Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

They defeated a massive Russian column that was marching to storm Ukrainian positions near Terny. As a result of this attack, the Russians lost 11 units of equipment, and the defenders captured an enemy tank.

Destroying a tank with a light anti-armor weapon often takes luck as well as skill. FPV operators face the same challenge as foot soldiers firing shoulder-launched weapons at tanks: it is not easy to destroy a heavy tank with a light warhead. New videos suggest they have found a tactic to not just damage tanks but to produce an instant kill, with a series of posts social media posts showing Russian tanks disintegrating in spectacular fireballs. It appears to be the result of exact targeting rather than luck.

The FPV kamikaze drone is a racing quadcopter usually carrying an RPG warhead. One of the commonest types is the PG-7V, introduced in 1961 and normally fired from the veteran RPG-7 launcher, the anti-tank weapon of choice for insurgent groups from the Vietnam War was through Iraq and Afghanistan. The PG-7V weighs around three pounds, close to the limit of what a small FPV can carry and still fly any distance, but by the standards of anti-tank rounds it is a lightweight. The warhead of the NLAW launcher weighs four pounds, and the mighty Javelin missile delivers a 19-pound warhead.