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Characteristics of Trophy russian "Tsar-EW" for T-72B3M Tank Given by Ukrainian Expert

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russian "Tsar-EW" / Screenshot from the video by Army TV
russian "Tsar-EW" / Screenshot from the video by Army TV

The tank with so-called "Tsar-EW" was supposed to cover the assault column from FPV-drones, but it did not work

Units of the 95th Airborne Brigade and 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled russian attack near Terny, Donetsk Oblast as well as captured a T-72B3M tank. It headed the assault with a large number of different electronic warfare systems.

It should be noted that despite the tank's obvious task of covering the assaulting column from FPV-drone strikes, it was hit by Ukrainian UAV. It had an extremely important homing function.

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Warriors of the Azov Assault Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine conducted an extremely difficult operation. They spent three nights fixing the vehicle under the threat of russian fire, as it could not be towed by a BREM vehicle due to the minefield.

Characteristics of Trophy russian "Tsar-EW" for T-72B3M Tank Given by Ukrainian Expert, Defense Express
russian destroyed equipment / Screenshot from the video by Army TV

Subsequently, Ukrainian expert, Serhiy Beskrestnov with a callsign Flash, began to analyze the assembly of the systems, and published the results of the disassembly of the so-called "Tsar-EW".

Characteristics of Trophy russian "Tsar-EW" for T-72B3M Tank Given by Ukrainian Expert, Defense Express
russian "Tsar-EW" for T-72B3M Tank / Screenshot from the video by Army TV

In general, such an assembly consists of 6 patch antennas with an antenna pattern of 60-70 degrees. They are divided into pairs at 800 MHz, 900 MHz, and 2.4 GHz. The power supply consists of 6 separate modules of 50 W each. Interference devices at 700-1000 MHz and 5.8 GHz have also been added.

The range of interference is 500-800 meters for the DJI Mavic drones, and 50-150 meters for FPV-drones with the ExpressLRS radio control system.

Everything is assembled with Chinese components, without active heatsink, powered by 28 V from batteries and a generator.

Earlier Defense Express reported about "Frankensteined" russian bomb thrower vehicle with RBU-6000 that was lost due to a Ukrainian FPV-drone.

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