Rashists wanted to drive over mines, and now they have at least the 61st lost T-62M “rarity”
On the downside, the tank crew still managed to escape
The Russian occupation army has “demilitarized” another T-62M tank, which the occupiers also use during the fighting in Ukraine – a video of the occupiers losing their vehicle near Bakhmut in Donetsk region has been posted online.
#Ukraine: A Russian T-62M tank drove over a quite obvious row of TM-62 anti-tank mines near Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.
It appears that all the crew survived, although they probably had quite a bad day. pic.twitter.com/yseY23Bagf
– 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) June 30, 2023
In the footage, a Russian T-62M is seen driving straight down a road that shows mines laid in two rows – and, according to some sources, the area could well have been mined by the racists themselves.
The crew of the vehicle apparently saw the threat of mines, but most likely too late – the footage shows that the tank tried to maneuver almost before the mines – probably wanted to drive “between the mines” but hit them anyway.
The result was a rather powerful explosion. However, unfortunately, the crew members managed to escape, which is not the case with the car, which can at least be classified as abandoned.
And according to the Oryx portal, this T-62M is at least the 61st vehicle lost by the Russian occupation forces since the beginning of the use of these tanks on the battlefield in Ukraine.
To this list of losses of these tanks, we can also add one T-62 of the 1967 model, two more T-62M “model 2022”, 15 T-62MVs at once, and one T-62MV “model 2022”.
