List of destroyed leopard 2s of the AFU from the beginning of the offensive to now.
the first Leopard 2 destroyed was a leopard 2A4 that was hit by artillery at the beginning of the offensive in a raid near Novopokrovka, subsequently it was seen that the crew (or a part of it) managed to get out of the vehicle alive.
the second leopard 2A4 with documented loss was destroyed by a Lancet in the South of Mala Tokmachka, it seems that the drone hit the ammunition of the hull, which resulted in the turret being thrown away, fortunately the vehicle seemed to be abandoned.
the first leopard 2A6 seems to have been destroyed by multiple lancet hits on 09/6/2023 in the south of mala Tokmachka, the crew managed to get out before the vehicle was hit, it is evident from the open hatches.
I could not find much information about the second destroyed leopard 2A6 that was recorded, all we know is that it probably caught fire after hitting another vehicle and soon after was abandoned and destroyed by the Russians.
the last leopard on the list was destroyed on 07/27/2023 according to sources it was near robotyne, the vehicle was abandoned after running over an anti-tank mine and subsequently destroyed.
This was a short thread made to show the few leopards that the AFU lost complement, but honestly I feel happy that the thread whas short :)
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It has been public, since January of this year, that Ukrainian special forces have been using the L3 Harris AN/PSQ-42 (ENVG-B). It is a night vision goggle with image fusion, It means that it combines analog image intensifier tubes and an LWIR thermal imager.
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Image intensifiers operate at the speed of light, without the need for digitization. Therefore, they have excellent depth perception, resolution, and no image lag. However, it has blind spots in certain dark environments and has limited detection capabilities compared to thermals
Thermal imagers create images from infrared radiation, functioning in zero-light environments, seeing through smoke and dust, and having a much greater detection capacity and range. However, They depend on digitization.
Optronics, uniforms, command and control systems, weapons and body armor; Today we will fully dissect COBRA, Brazil's promising soldier of the future program. 🧵
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Contextualization: 3
Uniforms: 9
Combat boots: 2
Protection and survivability: 9
Command and control: 6
Optronics: 10
Armaments and accessories: 10
In short, the COBRA project is led by the Brazilian Army's Land Operations Command (COTER), It was approved in 2017 as part of the Full Operational Capability Achievement Program (Prg EE OCOP). "COBRA" means "Brazilian combatant" in Portuguese.
From the Centauro II to the T-90MS: The the twelve most exciting vehicles and variants from LAAD 2025.
A thread 🧵
Rosoboronexport and Uralvagonzavod 1/2
Rosoboronexport, the main Russian state agency responsible for exporting military materials, will present what is, so far, the only MBT confirmed at the event: the Uralvagonzavod T-90MS, the most advanced Russian MBT offered to the international market.
The Inguar-3 is an MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) made by Ukrainian company "Inguar defense" that began to be tested by the Ukrainian military in combat in 2024 so that troops could provide feedback before the contract was signed.
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The vehicle was tested by members of the 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" where they observed that the vehicle's performance was better than some foreign models previously tested. It is worth mentioning that the brigade operates Maxxpro and BMC Kirpi MRAPs.
The vehicle comes from the factory with the EW system, which in testing appeared to be the AD KRAKEN COUNTER FPV F4 М50 From Kvertus. This is a high-frequency EW system that uses four jamming bands, designed to neutralize FPVs.
Quick thread on the history, capabilities, captures and alleged deliveries of the NLAW to Iran. 🧵
part 1: A quick history about the NLAW.
In 1987 the British government was looking for a replacement for the already obsolete LAW-80, so a series of studies and invitation to bid being issued in 1999 with Matra BAE Dynamics, an Anglo-French joint venture and Saab Bofors Dynamics Ltd responding to the call.
A bit of history and capabilities of the Leopard 2A6 and its use in ukraine🧵
in the late 1980s the Germans began to develop a new modernization program for the leopard 2 which was divided into two stages: KWS I and KWS II (KWS = Combat Value Increase)
After a while, two prototypes were presented to the German army, based on vehicles from the 8th batch of Leopard 2A4, the TVM min and TVM MAX.