Since their announcement, ru Propaganda has been claiming the destruction of every Abrams tank in existence.
As they are due in the country soon I suspect this will only get worse, so here are some images of previously destroyed Abrams they love to Photoshop, for reference
A favorite of Vatniks, this image has already done the rounds on Telegram several times. First Wagner claimed they took it down outside Soldar, then ru forces claimed they destroyed it outside Bahkmut.
In reality, this is an American Abrams taken out in Iraq sometime in 2003/4 when a group of children threw an IED disguised as a bag of fruit at the crew, who accidentally dropped it into the hatch.
Another favorite of ru propaganda, this one has seen a lot of photoshopping into various images.
Again it's from 2003 Iraq, this Abrams was scuttled by its crew after being imobilised.
This one was originally posted back in 2010 on a Moddb forum. The op claimed it was from his personal collection and dated it around 2004-2008
Another favorite of Tankies and reformers alike. Again this is an Iraq war casualty, abandoned by its crew after getting stuck. It was later recovered.
Due to its grainy quality, this image is starting to get popular.
This is a Saudi Abrams was taken out in 2017 by the Kurds, the method of which is under some debate with some claiming it to have been a German-supplied Milian, and others a Chinese HJ-8s.
Though the HJ-8 Theory originates from the infamously erroneous and woozle-infested blog WarisBoring, so take that with a pinch of salt.
This is from a meme that did the rounds back in 2015/16 on 4Chan, I've seen photoshopped versions of this used a lot in RU warbloggers critiques of the Abrams including in a RedEffect video from 2019.
It's an Iraqi M1 Abrams taken out in 2014, the means of which are unknown to me
A Saudi Abrams cooking off in (I think) 2019. Given the sudden popularity of this video, I can assume we're going to see it a few more times but this time as "EPIC WAR FOOTAGE UKRAINE ABRAMS DESTROYED BY RUZZIA!!!!"
This was from a training accident at Fort Irwin. Date is unknown to me.
So far that's all the images of destroyed Abrams I've seen photoshopped and passed off as destroyed Ukranian Abrams.
If more get posted feel free to pass them on to me and I can help establish if they are genuine or not.
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