Old Ukrainian Tanks Do Double Duty As Battlefield Artillery Near Bakhmut

Ukrainian tank crews in the eastern Donetsk region are using retrofitted T-64s, designed in the 1960s, to shell Russian troops. They fire from hidden positions using coordinates provided by drones. When massed Russian infantry attacks, Ukrainian tanks move directly onto the battlefield.
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[@brianlinke1856]

Old IDF saying...."The best tank is the one with the best crew".

[@TeeTee-zm2re]

Child killing Zionist scum

[@allangibson8494]

The best tank is the one you have. It beats the one you don’t have hands down.

[@CharChar2121]

That's right; we build more Abrams than we need, but losing a crew costs decades of experience that cannot be replaced; Russia's tank corps has been gutted. They will find it hard to replace them.

[@Xen0411]

zvika greengold

[@TheMrcassina]

And the most Palestinian children in front

[@danieldickson8591]

It's fascinating to hear how soldiers adapt mentally to the conditions of war. As frightening as the situation is, they learn to shut out fear and do their jobs, and are encouraged when they do them well.

[@saydee7878]

They are amazing!!!

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

War isn't about defeating enemies but also conquering your inner fear.

[@tavish4699]

they dont shut out fear they are constantly scared shitless you will never not be scared you just learn to deal with it

[@jeebusk]

Enjoy your fascination, I hope you get drafted.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

@@tavish4699 Are you just argumentative by nature? Shut out fear = deal with it. Perhaps not expert at this language?

[@jimflagg4009]

Nothing like Team Work. When one group sees how they are helping others they want to continue.

[@raymondwilliams9612]

I like that big US flag on bros body armor. Slava Ukraini!

[@branmcg9844]

👌💪

[@MegaAgill]

Slava Lockheed!

[@embrikchloraker8186]

@@MegaAgill Correct, they did a lot to defend Ukraine and its freedom and we appreciate and honor them for it.

[@rustemzakirov5733]

Sisi hui, tupoy hohol

[@jeffsiegwart]

Thank you Brave Soldiers for protecting the Free World! From USA

[@user-cp1qi4wy7j]

дайте хоч один танк... літак... ударний дрон.... ракету.... раз ви забрали у нас ядерну зброю, ракети СКАД, стратегічну авіацію та надурили....

[@tjw1861]

​@@user-cp1qi4wy7j troll ..

[@johnd2058]

Андрей Лавриненко, G-trans: "give at least one tank... plane... attack drone... missile.... since you took away our nuclear weapons, SKAD missiles, strategic aviation and fooled us...." Which is a point worth bearing in mind, next time some German fool says we're not already in a Second Cold War, or anyone thinks that playing footsie with despotic empires like China won't backfire. The key to remember though, is that the USA has risen to the occasion now, and is Great Again. Pray God guides the next congress similarly.

[@user-in8jh6qe8s]

Они за вас же умирают

[@user-in8jh6qe8s]

@@tjw1861 а ты орк

[@kontonajutjub]

Glory to Ukraine & Greetings from Poland and The Netherlands

[@rutgerb]

And Fryslân

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

fake video. weather too nice to be real.

[@kontonajutjub]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 your mother is fake I heard 🤣😂🤣

[@rutgerb]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 you are from Venus?

[@GARDENER42]

@@rutgerb He's from Trumpton. 😁

[@frankwood7878]

This fierce Ukrainian 🇺🇦 tanker warrior reminds me of Oddball from the Dirty Dozen

[@PaulMcKendrick]

Kelly’s Heroes ;-)

[@frankwood7878]

@@PaulMcKendrick thank u, my bad. I knew it was from a good war movie 🎥

[@sequoiasemperviren3163]

"They rolled out two tanks at some point, but they were blown up." Glorious.

[@Jarod-te2bi]

1:30 dude is rocking a American flag 🇺🇸 and punisher skull 💀 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@MichaelDeSanta.]

totally badass

[@helpdeskjnp]

Good bless those men! Made me smile seeing OldGlory on his vest next to his Ukraine flag! He’s welcome in the USA any time!

[@IVANGROZNEY]

The Punisher patch was a nice touch.

[@coachprescott72]

And the Punisher tag

[@lewisc9959]

What Native American tribe are you part of? What gives you the authority to say who can come to OUR Native American ancestral lands!! I am a FULL BLOODED Native American!! None of our tribes want any of you Europeans here! We never invited you and you aren’t welcome here!! These are our lands! You whi-te invaders don’t belong here! Go home to Europe already!! Go home whi-te invader and genocider!!!!!

[@christophe9602]

I'm probably gonna get called Russian bot for this but under any other circumstances, you'd be like "huh, why does that guy have a foreign flag front and center on his plate carrier, that's odd". But I guess we're not even pretending the Ukrainian resistance isn't an American proxy-operation. And the punisher-logo... I mean, what was this, the CIA handing out lootboxes?

