M1 Abrams in recent conflicts

[F.L.]

Another Abrams destroyed ?!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832148338910834745

View: https://x.com/IranMilitaryNet/status/1832148338910834745?t=Ja2pbiMymdB3GUDrQMgUVA&s=19

 

[Bruno Anthony]

they are thicker,

Cite sources.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Another Abrams destroyed ?!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832148338910834745

View: https://x.com/IranMilitaryNet/status/1832148338910834745?t=Ja2pbiMymdB3GUDrQMgUVA&s=19

That doesn't look burned enough to be "destroyed."

 

[GTX]

Another Abrams destroyed ?!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832148338910834745

View: https://x.com/IranMilitaryNet/status/1832148338910834745?t=Ja2pbiMymdB3GUDrQMgUVA&s=19

That's the same one that you yourself posted at post #53 above

 

[yahya]

The photo below claiming it to be a destroyed Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tank near Berdychi circulates on the SM. The Kontakt-1 ERA bricks are remarkable. Perhaps it is the same tank as depicted on the X links mentioned above.

 

[Scott Kenny]

The photo below claiming it to be a destroyed Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tank near Berdychi circulates on the SM. The Kontakt-1 ERA bricks are remarkable. Perhaps it is the same tank as depicted on the X links mentioned above.

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I'm not sure that's "destroyed" unless dude in the picture is Russian.

Tank appears to be stuck in a trench and has suffered an ammo rack blast. Is it possible to return an Abrams to service after the ammo rack goes up?

 

[yahya]

I'm not sure that's "destroyed" unless dude in the picture is Russian.

Tank appears to be stuck in a trench and has suffered an ammo rack blast. Is it possible to return an Abrams to service after the ammo rack goes up?

For sure the guy pictured isn't Ukrainian.

What could have caused such a blast to the ammo rack? An FPV kamikaze drone or something more serious like a Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) or a PG-7VR tandem HEAT?

 

[yahya]

Well, the SM entries claim that the Abrams pictured above was destroyed by a Krasnopol projectile.

BTW, there is also a set of images allegedly depicting another Abrams destroyed some time ago. Quotation:

Russian special forces inspecting the third M1A1 Abrams tank (tank number "105", serial number UKR006) from the 1st Tank Battalion of the 47th Independent Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Berdychy north-west of Avdeevka, which was lost on 2 March during combat operations in Ukraine.
Prior to this vehicle, the 47th Brigade lost two M1A1 Abrams tanks in Berdychy - on 26 February (number "101", serial number UKR002) and 29 February (serial number UKR005).

The Abrams is being inspected by the RF Armed Forces - the left side of the turret is hit by an RPG, judging by the inspection from the inside there is no penetration.
But as you can see, the commander's cupola flew off the tower.

And:

The upper section of the Abrams tower is incredibly vulnerable, both in this part and in the ammunition storage, as it can be easily detonated due to the "blow out" design to direct a possible ignition of the charges outwards.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Yes, if you get a top attack on the ammo blow-out panels, that's an easy mission kill.

I just don't know if an ammo deflagration gets hot enough to damage the armor.

 

[F.L.]

That's the same one that you yourself posted at post #53 above

Yes, I've now realized that.

 

[yahya]

Abrams vulnerabilities as circulating on sm.

 

[yahya]

Another M1A1 captured in UA.

 

[GTX]

Another M1A1 captured in UA.

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Source?

 

[_Del_]

Source?

LATP

 

[GTX]

LATP

??

 

[Bruno Anthony]

??

Is LATP like Gaga googoo?

 

[yahya]

Source?

Cyberspec News

Another captured M1A1 Abrams. Already in the Russian rear.

t.me

 

[_Del_]

??

