The Ukrainian military has released a new video showing its T-64BV tank striking a Russian tank it knocked out during the fighting in the east of the country.

The Ukrainian military was amused by the destruction of a Russian tankPhoto: video shooting

The video shows how the Ukrainian tank retreats a little, adjusts the sight according to the instructions of the commander, and then permanently disables the already burning Russian tank, much to the delight of the people of Kyiv, who are filming a spectacular explosion in the background.

While it is not known exactly where the footage was taken, information is spreading on social networks that this moment was filmed during the fighting in the direction of Rubizhny, a city in the Luhansk region, and Ihor Girkin, a former commander of Russian separatists from Donbas, claims that the destruction tank attack took place in the area of ​​the city of Svitlodarsk in Donetsk region.

Although it is not as old as the “dinosaur” T-62, which the Russian army has been fielding since May, the T-64 tank, which entered service with the Soviet armed forces also in the 1960s, is not a modern combat vehicle.

But the “BV” variant that we saw in the video is a model recently modernized by the Ukrainian arms industry. In 2019, the state-owned Ukroboronprom announced that its plant in Lviv had supplied the country’s armed forces with more than 100 such modernized tanks.

How the Ukrainians modernized the T-64 tank

Improvements included infrared vision equipment for the entire crew, dynamic armor for the tank’s turret, a satellite navigation unit, and a digital radio developed under license from Motorola that provides communications up to 70 kilometers away.

By the way, the dynamic armor of the tank is clearly visible in the video. It is not specified which model of Russian tank knocked down the Ukrainian T-64BV, but judging by the dimensions of the chassis, it seems that it was a main battle tank.

Another video that appeared on social media in early December also captured a T-64BV destroying a Russian tank with a single shot in a one-on-one battle.

Although the exact number of T-64BV tanks in service with the Armed Forces is unknown, there were 1,000 T-64 tanks, a non-modernized version of the combat vehicle, in the country’s military warehouses.

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