[@helpdeskjnp]

Crazy thing is, I’ve never had anything against the Russians or Putin. Never thought he would invade, but I guess the kooks were right all along.

[@eman6940]

May God bless Ukraine and its beautiful and honorable people🙏

[@kinfolk565]

Thank God For Putin & Russia's Military Soldiers For Destroying The Ukraine Nazi Collaborators.

[@harrylemon8101]

Slava Ukraine go kick Putin s ass kick him back to Russia an let his people deal with him he lies to his own people the people off Russia get rid off Putin no good for world peace God bless Ukraine

[@ASTER-pk9fz]

God bless you personally and everyone who supporting Ukraine 💙💛 best wishes to everybody

[@ghfrostwriter]

Excellent video. Excellent editing. Thank you for the English language translations. Your work helps to maintain the flow of weapons and funding to Ukraine as that hero nation fights for themselves, Europe, and the United States.

[@RoronoaZoro-wx9nm]

They not funding and helping them, they are selling them those weapons you are talking about. For UK, US and Europe this is only business they don't care about people there, if they do they would stop this war long ago.

[@Fionn1014]

They are just fighting for themselves. The war has literally no consequence on western europe or the United States.

[@RoronoaZoro-wx9nm]

@@Fionn1014 trust me it have more consequences than you think

[@Fionn1014]

​@@RoronoaZoro-wx9nm Such as? The war is in Eastern Europe. Putin has no ambition anywhere west of the former Soviet Union. And if you think he is going to start launching nukes I think you need to use your brain a little more. Putin isn't a Saturday morning cartoon villain who wants to blow the world to bits lol. He is a politician who wants to prevent NATO from setting up shop in his backyard. The only way for Europe and the US to be dragged into the war is if they choose to, and with the way that we have been provoking Russia that might very well happen thanks to our sellout politicians forking over as much cash as possible to a corrupt government fighting a war that has no impact on us.

[@ghfrostwriter]

@@Fionn1014 How much does Putin pay you?

[@davis_8082]

You gotta respect, Ukraine found a way to boost their soldiers morale without using propaganda.

[@johndowe7003]

This video is propaganda 😂

[@ravgm7947]

@@johndowe7003 thanks for watching, I need viewers

[@johndowe7003]

@@ravgm7947 you and me both

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

fake video. weather too nice to be real.

[@GARDENER42]

@@reasonerenlightened2456

[@thanewalton6740]

Armchair General here, get these guys the Bradley IFV s , Marders etc. that is what they need now!

[@larskruger3589]

And M1A1

[@jobaniwrot9330]

Not worth sending completely new equipment that they have no experience using it. They would need training that would take months to master these vehicles. Its better to send some soviet era weaponry which they already know and have experience using them in combat.

[@larskruger3589]

When the same kind of weapon meets, the amount of them has the biggest influence who wins. With high sophistacet Abraham's the can win with much less victims. In Iraq 2000 Abrams made short process with T72

[@user-ft8qo9rp9v]

@@jobaniwrot9330 краще кавалерію

[@johnnytyler5685]

@@jobaniwrot9330 Congrats on regurgitating the same BS excuse that Dementia Joe and the rest of the cowards in Washington were using TEN MONTHS AGO. "It would take too long for Ukraine to learn how to use these NATO vehicles, so we are just going to keep sending them worn-out Soviet junk instead." Guess what? If we started training Ukrainian tankers on Abrams and Bradley's back in March, Ukraine would have entire battalions of them RIGHT NOW. In other words, your excuse is nothing but BS. Dementia Joe isn't sending Abrams or Bradleys (recent reports suggest that they are now CONSIDERING Bradleys) because he's terrified of crossing one of the Midget of Moscow's "red lines". It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with "training requirements".

[@fredsasse9973]

I'm digging the US flag the Ukranian tanker was sporting! Slava Ukraini from the US!!

[@tavish4699]

do you also dif the war crime he commits by doing so?

[@crashmysteriobro4635]

@@tavish4699 Do enligthen us

[@jonm2416]

We should send them more patches for prides sake!!

[@deviousdevil75]

@@tavish4699 😂 In the scope and spirit of committed “war crimes”(The Ruski Orcs have amassed) Who gives a flying Fudge?? These are righteous men. Fighting the pinnacle of “good fights”. Glory to heroes. Slava Ukraine! From Seattle and Boston, USA

[@thinkerly1]

@@tavish4699 War crimes? So killing 250 thousand Ukrainians is okay. Go screw yourself, ork.

[@5eant_]

Very interesting this brave Ukrainian soldier is also wearing an American flag on his chest. 💪

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Punisher patch is also an American thing. Was probably given the body armor by a US donor.

[@antonleimbach648]

Sending military supplies to the armed forces of Ukraine is the best thing our country has done in a long time. I wish we would send more especially F-15, F-16’s.

