What are the railings on Russian tanks for? In this way they “shield” themselves against the effectiveness of the Ukrainian attack

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is now two weeks old, and the casualties among military personnel on both sides number in the thousands.

Apart from the unfortunate human losses, many units of terrestrial armed material were destroyed; such as cannons, armored vehicles and tanks.

For this very reason, the Russian army reinforced its vehicles in a clever way, which causes curiosity to many.

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What are the bars on Russian tanks used for?

This modification made with bars allows to protect the areas of the vehicles that are more difficult to protect with other means, such as the transmission and the engine.

This armor should serve to avoid direct hits from Ukrainian grenades, rockets and missiles that have already had an effect on several Russian units.

As reported by Sport, the shield interferes with the larger explosive charge, thus preventing optimal detonation, or at its best: damaging the grenade detonating system and saving the tank from the explosion. Although it is not always effective, it only works in 50% of cases.

In addition to this, images of Russian tanks reinforced with all kinds of elements have been seen; such as tree branches and wood, even household objects. Letting it be known that the danger of Javelin missiles and RPGs is causing a lot of problems in Russian units.

Therefore, Russian military designers tried to minimize damage to their tanks by welding these bars on the tower and rear, which are the weak points of these tracked vehicles.

Since 1960, offensive anti-vehicle weapons increased in strength and number. In fact, some experts now believe that the end of the tank as we know it is near.

And it is that, the new missiles can destroy these units in a single blow and in seconds. What is unprofitable to continue maintaining these tanks that cost millions of dollars. (I)

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