TankDiary

Currently focusing on the War in Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦 also posts on other tank stories & history RT ≠ endorsement

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

Most guides and quizzes I've made on IG have assumed a basic level of knowledge about Russian military vehicles - but for beginners here's some vehicle ID at a basic level with a quick description of ID points and capabilities.

Also up on the website for digital download.

[Naalsio @naalsio26]

30 January 2024
Russian-occupied #Luhansk Oblast, #Ukraine

Cat with a T-80U belonging to Russia's 4th Guards Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army, Western Military District.

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@poetaetrr It’s a T-80UE-1 (meteorological sensor, MG mounted on commander’s hatch)

[B-AREV @trip_to_valkiri]

They are alive!

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@counter_tracker @trip_to_valkiri Yes it’s a UE-1

[AFV Recognition @AFVRec_]

Challenger 2 OES thread 1/
The OES Challenger 2, known in military parlance as the Operational Entry Standard (OES) – often synonymous with Theatre Entry Standard (TES) – represents an advanced tier of armoured capability, a step above the baseline vanilla model.

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@chrisschmitz T-72 with leopard tracks, T-90A smoke launchers, kontakt-1 boxes all different sizes, gunner’s sight looks like a regular camera and not a thermal sight - the AI makes me feel ill

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@Jeff21461 Good thread, David is a complete fool though.

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@TallbarFIN Germany helped Finland in 1918 as well, although having its own motivations in both instances Germany was the only outside power Finland could leverage to keep its independence.

[Andrei_bt @AndreiBtvt]

Трофейный Т-80У ВСУ с установкой дополнительной ДЗ «Контакт» на бортах и корме башни.

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@ChungTzuW @RALee85 So not all T-80s then, interesting - either way that is still not a T-80 in the video owing to the smoke coming from an exhaust on the tank’s side

[poe @poetaetrr]

KamAZ-BMD-2

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@poetaetrr @BuschModelar I’d think VDV personally, haven’t seen DPR operating BMD-2 before

[AFV Recognition @AFVRec_]

Russian T-64’s of various models (A,B,BV) that have been pulled from storage, the 2000 T-64’s in Russian stock in 2014 were supposed to have been scrapped, I don’t believe that ever happened due to the amount of T-64’s I’ve seen come from Russia, or if it did it was a very slow process.

These tanks will likely replace the DNR military tank losses, the DNR’s army mainly operate T-64’s.

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

Video of a relatively rare tank duel between a Ukrainian T-64 tank and what looks like a Russian T-72B3 with a roof screen near Stepove. The Russian tank deploys a smoke screen as it retreats, and survives an FPV strike that apparently jammed its turret.
https://t.co/ZfiDKAM7Ln

[B-AREV @trip_to_valkiri]

Captured T-62M in service within Ukrainian Territorial Defence, Fall 2023.

[AFV Recognition @AFVRec_]

1/ The effects of rodents on AFV’s

Rodents have long been a problem for infantry in the trenches, but a lesser known fact is the issue of rodents when they embed themselves in armoured fighting vehicles.

[TankDiary @TankDiary]

@t80posting Based T-80U enjoyer

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

A video of a tank getting hit by an ATGM and surviving will always get far fewer views and retweets than when a tank is destroyed in a huge fire ball. This gives people a false understanding of the vulnerability of tanks, and often leads to poor analysis. Just a regular reminder.