[@jasonforester7292]

You can't just send them F-15's and F-16's. They have no pilots able to fly those planes, and it takes years to train new pilots to be effective in them.

[@tjw1861]

​@@jasonforester7292 then maybe better attack helicopters

[@jasonforester7292]

@@tjw1861 It's the same scenario. Any U.S. made arial vehicles would take years to train Ukrainian pilots. You would need to find Soviet era made planes/helos to help Ukraine now.

[@vonSchwartzwolfe]

@@tjw1861 Same pilot training problem. It takes years to train an effective combat helicopter pilot.

[@MyDogmatix]

Yes it takes years, but necessity makes quick work. There will be a lot of accidents, but with all the weapon systems that Ukraine has now that they did not have before, they will learn on them and quick. They will train for as many hours in the day as it takes to handle them appropriately. I know there is a difference between land vehicles be they artillery or HIMARS, etc, but they also have pilots and they will adapt given the opportunity. So let’s give them the weapons and the instructions and let them figure it out. They have not failed yet.

[@darrellgeorge5852]

The USA flag the one guy had on his vest was a great acknowledgment of the support the US is providing. Slava Ukraine - ❤ - The USA and the free world are with you

[@operator9858]

If you like that you should see all the patches those guys (now legally) wear that they 'cant' show on camera. Lets go brandon!

[@stephenbrand5661]

Those are T-64 BV's, production of which started in 1985. That actually makes them relatively new for this conflict!!

[@jrod6808]

But if the Russians use them, then Russia is running out of materials and supplies. Man you people pick and choose your battles, literally. Make peace, regardless. Ukraine can still be saved and the entire world can avoid nuclear war. This is beyond sick. This war was provoked back way before last year. Do your research and figure it. Out, no way would the US allow the Russians to push up on and into Mexico and train and bring weapons into Mexico. This needs to stop.

[@stephenbrand5661]

Yeah Ukraine started upgrading the BV in 2017 and completed those upgrades this year. Edit: This comment is for Schizo Posting

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@jrod6808 🤣 These are some of the newest, most recently modernized tanks fielded by either side in this conflict. I don't expect RFE to be experts on the Ukrainian tank industry but you should probably do your homework before you write something embarrassing like that again. Just because a tank has the number 64 in its name doesn't mean it was built in the 1960's. Russia's T-62's, on the other hand, actually are old pieces of junk that were obsolete before the Iron Curtain fell. That's probably why you're so confused.

[@stephenbrand5661]

@Schizo Posting But yeah, every "model 2017" is an upgraded BV, hence the name T-64 BV model 2017. The BV and the BM 'Bulat' are both T-64's but they also happen to be some of Ukraine's most modern and effective tanks. I feel like a lot of people who aren't familiar with the T-64 just automatically assume it's from the 1960's.

[@artmcteagle]

@@stephenbrand5661 Give them a break, journalists are usually pretty bad on military hardware and I bet you wouldn't know every variant yourself. Whether upgraded or not, they're not exactly up to modern standards.

[@rosebellitzia4814]

The soldier at the end has a US flag on his overalls.

[@mattafakkah]

Love it.😎💪✌

[@marciaelliott1562]

I also noticed the flag.

[@markthompson8656]

I think when Russians see this they think he is US NATO soldier

[@redsorgum]

✌️🇺🇸😘🇺🇦✌️

[@fil18031999]

@@kulachi2011 LOL, Noone believes ur BS troll

[@chairde]

When victory happens I would like to visit Ukraine but I’m 75 so there is no guarantee that I’ll be alive. My spirit will go there.

[@operator9858]

Dont worry, their best and brightest will be right there at the gates along with you to keep you company...

[@blindmirorputinovbot2130]

Send your daughter or granddaughter

[@derduebel]

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Freedom to Ukraine! Freedom to Belarus!

[@aA-ye1cf]

You guys are total profesionals, and the fear of might could happen is all part of being a good decent human. Happy New Year guys Slava Ukraine

[@richardbarton6146]

good job guys.. keep it going!! America is supporting you.. God Bless you!

[@kinfolk565]

Thank God For Putin & Russia's Military Soldiers For Destroying The Ukraine Nazi Collaborators.

[@richardbarton6146]

@@kinfolk565 your a moron.. Nazis?? LOL.. who is feeding you this bullshit?

[@2jzhx60]

Slava Ukraini!

[@cobbler40]

Very satisfying and worthwhile work. God bless Ukraine and it’s warriors.

[@jorgericky]

Viva Ucrania

[@elizabethstewart12]

They're fighting the good fight. Slava Ukraini!

