastShorts]

Profit 📈

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

So that's why IDF strip gaza of any tall building before sending in their footmen and merkavas

[@user-kg7zr3yl3n]

idf has the opposite problem, hamas already knew that and they have tunnels everywhere under gaza

[@profinneupane6883]

But khamas is posting videos of them penetrating armored vehicles and once managed to destroy a merkeva with its full rifleman inside

[@Kuzey__]

probably yeah there's lots of hamas militans hiding on these buildings

[@themythic9256]

​@@profinneupane6883people usually would give their all to defend their homes. Unlike Israeli army whom are bargain into others people's homes.

[@michal31131]

​@@themythic9256 The Jews are home, the Muslims are the colonizers of Judea (and currently Europe)

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Urban Warfare is whole different level of hell

[@vermas4654]

Although I don't see a western MBT performing much better in the same situation

[@Lehr-km5be]

Thats not really a problem of equipment, but rather the fact that russians used tactics that were stupid and easily countered.

[@LambdaTheory]

Western MBTs will fight with air support and embedded infantry.

[@RJ-08]

APS (Active Protection Systems) and TUA (Target Under Armor) systems for the Abrams or our western MBTs were created specifically with some of these types of engagement in mind. Our mounted MG would decimate or suppress multiple exposed enemy positions in under a minute. While the APS would take multiple hits and render the rounds useless. They would have to perform multiple coordinated attacks of personnel counting 10 or more with several Anti Tank rounds fired in almost simultaneous coordination (within milliseconds of each round). This type of upgrade was done as part of its 2020 tech refresh fyi

[@vermas4654]

@@RJ-08 the key part being 2020, the battle of Grozny took place earlier when the APS wasn't installed.

[@RJ-08]

@@vermas4654 I would say better survivability, for that time period, based on design. Definitely would be rendered inoperable and would have to be recovered. All is just speculation. Who knows for sure… All the money we spent on upgrades means we were probably concerned with the tactics the chechens somehow mysteriously developed and were equipped to perform.

[@dungeonmaster5701]

"Славянский встрел с РАСКАЧКИ"

[@user-cx2pk4nd1e]

скоро освободим Чечню и покажем вам что такое порожение позорное,но на етот раз будем воевать не в Грозном а москве, у Ахмада там не один батальйон стоит,пока ваша алко армия в Украине заберем себе москву, как еврейчик пригожин хотел, только ми заднюю не дадим еще и раздадим оружие всем мусульманам москви а ето 40%насиления города, месть будет сладкой и будем смаковать ею очень долго и не спиша,посмотрим как вам помогут ваши менти способние ганять только латентних любителей навального😅

[@user-cx2pk4nd1e]

скоро освободим Чечню и покажем вам что такое порожение позорное,но на етот раз будем воевать не в Грозном а москве, у Ахмада там не один батальйон стоит,пока ваша алко армия в Украине заберем себе москву, как еврейчик пригожин хотел, только ми заднюю не дадим еще и раздадим оружие всем мусульманам москви а ето 40%насиления города, месть будет сладкой и будем смаковать ею очень долго и не спиша,посмотрим как вам помогут ваши менти способние ганять только латентних любителей навального😅

[@W4emTP]

???

[@Barbarossa095]

😂😂😂😂

[@matts5247]

