Ukraine's Israeli-Upgraded M-55 Tanks Are Firing Interesting U.S. Ammo
One shell is for destroying bunkers. The other, for knocking out light armored vehicles.
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One shell is for destroying bunkers. The other, for knocking out light armored vehicles.
We still don’t know what kind of ammunition Ukraine’s M-55S and Leopard 1A5 tanks fire from their L7 guns. And it matters. A lot.
Yes, the tank has layers of explosive reactive armor. But the steel underneath the ERA is just a couple hundred millimeters thick at its thickest.
It’s not clear where along the 40-mile Kreminna front the M-55Ss are—and whether they held the line even as the first of their number fell prey to Russian gunners.
Incredibly, the Ukrainian M-55S tank that ate what appears to have been a Russian artillery round last week survived the blast with modest damage.