[@user-wg2uu8zq1w]

Dear Americans! I am from Ukraine and I want to say all of you big thank"s for support our people in this war for freedom and democracy! We will remember this forever

[@sme_sage1241]

God bless Ukraine. 🤗🤗🤗

[@christophe9602]

You know, we do get some amount of information that doesn't filter trough our heavily subsidized "free" press. Unlike Ukraine maybe. And it's a pretty tough sell to pretend Zelensky's near-dictatorial regime is "freedumbs and dumbocracy".

[@user-wg2uu8zq1w]

​@@christophe9602"Zelensky's near-dictatorial regim"? )) Sorry, but it's funny. He doesn't look like a typical dictator. Even now I have freedom of speech and can say anything about him. Before coming in politics, Zelensky was a comic) I live in Ukraine for all my life and I think that Zelensky was the best choice for our country for the last 30 years. But russian propaganda wants to discredit Zelensky's policy in order to sow chaos and break Ukraine's defense.I will tell you who was the real dictator in Ukraine - president Yanukovych. He was really bad guy like a Vladimir Putin in Russia now.

[@christophe9602]

@@user-wg2uu8zq1w That's true, he looks like an Eastern-European mobster. Most dictators had more style. So it's Russian propaganda that 11 opposition parties were banned, the Ukranian Orthodox Church is being purged, your press freedom is ranked barely in the top 100 (and that was in 2021) etc. ? This is stuff the West report on, mind you. Don't bullshit me. We may barely get any critical media here in the West but I can read between the lines. And it's not even surprising that a leader, even if he is a CIA-stooge, acts like a dictator during war-time. That's the veyr origin of the word. But don't give me the freedumbs and dumbocracy BS. Your country was a corrupt crime-paradise and your penis-piano-playing actor in charge was very fit for it. And everyone who has a memory that goes back further than 2022, even watchers of mainstream media, knew this. Also after Euromaidan. That's why the EU-countries that were asked via referendum whether they wanted an association treaty with Ukraine (when such a thing as referenda was still allowed), all voted no. Such was the common conception of Ukraine not a few years ago, and the only thing that changed is 1) you're at war, 2) it probably got worse and here's the big one that counts: 3) the way the media reports on it.

[@1vxc243]

Ok ok, but how your country gonna pay back that 90+ Billion euros?

[@tophat593]

They'd look very good in a Leopard 2...

[@starfireolivier1452]

le leopard 2 n est pas invincible !!! si comme je dirait le leclerc etait invincible contre un missile ou une bombe 250 kg ou un drone suicide

[@Paul-tg4xg]

Give em hell boys. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️

[@christopherharris6145]

Heroes defending heir homeland cannot be defeated by an enemy who doesn't have anything to fight for and have realized their leaders don't give a damn about them. Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava! 💙🧡🚜🌹

[@kinfolk565]

Thank God For Putin & Russia's Military Soldiers For Destroying The Ukraine Nazi Collaborators.

[@christopherharris6145]

@@kinfolk565 Привет товарищ Тролль. Privet tovarishch Troll'.

[@christophe9602]

Plenty of wars in history say you're wrong, but ok.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Slava Iraq

[@jackford5185]

Heroes? Lol, Nazi scum defines every ukranian coward.

[@alicehicks9500]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥ Bravo Bravo 👏 ♥ from New Zealand 🇳🇿 👏

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

fake video. weather too nice to be real.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

​@johnnyhjohns3817 this is about 3-6 months old. Are you saying the Russians can not see those tanks? Green land plots and trees?

[@GARDENER42]

@@reasonerenlightened2456

[@GARDENER42]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 There's no leaves on the trees, the crops have been harvested & the field edges are mud. Stop telling such obvious lies.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

@@GARDENER42 Green land plots and trees?

[@LooxJJ]

Win your country back! And stay safe! And for Mr. Putin - this is a pointless war. Withdraw from Ukraine NOW! Young men and women of Russia, stand up against Putin!

[@alsanchez5038]

I really want to move in your tiny little world. Sounds like paradise to me.

[@kwismwikama]

@@alsanchez5038 yes a cute little paradise where ukraine is barbie doll and russia is dinosaur

[@fintonmainz7845]

Vladimir is definitely going to listen

[@unai_asecas9070]

Sadly putin can’t give up. If he “loses” he’ll have a NATO country right next to his frontier and if he “wins” he can force a political change in Ukraine that will enable him to trade with Eastern Europe. Too much is at stake, the significance of this war elevates much higher than simply questioning who the good and bad people are.

[@ravgm7947]

Pooptin is very very sick man. Hitler committed suicide. This poop is getting embarrassed on all fronts...dumb bots and trollers primarily.

[@mrHBarry]

Europeans need to understand this is also their fight and Ukraine is defending and protecting Europe from Russian war criminals, Murderers, Baby killers and Terrorists. Provide Ukraine with all necessary weapons to stop the Russian war crimes. I support Ukraine. Glory to the True Hero's. glory to Ukraine. Slava Ukraine.

[@hwolfe2035]

True!