This certainly was not the first instance of these tactics being used. But this got me to thinking through my vast knowledge of military history… what was??? I first thought of the first battle of Cambrai in 1917 which was probably the first time tanks were used in an urban setting. However the British overwhelmed the German lines and at this point tanks were still new and these tactics hadn’t come to fruition. So next I thought of the battle of Amiens as well as Villers-Bretonneux in 1918 where improvised tactics started to emerge where they would use urban areas and choke points to disable tanks tracks and ambush them. However I don’t believe they had actual troops whose sole purpose was this however it was planned out and not just improvised in the moment. Next I thought of the Winter War in 1939. Now here is where we get very close because the Finns were completely overwhelmed by the Soviets similar to the Chechens and had to rely on hit and run guerilla tactics. They actually coined the term for Molotov cocktails (named after Vyecheslav (sp?) Molotov who was a Soviet foreign diplomat responsible for conveying lies to the world that USSR wasn’t actually attacking bombing finland. And it’s his name in the famous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed shortly after before the the onset of WWII that allowed a peace between Germany and Russia and allow for them to simultaneously invade Poland and carve it up between themselves) The Molotov cocktails were just one tool in their guerilla anti tank arsenal and worked wonders as the Russian tanks right off the production line had grease and oil in the cracks and crevices and the burning napalm would ignite and seep down into the tanks rendering them inoperable in many cases. But without the technology of RPGs that weren’t available to the Fins in the Winter war they had to rely on more primitive means of tank destruction such as anti tank rifles, mines, improvised explosives, HE grenade bundles for mobility kills, etc. However the tactics were largely the same as far as having one group distract the tank and pin down its infantry screen and have another team sneak up for the kill or hit in weak spots in rear. The big difference here though was that the Winter war was largely fought in rural settings versus the urban setting of Grozny. But as far as the gist of the tactics go they were the same just using older technology. Lastly I thought of Stalingrad which I think would be the most similar. Especially in the earlier stages when the city wasn’t just one big pile of rubble and there was more room for tanks to maneuver and have an impact on the fighting as it wasn’t largely close quarters yet. And in Stalingrad there are countless instances of these identical tactics being used. Even with the same type of weapon, captured German panzerfausts. Although technically not a “rocket” propelled grenade, it was a shoulder fired recoilless anti tank weapon that used what was called a spigot mortar system (similar to the British PIAT) that used a small propellant charge to send an anti armor shaped charge (warhead) flying through the air at great speed to easily take out armor if hit it the right place. So to summarize my rant here, you are incorrect that the chechens invented this anti tank infantry tactic. However when and where and by who it was invented is up for debate but as there are many options and probably many more hat don’t come to mind, it certainly was not the Chechens. Not to underplay what they did as they used this tactic to great effect on the invading Soviet forces and did a lot of damage to an enemy that was far superior militarily, on paper. Let me know anyone reading this what you think the first instance of this tactic being used was and where and by whom!

[@thomaschevalier489]

As someone else commented, I think the video was trying to say that Chechens came up with the concept of hunter-killer teams on their own, not having much outside knowledge to base this upon. So no, they didn't invent it, they re-invented it most likely without knowing it was already a tried and tested tactic.

[@matts5247]

@@thomaschevalier489 I certainly am not an expert on Chechen history but I know enough to know that they have a rich history of warfare going back centuries. In wwii for example many Chechens fought for the Soviets many against. They are in a region that has always been tumultuous. What you said implies that they didn’t have knowledge of warfare and so had to come up with new (or what was new to them) tactics to be able to fight back against the Soviets. I like I said I’m no expert so I’m not saying this as a fact but I would heavily wager that of the guys that fought against the Soviets I bet many of them come from long lines of warfighters whether conventional or unconventional and that these kinds of tactics were just cemented in their brain either consciously or subconsciously.

[@matts5247]

I highly recommend anyone interested in this topic reads it as it addresses almost the exact subject matter we’re talking about here

[@thomaschevalier489]

@@matts5247 I am no expert either, far from it. I was merely bringing information to what seemed to me was a well researched and documented comment. I do agree it seems weird to say Chechen soldiers weren't trained with up-to-date tactics, especially since many of them fought in the Soviet-Afghan War. Maybe what the video was trying to say was more along the lines of " Chechen veterans knew about hunter-killer teams, but they were a minority amongst the civilian militias that formed to defend their country. Even then, they managed to infuse a modern tactic into the ranks of their otherwise poorly-experienced military to great effect against a reorganising Russian army that didn't expect such coordinated and targeted strikes to it's armoured vehicles".

[@user-rv9dq5ik4l]

I'm glad you brought up Stalingrad. That's exactly the battle I thought of after seeing this video .Good example used by you.

[@speedkiller3026]

This is why the russian IFV's can elevate thier guns so high

[@W4emTP]

even in sky??🤣🤣

[@ilhamenzai]

The editor make it better animation. Helped a lot to understand every strategy army does in battlefield 👏🏻

[@zlatniljiljanak]

Chechens are born warriors.

[@Joe-kq5sw]

Then why did they accept islam after getting defeated by arabs?

