Turkish tank Leopard 2 shot down in Syria

Militants have posted on the network footage of a missile hit a Turkish tank Leopard 2А4 near Al-Bab (Syria), reports bmpd.

Turkish Defense Ministry officially recognized defeat tankreporting four wounded.

Presumably, the TOW-2 guided missile, which previously, quite possibly, was delivered to Syria through the territory of Turkey, got into the tank, the commentary notes.

View of the tank from a different angle after the defeat.

Comments

[svp67]

Well, everything falls into place. This battle shows who and what is on the battlefield, including equipment.

[oleg-gr]

The Turks supply their enemies themselves. Some die, while others earn. How banal, boring and predictable everything is. The phrase in the film "Sarmat" sounds right: for a good bakshish, the Turks will go blind and deaf.

[Marksman]

So to speak, with an initiative. It burns well ...

[Now we are free]

As the saying goes, “Don’t dig a hole for another, myself ... I wonder if Stinger will beat F-16 like Tou - Leopard in the second round?

[Warrior with machine gun]

golden words, or history as one Western profit overwhelmed another.))

[Kozliu]

Presumably, the TOW-2 guided missile hit the tank

From the photo of the flight of the rocket, for some reason it seems to me that this is a Cornet. I could be wrong.
Look at the tank after the fire.
The vaunted German "Paper Leopard2" without remote sensing is not a difficult target for a modern ATGM

[Sasha_Sar]

Well, just like the "first" Chechen company ...

[Yuri Mosyakov]

another view

[Gracher]

These are two other Leopards.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Well ... many dreamed of seeing the "cat" in action ... what a bitter irony is that: "... the tank was hit by a guided TOW-2 missile, which, quite possibly, was previously delivered to Syria through Turkey ... "

[novel66]

somehow met a German with an American ....

[Stirbjorn]

Presumably, the tank was hit by a TOW-2 guided missile, which may have been previously delivered to Syria through Turkey ... "

the most important word omitted
Maybe presumablyas with the Cornet rocket, which the bearded people in many captured the other day in Palmyra

[VSZMK]

TOW-2 guided missile, which earlier, quite possibly, was delivered to Syria via Turkey

Do not dig another hole.

[Pronow]

The moment when confused, Erdogan brother or fart. And do not know to rejoice with this news or to be sad

[Shurik70]

Quote: Pronow

And do not know to rejoice with this news or to be sad

Took off the tongue :)
When bandits kill a huckster, is it good or bad?

[Incvizitor]

Huckster is the same bandit, only bigger.

[kirgiz58]

It remains to see the footage of the destruction of the Amer aircraft by means of a stinger. First they deliver a bearded weapon, then they suffer losses from it. DB (s).

[78bor1973]

I think it is quite possible, moreover, the restrictions on the sale of weapons to the Middle East from the United States have been completely removed!

[Yuri Mosyakov]

T4-based Syrians hold on for now

[Vz.58]

Hold on, because the TV operator asked them to shoot somewhere, for Efect to get on his nerves. Do you know where these staged shots were taken? I do not know and do not believe that this was done in a real battle. But this method of shooting is very beneficial for companies that sell the products of their cartridge factories to the belligerent parties. For skeptics. I'm not off the couch.

[Yuri Mosyakov]

and the operator asked for a flying projectile at 0-14 next to the technical equipment?

[Vz.58]

Give me 30 minutes and I’ll draw you such flying, in the same picture, Kursk will seem like a child’s game

[alexmach]

Where is it interesting they are so thrashing that? Anywhere in the direction of the enemy?

[Uncle Murzik]

where where? into the white light!

[Smoked]

Maybe they made a hole, but they didn’t put a point.

[nik-karata]

personally for me nothing surprising. there cannot be such a tank in which it would be impossible to make a hole. for every smart entry, there is a tricky screw.

[Evil 55]

Well, they checked the barmalei of the vaunted Gayropeyskoy technique ..

[Trevis]

"Presumably" toe. Or maybe Cornet.

[parkello]

most likely this is a contest.

[satum]

Gorgeous !!! In my opinion, he recently entered the top-10 "powerful" technology capable of withstanding the Russian))) German Quality - not a heck of a fly)

[Vz.58]

And he is entering now. According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, tankers are injured, but their life is not in danger. Indestructible equipment does not exist, not even at war ARMATA

[Kozliu]

Quote: Vz.58

And he is entering now. According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, tankers are injured, but their life is not in danger. Indestructible equipment does not exist, not even at war ARMATA

T-90 perfectly holds ATGM, compared with absolutely all the fighting tanks of the world.

[voyaka uh]

One case was recorded in the video when the ATGM did not pierce the forehead of the T-90 tower.
Normally worked DZ.
But I will draw your attention to the fact that the Syrian command tried not to apply
T-90 on "TOU" - hazardous surfacing: western Aleppo, Homs.
T-90s were near Palmyra during the first advance of the Palmyra Zohar (and then the retreat). There were no losses, but also the firing of ATGMs, too. Then the T-90s were spotted inside eastern Aleppo during the final assault. Anti-tank
the militants ran out of weapons there. Tanks moved unhindered. Caution is laudable, but I would not draw definitive conclusions.