[@afro-rosiyan2984]

America needs to stop sending our hard earned tax money to the criminals in charge of this broke ass country that we in the US can't even find on the map. We have alot of Ukes in NY, they should all go back and fight for their imaginary country. At the end Poland will take lviv and remind them who it actually belongs to. Salo Ukraene, salo to the hungry soldiers fighting for the land that belongs to US corporations.

[@afro-rosiyan2984]

You need to go and fight for your country, nowww

[@QuizmasterLaw]

why are you exaggerating russians aren't baby killers. because you can't rape them if you kill them oh. yeah, they're a bunch of rapist war criminals. putin na hui!

[@hiufgterde]

for the same reason I support Russia

[@IcedNko]

Glory to Ukraine! The free world is with you!

[@TCK71]

Very, very brave.

[@CA-xk9zz]

👏👏🇺🇦🇺🇦bravo pour votre victoire et gloire aux peuples ukrainiens qui se battent pour leur pays et leur liberté 🗽 ❤❤❤

[@m14wdotcom]

Une chose est sûre : la liberté est ailleurs (que chez nous)

[@Briguy1027]

I'm impressed, these guys are making every shot count.

[@Peter_S_]

Glory to Ukraine!!! Glory to the Heroes!!!

[@mirosawmaecki8872]

Fu.k the ukraine Bollywood Fu.k the ukraine-globalist dog of war Fu.k idiots who belive that globalist shit

[@Peter_S_]

@@mirosawmaecki8872 russia is a dead, failed country.

[@mirosawmaecki8872]

@@Peter_S_ uhmmm, you are fuc.in television idiot

[@Peter_S_]

@@mirosawmaecki8872 более 100 000 российских солдат были убиты и будут убиты еще больше. Россия бомбила школы и больницы в Украине. Путин убивает мирных жителей, женщин, детей и стариков. Россия убивает маленьких детей и вы это благословляете? Путин хочет быть Иосифом Сталиным. Он ваш новый король, а вы рабы. Твоя жизнь ничего не стоит. Ты простой инструмент.

[@mirosawmaecki8872]

@@Peter_S_ a tu jesteś cenzorska gnido.... wsadz sobie w doope globalistyczną propagandę

[@1LSWilliam]

True Warriors at their best. Do we not love them?

[@thedownunderverse]

Go help them. Stop cheerleading.

[@thepeopleschamp88]

Bravo! Slava Ukraine!

[@kinfolk565]

Thank God For Putin & Russia's Military Soldiers For Destroying The Ukraine Nazi Collaborators.

[@ridethecurve55]

THIS is the kind of info I love hearing about...tactics. And, coordination among the force units like infantry, artillery, recon, and air power. It's awesome!

[@anomalyp8584]

i'd love it more if they kept quiet about their tactics though

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@anomalyp8584 That would make sense if this was some pre-invasion training. I’m sure the Russians are already familiar with Ukrainian tactics since they’ve been fighting them almost a full year. Not that it’s done them much good anyway.

[@anomalyp8584]

@@BullGator-kd6ge it's just a general feeling/experience I have. A slip-up is soon made. Every snip of info is potentially dangerous even if you don't know it yet.

[@operator9858]

If you like this you should see the other guy lol

[@Groza_Dallocort]

@@anomalyp8584 Russias combined arms training and tactics is bad though

[@heathercraig526]

Great work guys..🙏🙏prayers for you and all your people both on the front line and working behind the scenes...Glory to Ukraine...you are an amazing people.❤❤from Australia

[@mike-cl7pb]

Yes Aus the Commonwealth and Empire that didn't flinch when Britain stood against tyranny in Europe for freedom and righteousness that eventually prevailed and is doing again

[@louisriverin2295]

Gloire à l’Ukraine, gloire aux vaillants soldats qui défendent nos libertés ❤🇺🇦💪 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@kinfolk565]

Thank God For Putin & Russia's Military Soldiers For Destroying The Ukraine Nazi Collaborators.

[@louisriverin2295]

@@kinfolk565 Hey Troll, Russia attacked Ukraine, Russia committed war crimes, Russians are the real Nazis. Russia lost the war. 🇷🇺 = 💩🚽☠️🌵👎

[@kniespel6243]

Brave soldiers !! Slava ukrainian army !!

[@ASTER-pk9fz]

God bless you. Thanks for your support💛💙

[@kniespel6243]

@@ASTER-pk9fz God bless ukrainian soldiers !! Because YOU are there on front ,not me or others ! I hope soon russian pigs to be out of Ukraine!

[@euseila]

SLAVA UKRAINI \m/

[@lairdcummings9092]

Very professional. Pre-gaming the engagement, making maximum use of mobility to protect themselves, adhering to protocol, even if inconvenient, conserving ammunition (and the gun tube's life)... These guys are the real deal.