[@pipescratcher]

Terrorists*

[@100missouri3]

@@pipescratcherYou can be both

[@abacab87]

They haven't done too well in Ukraine, but they weren't fighting for their own land, and they were corrupted.

[@HoBoeBpeM9l]

Такие заявления буквально являются нацистскими. Меня поражает тупость людей.

[@MrJohnTripperson]

I remember a WW2 vet (who participated in taking Berlin) watching the footage from Grozny battle and crying, saying "why didn't we teach these boys what we learnt in Germany, this is exactly the same as we faced then, but now we know and didn't teach them properly"

[@avouremusic]

Most russians are imperialists and chauvinist. They want to destroy and conquer other smaller countries. Just like nazis did. That's why we must support Ukraine in any way we can

[@ask5632]

Source, please

[@user-du2co4iv6i]

А он плакал обосранным в трусы или обманным, но с соплями? Ахахах

[@MrJohnTripperson]

@@ask5632 saw it on TV in the late 90s.

[@MrJohnTripperson]

@@user-du2co4iv6i if you have nothing to say, why bother?

[@deerasmus3870]

Wich is why most countries current doctrine states that AFV,IFV and tank groups stay a distance away (aka tactical leap) from storied buildings but still close enough to give fire support while Dismounted Infantry clear the buildings that post the biggest threats

[@ivanchen7436]

The chechens did not invent "hunter killer" teams. The Germans did with the panzerfaust in urban battle with Soviet armour...

[@balung]

And now the Ukrainians just use a FPV Explosive Drone.

[@noahjohnson935]

drones weren't common back then

[@oskaraskasala8138]

Your point?

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

whats ur point? u want an army not to use the best/newest tech out there to fight their opponent?

[@oskaraskasala8138]

@@GuineaPigEveryday he thinks Ukraine is fighting a guerilla war

[@arilavanderboom4990]

Ukraine using modern munition and modern tactics the iraq and chechen use guerilla warfare which is way more cheaper compared to ukraine war

[@gp33music41]

I dont think people realize how vulnerable tanks are to shaped charge munitons in urban warfare. Guarantee you an abrams wouldnt fare too much better.

[@rooster6461]

They did pretty fine during the iraq war when they were properly supported by IFV’s and infantry while in urban environments. People like to forget that part.

[@gp33music41]

@@rooster6461 Yeah, in the same situation, without support, there is nothing a tank can do against infantry hiding in a building.

[@rooster6461]

⁠@@gp33music41 an Abrahms also has the remote controlled .50 on the roof that can hit targets like that. So while its still not wise, the Abrahms would be better than a T-80

[@crazeelazee7524]

​@@rooster6461​ When the US came across a similar situation in Fallujah they opted to flatten the entire city and even brought out the funny shells (aka white phosphorus). People like to forget that part.

[@simonschneider5913]

​@@crazeelazee7524 no facts are allowed to obstruct the ways of MIC-PR-cultism...

[@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644]

So thus was born the "Terminator"....

[@BrownEyePinch]

Anti tank units have been around since forever

[@SumTroll914]

I seen videos of the Palestinian resistance doing the same to the zionist forces

[@michaelw2288]

Not really. They have made some tank kills but their videos show tank hits which is not the same. Hamas have been shocked at the speed of response of Israeli armour. AI systems and a sensor and visualisation system like the F35 allow tanks to engage any identified target instantly.

[@eeeertoo2597]

​@michaelw2288 Speed of response? Its been 3 months and they're fighting in a small strip of land

[@robertungsod691]

​@@eeeertoo2597 more like reaction times not the speed of there armored units.

[@lmao.3661]

They fire an RPG at a tank and then run away before you can see if it did anything or not

[@carcotasu081]

Hamas are getting absolutely destroyed by the IDF

[@pongauer91]

Tanks performing poorly in urban area's....Water is wet....

[@buntik1687]

This is why tanks shouldn’t operate alone in urban areas.

[@begetalordsaiyan8545]

This tactics works ones or twice but now I think the fixed that problem

[@user-cf8bc2yk7f]

I can't get enough of your content.

