#Russians are installing #cope cages on their #oil refinery tanks to protect them from #ukrainian #drones 🤣😂🤣

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SlavaUkraini #ukraine #russia #copecage

Another addition to the #DIYArmsRace #TankBling #CopeCage collection.

A log cabin tank. Seems to make it a little top heavy.

I probably need a more encompassing hashtag for the #DIYArmsRace taking place in Ukraine instead of just #TankBling and #CopeCage

This is a Ukranian DIY (based on sheet metal rivets) ground based unmanned vehicle designed to distribute DIY anti-personnel mines (left) and traditional mines (right)

This belongs in the #TankBling #CopeCage filings.

AP: Ukraine pulls US Abrams tanks from battlefield amid Russian drone threat https://kyivindependent.com/ap-ukraine-pulls-us-abrams-tanks-from-battlefield-amid-russian-drone-threat/

According to the US officials, Russian surveillance drones & hunter-killer drones have changed the situation on the ground substantially, increasing the vehicles' risk of detection.

5 of the 31 Abrams tanks have already been lost on the battlefield, they said. The concentration of drones means "there isn't open ground that you can just drive across without fear of detection."

"When you think about the way the fight has evolved, massed armor in an environment where unmanned aerial systems are ubiquitous can be at risk"

uno mas #TankBling #CopeCage

This Russian turtle cage looks like it's impersonating a chill hippie food truck.

Here's a fascinating 4 min video of a multitude of #TankBling #CopeCage tanks and vehicles in actual combat.

"a Russian armored assault on Krasnohorivka. The lead tank with the large shelter was left behind after its mine-roller reportedly got stuck but the other tanks and BMP/MT-LB continued the assault. It looks as though some of the other tanks/vehicles may have been lost but others continued despite strikes by mines, FPVs, or other munitions."

Video behind 'sensitive media' block. This is real warfare. I didn't see anything graphic, but still...