[Kozliu]

Quote: voyaka uh

One case was recorded in the video when the ATGM did not pierce the forehead of the T-90 tower.
Normally worked DZ ..

the video is definitely not one, those T-90 videos are not 100% identifiable, but most likely they were T-90

[Alexey RA]

As far as I understand, there is only one Leclerc left of the "unkissed" ATGM MBTs?

[Smoked]

The Hussites seem to have lost their virginity.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: Alexey RA

As far as I understand, there is only one Leclerc left of the "unkissed" ATGM MBTs?

have you already hit the challenger?

[vakula]

"Good" Americans test their brainchild on their own "friends in arms"

[shinobi]

In general, modern cumulative ammunition (especially ours) needs to pierce what kind of armor on the drum. For lacking dynamic protection of armored vehicles, a hit with such ammunition is fatal. It makes no difference who made this technique.

[Bashibuzuk]

I offer Ratsukha!
Instead of bothering with the purchase of weapons, logistics there, and other Ahuramazda - transfer money intended for the purchase of weapons, staff training, logistics services, etc. IMMEDIATELY at the expense of arms manufacturers.
And let the manufacturers burn all this machinery ... as they say, right on the spot.
Firstly, we save a lot of time. Secondly, reports on technical excellence will rise to a professionally set level. Thirdly, the shooting of destruction can be carried out in much more detail, more perspective, more informative. Fourth, we save on the wounded ... they will not have to battle, etc. to pay.
Wherever you look, it’s much more profitable.
I agree to 1 percent of the remuneration. With volume. From each company.

[rotmistr60]

reporting four wounded

Very dubious information.

[BOB044]

That they delivered to them and knocked out. Do not swarm another hole you yourself will fall.

[demiurg]

They struck the heart. And it burns from one penetration, and with enthusiasm. Did automatic fire fighting not work?
And by the way to communication in another article. Something less and less I believe that at a meeting of modern armies in 15 BBT years, the front line will live longer than 3-5 minutes after detection.

[SG11]

where is the video? behind the smoke you can’t see what is burning there

[voyaka uh]

The Turks carry out the operation near Al-Bab very successfully.
And the tanks that Patton M-60 Tsabra that Leo-2 are used intensively
and massively for firing landmines and armor-piercing positions of ISIS.
So Leo-2 will gain the reputation of a "battle tank", despite the losses,
and its sales will jump.

[Velizariy]

And Leo 2 is far from the last modification! Not even the A5, but then the hats flew right away)

[Vadim237]

Leopard 2 is an excellent tank - which was confirmed, the crew is alive, after getting ATGM.

[Fedalex]

Israelite happy for the Turks ??!

[voyaka uh]

When they are fighting ISIS, as in al-Baba, yes. When with the Russians - no.

[Ilja2016]

and do Turks fight ISIS?

[Fedalex]

The leopard has already fought in Afghanistan, have sales jumped? Blessed is he who believes ...

[voyaka uh]

A total of 3500 tanks were produced. They are often resold from one NATO country to another depending on budget cuts or increases. but there are new orders.

[Berkut24]

And the Cornet will be stronger than the American. The Germans are sad ...

[padded jacket]

Well, the Israeli modernization of the M-60 Sabra has burned more than once now Leopard 2 is on fire. And in Iraq, M-1 Abrams burned, which in principle proves that they are just as vulnerable to quite old ATGMs as the T-55/62 and T-72

[Vadim237]

M 60, Leopard 2 and Abrams at least did not fly to smithereens like our T 55, T 62 and T72 when hit by ATGMs.

[padded jacket]

Quote: Vadim237

M 60, Leopard 2 and Abrams at least did not fly to smithereens like our T 55, T 62 and T72 when hit by ATGMs.

So for example, M-60 Sabra was first used only in Syria, and even then in single copies, and Leopard-2 is not a frequent guest in the war.
So do not compare them with our tanks that are fighting around the world.
I also hope that the video with the defeat of the Leopard-2 ATGM will not be the last and we will all be able to "evaluate" the durability of the armor protection of this tank.

[voyaka uh]

"So, for example, the M-60 Sabra was first used only in Syria, and even then in single copies, and Leopard-2 is not a frequent guest in the war." ////

Sabra - several dozen, at least in Syria. Leo-2 is not less than a dozen.
A column was recorded in Syria, in which 39 tanks were counted.

[voyaka uh]

Here is an interesting photo: the Turkish tank Sabra, struck by Cornet
(on the left for comparison the whole section). DZ worked, there was no penetration.
The tank was repaired, the crew was not injured.

[Kozliu]

DZ gives not a bad chance of survival of the tank against anti-tank systems

[BISMARCK94]

the second one is already hit

[Fedalex]

I read the comments, almost everything, about nothing! Leopard A-2 was "unsealed" in Afghanistan a long time ago. It seems that these were Belgian leopards, moreover, there were several of them ...