[@bbboywaxr]

Israelis disliking this post 😂😂😂

[@user-ml4ng4cp8n]

Они самые величайшие трусы на земле. Что то эти "богоизбранные" не хотят отправляться к своему богу 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@shemiev]

I lost my father in the first war, and my older sister in the second war. My mother couldn’t stand it all and also died. I remember how 6 Russian mercenaries surrounded me and mocked me, some kicked me, some punched me, poked me in the ribs with a cartridge (or rather a bullet, an acute angle), asked where my passport was, and I was only 10 years old, and they knew perfectly well what I had There is no passport, it is issued only after 14 years of age. how many deaths this war brought, at least 15 people died in my family and among relatives, this is only from relatives like me, we have thousands.

[@dalegordon2430]

These Chechens were Soviet Army Veterans, many of whom had served in Afghanistan. Most of the Russians were new conscripts. The Soviet Army disbanded and most soldiers did not carry over. The Chechens knew the equipment very well.

[@seanmcgrath5686]

Careful, you might make the Pro-Putin Republicans sad.

[@rooster6461]

In that case, don’t be careful.

[@TempinoTuMadre]

"Pro putin republican" wow your brain is mush

[@TempinoTuMadre]

Remember Russia won over Chechnya in the end...as they will in ukraine too

[@rooster6461]

@@TempinoTuMadre how your say, pro putin republican?

[@mariontinsley8646]

Democrats love Z because he is as corrupt as the democrats are. Republicans just want the money and equipment we are sending accounted for. Some people believe that about 50% is being skimmed off before it gets to the military and the Ukrainian people. Kind of like Democrat programs in the US.

[@markus64s]

The Russians developed their own countermeasures... flattening the entire city with artillery

[@mbtenjoyer9487]

Yeah, true the USA Israel, Ukraine, and many others do that

[@markus64s]

@@mbtenjoyer9487 It's crazy watching it happen in Gaza. I met a Russian general once, during an official visit. He had lost one son (maybe two); in the Balkans. Controversial take, but I don't think people realize how "good" they have it with Putin vs some of the other leadership options. Ukraine would've been steamrolled.

[@mbtenjoyer9487]

@@markus64s yeah that is true

[@imrekalman9044]

@@markus64s As I understand the biggest ongoing criticism of Putin in the past decade (before 2022) was him being too friendly, soft and forgiving with the West, especially Germany. Reminds me of Zhirinovsky in 2018 (after the Skripal stuff) recommending to send the Northern Fleet to the shores of England, just to teach the British politicians some manners.

[@thomasvincent3187]

@@markus64s Sure... Russians are soft with Ukrainian cities !

[@ethiop_frum]

The majority does not realize that during the degradation of the state political machine, crooks come to power, including in the army, the highest ranks are given to populists and demagogues. This was the case in Russia in the 1990s. The president and his team sold state-owned enterprises, leaving thousands of citizens unemployed. The army was degraded, and the generals were more interested in their cabinet careers and salaries. Military exercises were reduced to zero, and untrained beginners were sent into battle. Combat-ready units were often used to plug holes and not according to their specialization. Moreover, many generals no longer knew anything about the fighting in the city, because the experience of the Afghan war was applicable to mountainous terrain and police operations.

[@user-rk1xp2tt2u]

Absolutely mind-blowing!

[@geediosman6415]

and these mf‘s did it while left abandoned by the world and completeley isolated. Just shows that the spirit and courage of hadji murat and imam shamil lives on.

[@schaihmansur8298]

No. Chechens don’t like Schamil. He surrendered. There are at least 20 names that are way more courages.

[@Seyfullahalasiya]

​@@schaihmansur8298 Salam to Chechen the children of baysangur of beno

[@ajamessssss]

It is shameful how Chechen support and fight for Russia. After what Russians did to them. But, I guess they have no choice.

[@Rynewulf]

Its common in history for conquered peoples to become the most rabid and elite military supporters of the conquerors. As you say its usually a survival tactic, although one that ironically guarantees prolonged oppression

[@abdumamed6602]

It was never motivated by race instead they just wanted to control the region, so it is not really a hate engineering event

[@prakharthapliyal4658]

​@@Rynewulfhow is that common can you give examples ?

