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​Machine Gun Goes Haywire in the Last Minutes of This T-90M: Why russia's Modern Tanks Couldn't Reach the Victory Day Parade in Moscow

Illustrative photo: russian T-90M Proryv tank / Photo: Vataliy V Kuzmin
Illustrative photo: russian T-90M Proryv tank / Photo: Vataliy V Kuzmin

A rare piece of footage shows the russian "breakthrough" tank destroyed by an ordinary camera drone with explosives

One more russian T-90M Proryv main battle tank was eliminated in Ukraine. This is the 20th at least piece of this expensive equipment taken down by the Ukrainian forces since the start of the russian full-scale invasion.

The video below was shared through social media, it shows the last minutes of this modern tank before getting destroyed by a Mavic drone equipped with explosive grenades as payload.

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A certain detail worth noting: the remotely controlled machine gun turret spinning as if it was a mock-up. Most likely, the electronics inside the tank glitched.

Here's also another video from a few days earlier that is likely shows the same episode but from the drone's perspective:

These videos are especially valuable in the context of yesterday's Victory Day military parade in Moscow. Usually featuring all kinds of ceremonial tanks and for-display prototypes of newest yet unfinished developments of the russian defense industry, this year's event only featured a single tank – an aging T-34.

As for the destroyed T-90M, it's just another answer to why the modern pieces of equipment couldn't find their way to the parade this time.

Of all tanks, only one T-34 was present at the Victory Day parade in 2023
Of all tanks, only one T-34 was present at the Victory Day parade in 2023 / Screenshot of a video recording of the parade by russian media
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