'Thin-armoured' French tanks impractical for attacks, says Ukraine commander (news.yahoo.com)

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The AMX 10 was designed to kill insurgents in civillian cars in Mali and the Ivory Coast. It has a high reverse speed because youre supposed to run away once they bring up anything serious.

According to the French defence ministry, AMX-10s offer protection against light infantry fire.

Lol

"There was artillery shelling and a shell exploded near the vehicle, the fragments pierced the armour and the ammunition set detonated."

Lmao

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'm guessing these things are getting shredded by WW2-era AT rifles?

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Fun fact! (Which I'm sure you knew already, but some folks may not) There's Soviet machine gun (which is still in use) - KPV (or KPVT for vehicle mounted version). It uses the 14.5 mm ammunition that was originally designed for the aforementioned WW2 WT rifles. Except now it's a machine gun with machine gun fire rate.

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