[@kaldqallarkho5238]

Chechens do not support russia. Just a few thousand kadyrovites are in the russian military

[@Rynewulf]

@@prakharthapliyal4658 most the British elite units were Welsh, Irish and highland Scottish (Lowland Scots tended to side with central government in London), and across their empire a lot of their manpower were local Indians or Africans (see Sepoys). In Sparta the Sciritai were elite frontline hoplites and skirmishers recruited from conquered borderlands, and the bulk numbers were Helots- an entire enslaved ethnicity to Sparta's west. The Romans since their beginning in the Republic always had 1/3 of each army be of foreign origin (usually local auxiliaries from conquered land) and gave them dangerous jobs such as scouts or elite bodyguards. In Ancient Egypt a neighbouring Nubian tribe called the Medjay were conquered and made a kind of combined royal bodyguard, police force and border patrol.

[@KarmaMan-ny1yx]

I'm From Chechnya but i live in Austria and i telling you Chechen are Warriors. 🤝

[@BeelzebubBeelzebub]

Ngl this reminded me of btd 5

[@Angry-Lynx]

Once brave warriors for freedom... now mostly pootin minions 😢

[@martinfinn674]

That's why Russian Federation military is now levelling entire areas.

[@pipescratcher]

Its not, look at ukraine now amd grozniy then

[@lmao.3661]

​@@pipescratcherthere are countless places across Ukraine that look like Grozny. Only the largest frontline cities see any buildings remain standing.

[@pipescratcher]

@@lmao.3661 name some of them

[@lmao.3661]

@@pipescratcher marinka, soledar, lyman to name some smaller and less obvious choices. as well as pretty much every small settlement that has seen fighting. it is rubble across the entire front.

[@pipescratcher]

@@lmao.3661 i dont think you understand what leveling means

[@insaneyoungster6223]

Great technical video. Focusing on the actual means and methods of obtaining freedom, instead of slandering people.

[@avoughtf4u-4corsair19]

They didn't know how to flood half the tank to give the gun the elevation it needs!

[@Azharishaq.55]

Shamil Basaeyev and Khattab were genius people

[@mateopribyl9218]

Basayev was a coward terrorist, not a genius

[@353works]

Keyword "were".

[@user-ml4ng4cp8n]

​@@353worksтак ты тоже когда нибудь будешь "был" 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@353works]

@@user-ml4ng4cp8n и что? Я умру в своей постели, в окружении детей и внуков, а не в лесу в палатке от пуль спецназа или ракеты в окно дома.

[@Aspid222]

С такими высказываниями не ровен час присядешь на бутылку, пособник террористов.

[@toddyoung913]

10% of vehicles isn't bad when you consider that the most effective resistance is going to be in the initial phases of an attack when the enemy has their most effective weapons available. Over time their stockpile of their most effective anti-armour weapons will be depleted.

[@mcnuffin1208]

So will your stock of armor 😂 10% casualties is hilariously bad

[@eddiereyna2998]

Hunter Killer teams is a term a grunt that I met in Germany used in reference to the Bradley’s taking out tanks and even against superior tank numbers . Dismounted troops with anti tank missiles with a Bradley running as a decoy is how’d they take em out.

[@patrickthomas8101]

Why send Tanks into Cities?

[@cannabub420]

Russians lost more in Grozny in 3 months than we lost in Afghanistan in 20 years. It was a nightmare.

[@MohamedYahiaoui-cy6tb]

That is why it is so easy for Chechens to conquer the UFC

[@Remember2020]

NO... they didn't invent "hunter killer teams". This dates back to WW2.

[@PristineReviews]

Note taken, build tanks that aim upward

[@bazej1080]

Impossible, especially Soviet/Russian designs, the turret is way too small to physically allow such elevation. It would require for the turret to be much higher and overall easiet to hit, far heavier etc. It's always a compromise.

[@W4emTP]

@@bazej1080 fr

[@PashtoNaat.]

Yeah they also test it in Afghanistan 😎Chechens very brave people I love Chechen brothers❤

[@user-ml4ng4cp8n]

Спасибо брат 🤝

[@W4emTP]

W brother

[@newconqueror2305]

based Chechens

[@pipescratcher]

Muh based uncivilized wild terrosists

[@kissanruokaa]

Well made video, clear and good :)

[@terenceflanagan1225]

Smart. Multiple level engagement

[@Shammer1]

And these men were fearless even the russians were afraid of khattab

[@schaihmansur8298]

Khattab is a no one and not even present there.

