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Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, [1] Tsar Mangal) is a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slat armor which covers the entirety of the original vehicle.
The Russian custom, it seems, is to send one turtle tank fitted with jammers and mine-rollers ahead of other vehicles—often laden with infantry—to clear a safe path right up to Ukrainian lines.
Now Russia has introduced an even more intensive retrofit, using metal sheeting to totally enclose some of its tanks. The new armour has earned the vehicles the nickname “turtle tanks”.
In early April, a new kind of Russian armored vehicle crawled onto the battlefields of Russia’s 27-month wider war on Ukraine: the “turtle tank”—a T-62, T-72 or T-80 tank with add-on...
Video just released by Ukraine's military shows Kyiv's troops capturing a Russian military vehicle dubbed a "turtle" tank, along with its crew, and driving it away.
It helped the Ukrainian tankers that the Russian column was led by two “turtle tanks” fitted with bulky anti-drone armor that obscures the crews’ visibility and also prevents the tanks ...
Russian Turtle Tanks are increasingly appearing on the battlefield in Ukraine. As time passes, countless images and videos surface on social media, showing us more and more Turtle Tanks. So, how can we explain such a phenomenon, and why are the Russian armed forces equipping their Main Battle Tanks with equipment that is arguably largely ...
New footage published by Ukraine's government appears to show the moment a Ukrainian explosive drone drops into a Russian tank fitted with protective armor designed to fend off Kyiv's uncrewed...
A new tool that Russia is employing in Ukraine provides a crude solution to a winning strategy: outfitting tanks with unyieldy and bulky exterior armor.
New footage appears to show the moment a modified Russian tank hits several land mines in Ukraine, at a time when Moscow is trying to defend its armored vehicles against battlefield strikes.