Lima Army Tank Plant

 

[Bruno Anthony]

Los Angeles Tea Police
LATP

 

[yahya]

Ukraine Has A Problem: 20 out of 31 M1 Abrams Tanks Have Been Destroyed

Since February 2022, Ukraine has relied heavily on Western aid to resist the Russian invasion, including the use of U.S.-supplied M1 Abrams tanks. Despite its reputation as a reliable main battle tank, the Abrams has suffered heavy losses on Ukrainian soil, with up to 20 out of 31 tanks...

nationalinterest.org

 

[yahya]

Ca. 59 ex-Aussie M1A1 SA Abrams tanks are reportedly to be sent to Ukraine. Wonder whether they will receive any additional armor protection, especially vs. FPV kamikaze drones?

 

[yahya]

While another one was lost this month and the Kontakt-1 plus other ERA and BBQ did not help.

 

[yahya]

An Abrams while being towed away somewhere in UA along with another damaged tank:

Cyberspec News

The Russian Armed Forces are evacuating a seriously damaged Leo-2A6 (Avdiivka) and a destroyed Abrams.

t.me

Yet another one on the Armiya exhibition.

 

[yahya]

Slat armor and the Kontakt-1 ERA on the Ukrainian Abrams tanks.

 

[yahya]

And the ones taken out of service in UA

 

[GTX]

An Abrams while being towed away somewhere in UA along with another damaged tank:

Cyberspec News

The Russian Armed Forces are evacuating a seriously damaged Leo-2A6 (Avdiivka) and a destroyed Abrams.

t.me

Yet another one on the Armiya exhibition.

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This is not a new one. It was displayed many months ago.

 

[yahya]

A new one.

 

[F.L.]

A new one.

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Old photo.

 

[GTX]

A new one.

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No. Yet again this is an old one - just look at the posts in this thread and you will see it displayed multiple times.

 

[yahya]

M1A1 SA in Pokrovsk.

 

[Scott Kenny]

M1A1 SA in Pokrovsk.

Okay, that one's a hard kill. Tank burns, the armor anneals itself back down to something approaching mild steel (yes, with the fancy alloys but it's as soft as that steel can be). And that annealing is not repairable, so any burned tank is scrap metal.

 

[GTX]

M1A1 SA in Pokrovsk.

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That’s becoming a very photographed tank. It has already been shown many times in this thread

 

[yahya]

So far it was the best quality shot of that very Abrams.

 

[Archibald]

Seems it's like the M-50 Bounder all over again... when in 1960 same plane circled many times over Red Square to scare the West into thinking they had a fleet of them.
Old Soviets lies never die, particularly with Pudding.

So far it was the best quality shot of that very Abrams.

Which is hardly an excuse to pretend it is a new one everytime, when it is actually five times the same tank already posted five times in this very thread.

Mercifully we don't have a similar thread "pictures of destroyed Russian armored vehicles, already posted 5 times in the thread before" - otherwise it would be 9000 pages long.

 

[yahya]

M1A1 SA allegedly in the Kursk province in October 2024. Note the BBQ grille and ERA.



And the one that was captured by the other side:

Осведомитель

На Покровском участке фронта нашим военнослужащим достался очередной американский танк M1A1 SA UKR 47-й бригады «Магура» ВСУ. Видео @btr80 Осведомитель

t.me

 

[yahya]

A collage of the Abrams tanks destroyed around Donetsk in the past.



Source: https://t.me/swodki/434813

 

[yahya]

M1A1 captured in UA at an exhibition in Saint Petersburg.

 

[yahya]

Somewhere in the Kursk region:

LOSTARMOUR | Carthago delenda est!

Оптоволоконный FPV-дрон поражает танк M1A1SA Abrams ВСУ в Курской области. Геопривязка: https://lostarmour.info/map?coord=51.2475572,35.1267977 Видео: https://t.me/vremjazov/1161

t.me

The URL has long/lat data.

 

[GTX]

M1A1 captured in UA at an exhibition in Saint Petersburg.

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Same vehicle as in your own post #103 above. Getting a little tedious with the same vehicles posted over and over now...

 

[yahya]

Perhaps you're right. The ones in poor state appear in the village roadshows. The ones in better shape are reverse-engineered and deeply analyzed. If you have more photos of this tank from the contemporary conflicts, please post them here and do not complain.