[@kamrynrist6049]

Free Chechnya

[@imrekalman9044]

Free from who, CIA? They are.

[@kamrynrist6049]

@@imrekalman9044 Russian neo-imperialism and ztards like you that probably blames the CIA for all the wealth going to Moscow while the other provinces get very little

[@kamrynrist6049]

@@imrekalman9044 from ztards like you

[@kamrynrist6049]

@@imrekalman9044 from Zтардс like you

[@NedyahFox]

@@imrekalman9044no from the Russian Federation

[@zefsurvival7962]

And they lost in the end...Russia switched to mass artillery. Thus leveling the buildings.

[@adrianalexandrov7730]

To be fair such losses in first month were much because of the first attack where Russians moved tanks and BMPs into the city with no or weak support. They expected just light resistance. And on top of it, most tanks were crewed with conscription soldiers with no urban fighting training.

[@bashbish4564]

Chechnya should step up an reclaim their lands instead of going to their death for their oppressor like fodder.

[@mrobocop1666]

For what? To weaken or destroy Russia and then basically nobody will be able to resist suicidal for society things forced on the World by globalists and America, things which Chechens absolutely hate? LGBTQ, Feminism, trans rights, family destruction, immoral mass culture appealing to basic instincts like sexual debauchery etc. etc.

[@bohemian_edelweiss]

There are chechen battalions in Ukraine who fight against Russia. There are Turan battalions who fight against Russia. There are Crimean Tatar battalions who fight against Russia.

[@mrobocop1666]

@@bohemian_edelweiss then they are idiots. If Russia is defeated, nobody will be able to resist things pushed by the West and US, which both Chechens and Turkic peoples hate. LGBT, trans rights, feminism, immoral mass culture, open sexuality. All that is forbidden in Islam, and small Chechnya and weak Turkic countries won't be able to resist it. There are already gay queer event right in the Kazakhstan capital and many Kazakh youth support it

[@mrobocop1666]

@@bohemian_edelweiss then they are idiots. If Russia is defeated, nobody will be able to resist things pushed by the West and US, which both Chechens and Turkic peoples hate. LGBT, trans rights, feminism, immoral mass culture, open sexuality. All that is forbidden in Islam, and small Chechnya and weak Turkic countries won't be able to resist it. There are already gay queer event right in the Kazakhstan capital and many Kazakh youth support it

[@zinnsoldat6493]

​@@mrobocop1666bot

[@Naib999]

Chechens are the best fighters !

[@W4emTP]

facts

[@alexstone1492]

This is why Chechens were very effective in urban fighting and helped liberate Mariupol

[@Aegis---]

Its crazy that chechens are fighting in the ukraine war for russia, after the horrific acts committed to them by russia

[@hhhhkkmmcc3089]

Checens are solid people

[@joythought]

I remember being angry at the time that we didn't support the Chechens. Lack of support for Chechnya and Georgia led to Russia starting its campaign against Ukraine in 2014 and because they never suffered for it they thought the West would stay out of a full invasion of Ukraine in 2022. I am glad they qere wrong but it is high time we fully commit to stopping Russia invading their neighbours militarily or by stealth and corruption.

[@imrekalman9044]

It was that very support (by the CIA and affiliates) that led to these conflicts, and the destruction of yet another country. And the destruction of Western hegemony with it.

[@zunkhoy]

@@imrekalman9044 Ivan didn’t take his pills shows

[@zunkhoy]

@@imrekalman9044 Chechens fought against russia when the US and the CIA did not exist yet. It does not need outside influence to fight against russians.

[@imrekalman9044]

@@zunkhoy They also lived quite a lot without fighting each other. I would think they had better lives in the latter case.

[@zunkhoy]

@@imrekalman9044 When? The fight against russian imperialism goes on since centuries. It only stops for a short time and breaks out again and again. The CIA or the West did nothing to help Chechen freedom fighters.

