"Man Vs Tank - Rebel Sneaks Up To Tank And Places Explosives During Battle | Yemen War"

RallyPoint Shared Content — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:36:34 -0400

Originally published by WarLeaks on YouTube:
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Yemen War - Man Vs Tank - Rebel Sneaks Up To Tank And Places Explosives During Battle. Incredible footage of a rebel sneaking up to a enemy T55 Tank and taking it out from close distance by placing explosives. The rebel was hidden in an already destroyed tank. The T-55 approached firing its gun and the rebel ran out, planted the explosives under the hull and ran back to his hiding spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEOkgc8xUpA

Man Vs Tank - Rebel Sneaks Up To Tank And Places Explosives During Battle | Yemen War

Yemen War - Man Vs Tank - Rebel Sneaks Up To Tank And Places Explosives During Battle. Incredible footage of a rebel sneaking up to a enemy T55 Tank and taki...

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jun 24 at 2015 1:49 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:49:01 -0400

Gunner coax rebel

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jun 24 at 2015 2:07 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:07:13 -0400

A couple of isssues here. The T55 is an antique and like most Russian is of pretty low quality. I don't know exactly what the thickness of the belly armor is but it can't be much.

The armor is homogeneous steel and absorbs the shock of an explosive device.

The modern armor is plated and layered and is able to distribute a shock of an explosion rather than absorb it.

We don't know what kind of explosive charge that it was maybe an EFP device ? A satchel charge?

Our M1A1 and A2 could take that blaastvand keep on ticking.

The best job I ever had

Stay on the tank!

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 24 at 2015 4:11 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:11:09 -0400

We had insurgent sneak up RGD 1 to Abrams located on the bridge checkpoint between Blue Diamond and Ar Aramadi. The Sergeant who was in charge of the tank, got demoted because of it. Although it was partially the command's fault. The NCO was truck driver, not a tanker and simply volunteered to man the checkpoint.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 25 at 2015 3:21 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:21:16 -0400

No clue about their military's training and/or capabilities, but still have to give the guy some credit. Has to take some chutzpah to try that regardless.
Also seems a bit too Battlefield game-ish to be real but game developers need inspiration too (along with the WWII, etc instances).