Global Courant 2023-04-14 18:36:52
The combat vehicle was left on a flatbed truck in the parking lot of a Louisiana restaurant – https://t.me/gruntmedia
A Russian tank used in the attack on Ukraine has mysteriously turned up at a truck stop in the US.
The T-90 tank was allegedly captured by Ukraine’s 92nd Mechanized Brigade last September after being used in fighting in the Kharkiv region in northwestern Ukraine.
The combat vehicle was abandoned on a flatbed truck in the parking lot of a Louisiana restaurant.
Local reports suggest that after the truck towing the tank broke down, the vehicle was abandoned at Peto’s Travel Center and Casino in Roanoke, Louisiana, next to US Interstate 10.
Valerie Mott, the restaurant’s assistant manager, said: “I’ve been here for seven years. I’ve never seen (a tank) here,” said The War Zone, an online publication.
Although the tank’s machine guns had been removed, much of the equipment appeared to be intact, including some explosive armor used for defense against anti-tank missiles.
Block blocks on the front of the turret, each about the size of a folded copy of the Telegraph, would have housed explosive reactive armor at one point.
High explosives
The vehicle security systems consist of a quantity of explosives sandwiched between two metal plates. When hit by a missile, the system is designed to detonate to deflect the incoming projectile.
However, Russian tank crews fighting in Ukraine discovered to their detriment that many of the protective boxes had been stripped of their explosives for sale on the black market.
It is unknown if the Louisiana tank has functioning explosive armor.
The T-90which entered service with the Russian Army in 1993, still carries two large “dazzlers”, part of the Shtora-1 self-protection system, designed to disrupt the command signal of incoming anti-tank missiles.
The tank’s owner and intended new home are unknown.
A U.S. Army spokesman at the Red River Depot in New Boston, Texas, about 150 miles north of the truck stop, said the tank was not going there.
“This tank is most likely not going to Red River as we are not refurbishing any tanks here,” the spokesman said.
