The T-72B3, an upgrade of the Kremlin’s Cold War-era T-72 MBTs, should be seen as a fairly “high value” target. Since then Russia has been more cautious with how it deploys its tanks, but lone vehicles are susceptible to drone attacks as noted by the video. Russia has lost hundreds of tanks in the fighting in Ukraine, with many coming under fire in the opening stages of the conflict when Kremlin forces employed mass MBT attacks. Though Kyiv has reportedly successfully recovered and refurbished hundreds of Russian MBTs over the past year, Moscow has also gone to great lengths to return its damaged tanks and other vehicles to service. The loitering munitions also offer a way for Ukraine’s troops to take out damaged/abandoned tanks that in the so-called “gray zone,” beyond the distance in which they can be captured. Unlike a missile or rocket, if there is no target, the drone can be returned to the operator. The benefit of loitering munitions is that the platforms can be deployed to an area where an enemy is believed to be operating, scout out for a target of opportunity, and then strike with near-pinpoint precision.
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