[@shamshadansari1765]

US and Nato had the issue in Afghanistan where armored vehicles were failing to target the mujahedeens attacking from high range mountains.

[@DanteKenchi]

you'd expect Russia to remember Germany's mistake in Stalingrad not to use tanks in urban warfare 😂

[@beckmakhmudov7600]

Chechens (Vaynakh folk) are the best spec ops warriors.

[@mcnuffin1208]

There is no ethnicity that is genetically gifted in ways of war 😂 it takes experience, not genes

[@beckmakhmudov7600]

@@mcnuffin1208 Sure. You are right! But their culture includes eternal preparation to war for men. Most of them from childhood get physical and moral education to be ready if conflict occurs.

[@mcnuffin1208]

@@beckmakhmudov7600 that sounds miserable.

[@beckmakhmudov7600]

@@mcnuffin1208 In our countries being real, brutal and strong men is not miserable, yet. 😅 You can't judge it, until complexly learning the Caucasus culture and history. We Uzbeks, admire them.

[@mcnuffin1208]

@beckmakhmudov7600 well "moral education" sounds mostly like brainwashing sooo

[@eizol568]

“Better dead than red!”

[@mrobocop1666]

Absolutely oligarchic 90s Russia with wildest capitalism, no welfare and poverty is red for you?

[@mbtenjoyer9487]

A yes 90s Russia , definitely red /s

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Necessity is the mother of all invention

[@AugmentedGravity]

The Chechen’s… man what a history

[@EM-tx3ly]

Was Khattab involved in this conflict?

[@wzzzfloyd967]

No he fought in the second war

[@hasbolalultimatum]

Khattab was simply a volunteer who showed up in mid-1995. His first operation was the Shatoy ambush, with incredible success and results. I advise you to read this battle.

[@deathincluded3706]

Which is why they developed the terminator tanks, because while the tanks couldn't elevate their guns high enough, the SHILKAS could

[@user-oi3jc4bh1z]

Your voice is so soothing.

[@saduuuuuuuuuuu]

Russia lost 50% of its tanks

[@Mgaming61]

According to Ukraine and the west, Russia also lost over 500,000 troops, depleted all their cruise missiles 1 year ago, also unable to make more plus many more. But yet Ukraine still is in the back foot? Yeah, sure... Whatever you say...

[@p_filippouz]

Sure. Sure.

[@batonrougerp7423]

More Chechen tactics!!

[@ibnalhidha1375]

Worth noting that this is Hamas's exact tactic today...

[@user-hr2ns7dk8i]

This is legendary!

[@seductive_fishstick8961]

In ww2 the soviet had a very similar thing. A tank hunter squad would use PTRS and PTRD at rifles to immobilize a tank then use LMG and SMG fire to pin infantry and tank crews, while 1 or 2 people would approach the tank and use satchel charges or Molotavs to destroy it. These teams where so effective that German tanker training manuals had an entire section dedicated to them.

[@mortichro]

i dont get why modern day warfare needed MBTs into urban areas with little to no infantry support. Vision is limited, top armour is the most vulnerable, turret elevation is limited and anyone can just hide anyway with a small anti-tank weapon. This and what ever is going on in Gaza is a perfect example of why MBTs should not be deployed in urban areas without mechanized infantry support and a recon drone to spot for enemies moving into their position.

[@garryb374]

To be fair main gun elevation on most MBTs produced anywhere in the world would have such problems too.

[@pickle4422]

This is why you need infantry covering tanks in urban environments.

[@bwahaduuude]

It’s not like the tanks could start blasting at the lower levels in an attempt to bring down the house either. They’d risk burying themselves in tons and tons of rubble. Good strat👍

[@seasong7655]

Ukraine needs to study these techniques.

[@gushutchinson8758]

And it all went so well in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan

[@NedyahFox]

It went better than it did here

[@kevinmcfarland1121]

I think that premise was development in Vietnam. They would send a small single prop bush plane or a small helicopter to attract fire in order to identify the enemy position and mark it with a white phosphorus smoke rocket. Then fighter/bombers, attack helicopters, gunships, and bombers would come in at different heights and from different directions to drop ordinance on the target that had been marked.

[@oneway4182]

This content is good advice for hammas 👍