[@GypsyPirate]

0:33 FYI, these fine gentlemen are from the 30-th Mechanized Brigade "Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky"

[@RichardTaylor1630]

Excellent first hand interviews. Thanks.

[@okanui]

Boris: Where should I be shooting? Ivan: I dont know, aim that way!

[@user-mb9mx6tr8s]

🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👊👊👊

[@ruslan-rieltor]

🇺🇦❤️🇧🇬 Разом до Перемоги

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

Fighting for your country's survival is not a fool's errand. Brave soldiers and citizens, grandparents and children of Ukraine, you are all my heros. 🇺🇦 Russia, you will fail your soldiers even love Ukraine. From just a regular American 😘

[@algijura]

SLAVA UKRAÏNI

[@ruslan-rieltor]

Geroyam Slava!

[@gavinelliot3564]

Bravo.Viva.Ukrain.T800Aust

[@ravisingh-vp1tp]

2.44 entire scenery is filled with blasts spots

[@galinamogyla2577]

Героям України СЛАВА і ПОШАНА 🇺🇦❤️🙏😇

[@Vbluevital]

The braves of dedicated freedom fighters!! Slava Ukranii! 💙💛😘

[@vanhoanh7314]

Stay strong hero Ukraine glory Ukraine 👍👍👍💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@elenagava4660]

You are heros all of you the best army in the world keep going and just focus how to push the pigs out from your land Slava Ukraina

[@mladenmoguljak3630]

🌻💥 Hold on guys, he will come to celebrate!!!! 💥💥🍷

[@lucaschan4955]

The tank commander is very proactive in his mission strategies in anticipating all kinds of scenarios. Very good planning. Ukraine can win the war. Heaven bless all these defenders & fighters.

[@MrKim-kv2vv]

Sweet revenge! It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure… 🙋🏼

[@luca.platti]

The risk is to rapidly wear out the barrels. They were not conceived to do such a "pure" and continuous artillery job. Although this could also be an intelligent way to employ tanks that are too old/outdated for a direct use against the more modern Russian models.

[@xy6845]

More modern russian models???? 😂😂😂 You're kidding right

[@luca.platti]

In fact, t64 is an improved/refurbished version of t62; also Russian t72 and t82 are, but their development continued much further in time than t64's one. And t90 is a fully contemporary and good tank. Not to count the weight of bare numbers. Although not used in a proper way by the Russian army in the first stages of the war, I think it is quite irresponsible to bask in the idea that they'll never learn to improve their tank capacities and that things will always follow to run as they have done until now. The combination of Materialschlacht, greater numbers and slightly better material (regarding armour and ordinary artillery), if combined with tactical and operational improvement, could still turn the tide in favour of Russia. I'm totally pro-Ukraine, as most of the people following this channel are, and specifically for this reason in my opinion an objective evaluation of Russian real capacities would be much more useful than the usual "everything-will-go-well" propaganda hiding Russian pros as well as Ukrainian faults. As a famous old-school Italian football coach used to say, don't say cat until you have it in the sack.

[@juststuff8128]

Good job Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@adamstevens3263]

Man Vladimir is always Putin down Ukraine. And he thought Russian into the capital would actually work 🙃

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

"Zilizniy" (1:25) knows who his friends are . . . he wears their flag on his chest! - Slava Ukraini! Heroiam slava!

[@gabrielchcosta]

Seeing this type of footage coming from an everyday news camera really puts it into perspective. Feels more real and grounded than what you see through phone recordings and go pro stuff.

[@rodrigogoncalves6165]

Thats how I think the M55s sent by Slovenia will be used

[@yousaidthusly461]

It’s fascinating to see how accurate atgm and artillery fire can render Tanks useful only as mobile mortar chassis; it’s as if the revolution of the tank - which eliminated trench warfare - is effectively neutralized, and thus without a known replacement for armored Calvary, they’ve reverted back to WW1 tactics since that’s the furthest period on record where armored blitzkrieg tactics were just as costly as they are now

[@ilikelampshades6]

Really interesting. Without tanks how do you fight and defend against artillery? Trenches! It's a strange war indeed

[@fatmandoobius]

Using tanks for indirect fire isnt a new concept nor a result of ATGM's it's about adding more indirect fire guns to the theater. The US were doing it in Korea for example you can find training films on how to prepare a tank for use in an indirect fire role. Ukraine is definitely outnumbered when it comes to artillery volume so this is how you equalise it. The downside is tank barrels aren't meant for the volume of fire artillery does so it will ware out the barrels faster. Hence why you do it with old tanks, less of an issue if they break down. The tank hasn't been neutralised in this war, it's role in warfare is changing to more of an exploitation and rapid advancement role rather than breakthrough. Something the Russians are slow to pick up on. Which really is the story of the tank in general. It's always supposedly going obsolete come each war or new technology but the reality is it's just evolved each time to a new role. Remember there was a time it was argued making a tank faster than walking speed was pointless because it's job was to support the infantry why would it need to go racing off alone. Look how that turned out.

