Part 2 of the interview with Oleg Andronyak, call sign “Kahor”, the deputy commander of the Steel Wolverines tank company in the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, sharing some insights on modern armored warfare.
Part 1 is here: https://youtu.be/66sJ0r7RIqQ
Original source: fragment of the interview for Soul to Soul https://youtu.be/UkO6MkdZC10
Aired: April 25, 2024
English translation and subtitles by the author of this channel. All rights reserved.
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*Notes:*
(0:25) Tetyana Chubar, SPG gunner in the 58th Separate Armored Brigade. — https://youtu.be/EvhN_-hERMQ
(0:58) Footwraps – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footwrap
(2:41) “Do the ‘grills’ really protect against FPV strikes? — the anti-drone cope cages on top of the Russian tanks in Ukraine are called “BBQ grills” because the first iterations of them did look a lot like BBQ grills.
(3:26) Lancet loitering munition – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZALA_Lancet
(4:02) ECM – electronic countermeasures.
(5:16) a tank from K-2 Unit plowing the trenches. See here: https://youtu.be/QESktRh0430
More about the K-2 https://youtu.be/oNN15NxeoVg
(9:24) HEAT warheads — High-Explosive Anti-Tank shaped charge warheads — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-explosive_anti-tank
(9:33) ERA blocks — Explosive Reactive Armor blocks. In Ukraine they call them “candy bars”. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_armour#Explosive_reactive_armour
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