Military expert, retired colonel Yuri Knutov, director of the Air Defense Forces Museum (Air Defense), said that the Russian side destroyed in a week the second British Challenger 2 tank, which had not lost in the war for nearly 30 years. Cornet anti-tank system. This has been reported “Lenta.ru”.
He argues that it should be taken into account that the cornet is rarely used in combat.
According to him, the Russian side specially trained the army to destroy Western tanks.
Knutov claims that after receiving information that Western tanks will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian side created special units that received special training to fight them.
Before that, Deputy Governor of the Zaporizhzhya Region Yevhen Balitsky reportedIt was stated that two British Challenger 2 tanks were destroyed on the battlefield in the region.
The head of the Zaporozhye social movement, Vladimir Rogov, said that on the eve of “We are with Russia”, Russian soldiers who knocked down the British Challenger 2 tank in the Zaporozhye region will receive an award.
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