Recently, a sensational story appeared in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet about the ram of a Russian BMP-2 that was driving towards a Ukrainian demining machine in the Kharkiv region. Our portal team would like to provide more information about this incident.
1: the main character is a BMR based on the T-64A. BMP-2 and a trophy T-72B3 were immediately behind her in a column.
2: she is in the first minutes after the battle.
3: map of the scene. The episode itself took place on the track between Vyshniv and Slabunivka, coordinates 49°28’54″N 37°06’42″E.
4: a fragment of the battle, taken from the cockpit of the Ukrainian BMP-2.
5: Russian BMP-2 in the first minutes after the battle. The photo shows the height difference, which made it difficult for the Russians to detect the enemy’s equipment in time.
6: consequences of BMP-2 defeat and collected from Russian military trophies.
7: the same BMP-2 with a characteristic hole from the impact of a KMT-7 trawl, which after half a day was dragged to the track.
We attach a story about this episode from a direct participant in this battle , who got into a firefight on a minesweeper at the head of the column.