[Thunderbolt]

They were Danes, but the main means of destruction was a landmine. Most likely, the Danish tankers themselves turned out to be good and hit all the available tanks until they were completely worn out, judging by the losses in l / s:

the Danish army lost six Leopard 2A5DK tanks in the course of their participation in the fighting of the ISAF multinational force in Afghanistan.
From September 2007 until the withdrawal of its contingent in May 2014, Denmark constantly kept five Leopard 2A5DK tanks at the Camp-Bastion base in the Afghan province of Helmand to support coalition forces. Of these, three tanks (platoon) were constantly in service, one tank was considered a reserve and one was under maintenance. Due to such a small number of Danish tanks in Afghanistan, the irretrievable loss by the Danes over the entire deployment of six vehicles looks like a staggeringly high rate.
At the same time, only one Danish tanker was killed during the entire deployment, which took place on July 25, 2008, when the Leopard 2A5DK tank was destroyed by a powerful explosive bomb. As a result, the driver-mechanic Oberconstable Jasper Gilbert Pedersen was killed. An unnamed number of Danish tank crew members were injured during the fighting in Afghanistan. Http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1382622.h
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[Thunderbolt]

The Canadians used German tanks much more successfully. And they used them more and more actively, and at the end of their mission received a batch of Leopards specially trained for combat use in Afghanistan.

[Fedalex]

It’s funny that the Danes were noted in Afghanistan ... I believe that they have great geostrategic interest there

[Thunderbolt]

50 countries were noted there and everyone has great geostrategic interest, although the Americans take it easier and call their allies meat for the grinder (meat for meat grinder).
The Danes did not die there as many as some others, but in terms of percentage, they suffered the most.

[voyaka uh]

From 2001 to 2015, 3400 NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan, 2300 of them were Americans.
So what about cannon fodder is incorrect.

[voyaka uh]

In Afghanistan there were both Dutch (dutch) and Danes (danish). Sometimes they are confused in translations into Russian.
Here is the Danish Leo-2 in Afghanistan.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: voyaka uh

From 2001 to 2015, 3400 NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan, 2300 of them were Americans.
So what about cannon fodder is incorrect.

not cannon, but "future stuffing", what can you do, they can call themselves that in a fever of psychosis, if they suffer senseless losses, this is a crude martyr's jargon. In Russia, over the same period, even more young men and women died from Afghan heroin. It was then that he went to Russia in a wide stream, because. The Taliban lived off the smuggling of goods through their territory, and when the international coalition blocked this trade traffic, they had to become drug lords. It is a noble cause to fight international terrorism, but those Russians cannot be returned.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: voyaka uh

Here is the Danish Leo-2 in Afghanistan.

Was it Dutch? They used their own self-propelled guns there, but tanks. As part of their forces, they don’t, I think.

[Maksimov]

In '91, when several simplified and old T-72s were shot down in Iraq (several thousand according to the American version), the liberoids shouted: "Soviet tanks, Mr.! Abrams class!" Now, when the towers are being demolished in Syria to the Leopard, which experts consider steeper than Abrams, the liberoids are shouting: "Yes, there was an old modification of Leoprad!" Double standards they are - everywhere and everywhere :)

[Maksimov]

Quote: voyaka uh

From 2001 to 2015, 3400 NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan, 2300 of them were Americans.
So what about cannon fodder is incorrect.

That is, in your opinion, this is not enough for a country with which there is no declared war, and indeed there are no active military operations there, that is, in fact, in peacetime? Here in Syria 10 Russians died in a year, and the liberoids scream that "bloody Putin is pouring Russian blood on Syria!". Well, yes, in 15 years, 150 people can die, maybe 300 ... This is cannon fodder. And 3400 NATO soldiers who died in Afghanistan in 15 years (this is recognized official data, there are probably more real ones), these are small such losses for the American bloodless regime. And this is only Afghanistan. And there is Iraq, Syria, Donbass, where NATO "consultants" are buried.

[Maksimov]

Quote: voyaka uh

"So, for example, the M-60 Sabra was first used only in Syria, and even then in single copies, and Leopard-2 is not a frequent guest in the war." ////
Sabra - several dozen, at least in Syria. Leo-2 is not less than a dozen.
A column was recorded in Syria, in which 39 tanks were counted.

Well, they used Sabra wonderfully - there is a video where two tanks in a row Alahakbar burned in vain. The crews are clearly quite dead. There are more than a dozen leopards in Syria, because the ten towers have already been demolished. What can I say - Western tanks made a great debut in Syria :)
Well, the person wrote correctly - before comparing the losses, compare the NUMBER of tanks taking part in the battles, and then compare the losses as a percentage. If Soviet / Russian tanks have been fighting in the east for dozens of years with virtually no interruption, and the western ones occasionally approach it, it is somehow incorrect to compare the losses of hundreds of Soviet-Russian vehicles and dozens of western ones.