[@yousaidthusly461]

@@fatmandoobius Still can’t wrap my head around the idea that Russia send god knows how many armored divisions straight to Kiev only to get them stalled. It’s like their brains collectively stalled like their vehicles. Even though the Ukes took out their light vehicles and purposely stalled them, they shouldn’t have had them stationary in that column to begin with; shoulda spread out after “crossing the Ardennes” to avoid the very thing that happened. I mean how different would the Second World War have been if Germany held their light tanks in a column and parked em for a week outside Paris waiting for France to surrender? We would be making jokes about “Superior German Stategic Thinking” to this day, instead of “Lol France Surrender Bad” memes. Clearly Russia forgot what tanks are supposed to be used for. Either that or they want to lose all this manpower and machinery. As for tanks, I don’t think this is their end, it just means they will be adapted in some way, probably lighter, cheaper, easy to repair/replace, and more autonomy. Because if even the heaviest, most offensive tanks can be taken out by drones, arty, planes, or even common foot soldiers, then less resources will go into Tank development, at least not into Superheavy MBTs, not unless they have the equivalent to a defensive force-field and superior mobility

[@fatmandoobius]

@@yousaidthusly461 There's a lot at play as to why it was a mess during the opening days to really type out. The underlying cause and problem is Russian corruption and secrecy. The guys on the ground didn't expect to really go in. They were kept in the dark and had no indications they would be, so you have tanks running out of fuel a day or into the invasion because guys were selling it to locals for Vodka. Them getting lost as they were never really briefed on the plan. Then there's the general culture of everyone is on the take and everyone willingly lies and if you don't join in your ostracized for being that weird guy that thinks he's legit. You can buy whatever you want in Russia it's just a matter of how much and knowing a guy. That includes military hardware. It's then hidden thanks to the culture of everyone joining in on the BS charade to avoid headaches for themselves. You've got commanders lying left and right about how it's go adding to the mess and doing their best to cover it up and make it go as best they can with the resources they have. Those at the top know it's happening but also know they can't really expose one without the rest. They're destroying themselves from the inside out with their own corruption. On the tanks front. Probably a mix of both. High tech in small numbers low cost in mass. Gotta remember although the Russians are getting mauled by ATGM the west always expected something similar would come from Russia so their is countermeasures in place and being developed. With things like thermal camouflage and trophy aiming to shoot them down. Not to mention ERA and cage armour actually deployed on mass might have helped. The thing that's really shown the future of war is small cheap drones acting as low risk recon. Knowing where your enemy is before they know where you are is a massive advantage to have and it's really underappreciated by those watching on the side lines. It's all about the mighty ATGM and HIMARS but Drones and artillery are so damn helpful at this point in the war. I've seen footage of them literally walking artillery into trenches with a drone spotting above. Russians are just sat their none the wiser it's zeroing in or how at times.

[@tayler2396]

It makes me proud when I see these guys wearing my flag.

[@Franky46Boy]

The Russians actually never achieved air superiority during this conflict, that's why the far smaller Ukrainian air force still can operate attack helicopters at the front...

[@user-zr1vr6tv8r]

we need abrams and leopard 2.this big ass tank can make a lot of good russians and make their mothers happy owners of white Lada's.

[@hafsalinda]

You dont need no 70 ton mbt slopping through Ukrainian mudpuddles. That would be dumb.

[@ibrahimtouman2279]

@@hafsalindain addition to being fat ass tanks, these two tanks are not immune to Russian Kornet ATGM, we saw the Leopard 2 get destroyed easily in Syria, we also saw the M1 Abrams get destroyed easily in both Iraq and Yemen!

[@sajuente8235]

@@ibrahimtouman2279 Abrams destroyed in Iraq?

[@ibrahimtouman2279]

@@sajuente8235 yes, it happened.. I saw a footage of militants destroying an Iraqi M1 Abrams using Kornet guided missile.. just to be fair, all tanks today are vulnerable to modern ATGMs!

[@tomkruger5574]

Ich hoffe ihr bekommt sie so schnell wie möglich, damit ihr den Russen den Arsch aufreißen könnt.

[@crp5591]

Awww! The Ukranian soldier with the American flag on his vest next to his flag!!! Brought a tear to my eye! Makes me feel really good and proud about helping to support them!! Much love from the USA! 💙💛 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[@arturscherbakov2543]

Once russian t72 was destroyed from distance at 10.4 km. T64 crew has spent 12-16 shells for this.

[@hanyoukimura]

Give `em hell boys! From the USA, with love. 🇺🇸 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Tank cannons' barrels wear out much faster than howitzers. Some weapon is better than no weapon. Send more cannons and shells plz.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

On the other hand, they have MUCH more barrels for T64 than for FH70 or M177.

