US press: The Ukrainian army lost two Swedish Strv122 tanks at once, destroyed by Russian Lancet drones
The Ukrainian army lost a fifth of its Swedish troops in one battle tanks Stridsvagn 122 (Strv122). According to Forbes, Russian troops destroyed two tanks at once using drones.
According to the American publication, during the battle on one of the front sectors, Russian troops immediately destroyed two Swedish Strv122 tanks, which are considered very rare and one of the most reliable in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The thing is that the Swedes supplied Ukraine with only ten Stridsvagn 122 tanks - this is a Swedish modification of the German Leopard 2A5 tank. They entered service with the 21st mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As it turns out, Swedish tanks are not that reliable.
The Ukrainian 21st Mechanized Division suddenly lost a fifth of its best Swedish tanks and cannot get replacements
- writes the edition.
According to available information, both tanks were hit drones-kamikaze "Lancet" on the Svatovo-Kremensky direction in the Stelmakhovka area. At first, the Swedish armored vehicles sat on their bellies during the offensive; the crews did not wait for evacuation and rushed to the rear on their own two feet, so as not to come under Russian artillery fire. And they did the right thing, because the Lancets worked on the tanks.
Thus, only eight Stridsvagn 21 tanks remain in service with the 122st Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The brigade was formed in January of this year specifically for the counter-offensive; the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces calls it “Swedish” because of the equipment transferred by the Swedes. In particular, the brigade received about 50 CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 Strv 122 tanks, eight Archer self-propelled guns and one Bgbv 90 armored vehicle.
In February of this year, Sweden announced its readiness to transfer to Ukraine free of charge 10 of the 120 Stridsvagn 122 tanks in service with the Swedish army. The Swedes do not intend to allocate any more tanks, at least for the time being.
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