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The explosion is huge and surpasses any scene previously filmed in the same way: a video that has been causing a sensation on social networks for 36 hours shows how a T-54/55 tank is hit by a missile and then pulverized by the huge explosion that followed – an explosion so large it couldn’t possibly have come from the anti-tank weapon alone. Watson reported.

Evidence is now mounting that this drone footage shows the deployment of a Russian kamikaze tank loaded with tons of explosives. But instead of hitting a Ukrainian position and causing major damage there, the tank hit a mine beforehand and was rendered useless. A Ukrainian anti-tank team then dealt the probably unmanned vehicle the spectacular death blow from a safe distance.

The site of the incident is said to be south of Marjinka in the Donbass. There, the Ukrainians dug in along a row of trees, which the Russians are now apparently trying to destroy with the help of demolition tanks.

If the attack with the remote-controlled old T-54/55 main battle tank still clearly failed, another video shows an MT-LB armored personnel carrier, also converted into a demolition tank, exploding in the middle of the same or similar row of trees . It is not yet possible to estimate what damage he has caused.

After these first images, more evidence surfaced almost every hour of the use of this Russian weapon, which was new to Ukraine. A video from the Russian Ministry of Defense itself shows Russian soldiers loading an MT-LB vehicle with bombs, mines and explosives.

Analysts said there were at least four such attacks on Tuesday night; one with said T-54/55 main battle tank, three others with MT-LB tracked vehicles. One of the attacks probably took place in the Zaporizhia area. According to unconfirmed reports, one of the Russian kamikaze tanks may have been stopped by a – how ironic – kamikaze drone.

In technical terms, such attacks are abbreviated as VBIED: Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device; that is, improvised explosive charges loaded on vehicles. In Iraq and Afghanistan, suicide car bombings that drove into crowds or buildings became notorious.

In Ukraine, on the other hand, the Russians seem to control their demolition tanks with drones remotely from the air. Such tactics fail to impress former US Lieutenant General and NATO commander Mark Hertling: “What a stupid way of mechanized warfare by the Russians,” the well-known military analyst criticized on Twitter for wasting already dwindling tank supplies.

The “Goliath” – German World War II model

Everything has been there before, says the guild of military historians. During World War II, the Germans developed special “charge carriers” that were used via cable remote control to direct packs of explosives at enemy bunkers and bases or detonate themselves along with the explosive charge. The most famous of these explosive tanks was the Goliath, which was only five feet long and nearly two feet high.

In his famous 1957 feature film «The Canal», the Polish director Andrzej Wajda showed in an impressive scene the panic that the German «Goliaths» unleashed among the defenders during the Warsaw Uprising.

In reality, however, the remote-controlled mini-tanks have rarely proven themselves. Due to their slow progress of only 10 kilometers per hour and their thin armor, they could easily be shot down by prepared opponents. Or else it was enough for a daring person to cut the remote control cable with pliers.

The images from Ukraine so far do not show with certainty whether the Russians will have more success with their version of the Kamikaze tanks. (aargauerzeitung.ch)