[@u.h.h4915]

⚔️💙💛⚔️💙💛⚔️

[@mariocastro7379]

KIPISH, is one awesome brave dude! Stay strong Ukraine! Viking prayer!

[@davidwatt4511]

Happy new year to all the good guys on the ostfront.

[@saydee7878]

So so so brave!!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇲 ♥️ 🇺🇦

[@ivanyudintsev684]

Do you support Ukraine and their president Mr. Zelensky? If yes, then could you explain why?

[@anthonyt2011]

@@ivanyudintsev684 Yes we do and don't need to explain why

[@ivanyudintsev684]

If you do intentionally support those people who: - announced publicly that they are allies to the Nazi German army; - made Lviv pogroms; - made massacres in Volhynia; - made coup d'état in Ukraine nine years ago; - have been killing pro-Russians in Eastern Ukraine since 2014; - have neo-Nazi regiment in Ministry of Internal Affairs then decide by yourself who you are. But if you do not want to support them, then read different sources.

[@kv-2232]

@@ivanyudintsev684 Well Russia did a lot ba thing to Poland more than Ukraine

[@ivanyudintsev684]

@@kv-2232 Well, let's assume the same. Now, could you explain to me why have you chosen nickname "kv-2"?

[@CalimehChelonia]

Shame on russia. Shame on all superpowers.

[@xy6845]

Russia is not a superpower. Neither is Iran, Syria or the DPRK. But I agree, shame on them. Exclusively.

[@CalimehChelonia]

@@xy6845 Over here we like to say, Russia is a big gas station with nuclear weapons. And it is only because of these many nuclear weapons that it still falls under the term superpower. Furthermore, I believe that it is very likely that a cartel between the superpowers exists. A cartel, like between gangs that divide up a city because it no longer pays for anyone to seriously fight the other. This opens up numerous strategic advantages for them.

[@natejones902]

Reminds me of stories friends of mine told me about in Korea in the early 50s using tanks for mobile artillery.

[@cobbler40]

A man happy in his work

[@madmax5841]

Shout out to the equal and brave 6 million Ukrainian women who fled and left behind their sons and husbands

[@artmcteagle]

As a father and soldier it would be comforting to know that your family was in safety, for good reason as russia continues it terror campaign against civilian targets, and women and children are constantly dying in Ukraine. Now what is your opinion of the russian men (around 2 million) who have fled russia?

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

Imagine fighting in a SMO while your wife is doing the horizontal mambo with some guy in the west 😂

[@crorambo1029]

@@artmcteagle About 700,000 people left Russia, half of whom returned after mobilization. I know this because I have friends in Russia with whom I am in contact. Almost everyone there supports Putin. I am not on any side in this war because I know what the Ukrainians did to the Russians these 9 years and I know what the Russians are doing to the Ukrainians now

[@artmcteagle]

@@crorambo1029 Sure you do.

[@jonbroadsword7572]

'Zilizniy', keep wearing those Stars and Stripes with pride Brother -- America and the World are with you. Glory to these Heroes and Slava Ukraine!

[@anthony8881]

At 1min49 I love how he wears the American flag next to the Ukrainian flag. Glory to ukraine, you are fighting for the world right now. I support you 100 percent.

[@johntait491]

Another well filmed, recorded and produced video. Thank you RFERL. 😉

[@panzerkeks8530]

Gives those Heros finally Western built tanks. They need the Leopard 2!

[@davisworth5114]

Ukraine is winning because they have great military leadership. God bless all the Ukrainian grunts.

[@underthebluetakemein.]

Hard to imagine being a UA member.....fighting for your EVERYTHING !!! Your country, history and traditions, culture, family everything. 24.07.52.365....until the invading pigs are defeated and driven out. #SUPPORT UKRAINE 🇺🇦. Glory to heroes 🙌 GLORY TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦. "The light will conquer the darkness." 💙💛🌻🌄♾

[@szanujzielen6835]

Ther is no such a thing as ukraine

[@ernstachildiyev8597]

Makes sense. A tank is essentially an artillery piece on tracks.

[@andreino7]

KEEP GOING UKRAINE🙏🏻🇮🇹🇺🇦

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

In Radio Free Europe/ liberty we trust

[@TeeTee-zm2re]

Paid by the USA.

[@SCPKing1835]

@@TeeTee-zm2re Y E S

[@dr.mighthaveknown9132]

Glory to the ukrainian soldiers!

[@dannydm2133]

Give them Hell Boyz!

[@jemoua9429]

I see that big Stars and Stripes patch on your chest Zilizniy! Glory!

[@Glostahdude]

Fkn LOVE those tanker helmets!! I want me one of those bad boys!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ✌️

[@capricorn839]

I like the tankie's helmet. Must be light and comfortable

[@travisbrisard4853]

God bless all Ukranian's and who are helping!