Why does this happen to all Russian tanks? / real footage frome Ukraine

Aww, the Russkies takin' a beating. Ain't dat a shame.

SPC Robert Coventry
"With the start of the war in Ukraine, strange explosions of Russian tanks began to appear on the Internet. They explode as if from within, flashing like fireworks.
The explosion is so strong that the tank's turret flies many meters into the air.
The turret of a Russian tank, together with a cannon, weighs about 2 tons. But it flies up like an empty beer can. Imagine how powerful this explosion is.
Falling back to the asphalt, the tank turret crashes into it like in butter.

What happens to Russian tanks, and why do they explode like that?

I spent time and found out that such explosions happen for two reasons.
First, Russian tanks have several vulnerabilities in their design.
Secondly, this happens when they are properly exposed to the target weapon.

A Russian tank can be destroyed either with a Javelin or NLAW anti-tank missile or with a regular grenade if dropped directly into a hole on the turret. Now I will explain to you how it works. We will look at both examples on real documented video footage.

The first big problem with Russian tanks is how to store ammunition. They are placed in a circle inside the turret. The compartment holds 40 shells. As seen in this scheme, tankers actually sit on them. We can say that they are sitting on a powder keg. See how ammunition is placed in the Leopard and Abrams tanks. The scheme shows that the ammunition is placed in the rear of the tower in a specially protected capsule. In the event of an explosion of ammunition, the blast wave takes them up without hitting the crew. In Russian tanks, the crew will be lifted into the air along with exploding ammunition.

Secondly, there are hatches and openings in the turret of Russian tanks through which the cumulative fire jet from the NLAW missile penetrates the inside of the tank. But more on that later.

And you can even drop a grenade from a drone into an open hatch. And the tank is done!"

Your basic substandard junk and with no concern at all for even the tank crew !