Ukrainians At Krasnohorivka Stop "Garage Tank" With Mines, Drones

The Russians are experimenting with more armored vehicle anti-drone defenses. Ukrainian soldiers call one of them the 'Garage tank' because it looks like it carries its own garage.

Another is called 'the Barbecue' because it has metal grills all around it. A major problem with that one is that there is only one 'door' to the grill, which in the tank's rear. Soldiers who can't get to it fast enough after a drone attack get 'barbecued.' So far, none of the Russian solutions to FPV drones, including electronic jammers, appear to work. JL 

Militarnyi reports:

A Russian tank with a giant anti-drone superstructure tried to storm the positions near Krasnohorivka. A colossal sheet metal structure was installed on the Russian tank, supplemented by an electronic warfare system to protect against attack drones. Mine trawls were also attached to the tank to clear the track. Following a style previously observed in Russian operations in Syria, this tank led a column of several IFVs as they advanced to break through Ukrainian positions. The Ukrainian military was still able to stop this tank

A Russian tank with a giant anti-drone superstructure tried to storm the positions near Krasnohorivka.

Footage of an unusual combat vehicle was released by Serhii Sternenko.

A colossal sheet metal structure was installed on the Russian tank, supplemented by an electronic warfare system to protect against attack drones. Mine trawls were also attached to the tank to clear the track.

 

Following a style previously observed in Russian operations in Syria, this tank led a column of several IFVs as they advanced to break through Ukrainian positions.

 

“It makes you laugh, not forgetting that it’s still effective,” says the blogger.

 

However, the Ukrainian military was still able to stop this tank. Judging by the lack of an anti-mine roller, it encountered minefields during its advance.

The Russians used a tank with a new type of anti-drone protection. April, 2024. Footage from the video of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group

The Russians had already made several such attacks with Syrian-style updated vehicles. Similar vehicle was observed recently in Krasnohorivka (Donetsk region) on April 16, 2024.

 

The Russian military is also beginning to modernize wheeled equipment, such as the Z-STS “Akhmat”. The armored vehicle was hung with metal nets covering it all around. The structure has only one entrance in the form of a door, which is located in the rear part. So the only way to get in and out of the barbecue is to go through the door or crawl under the structure.

 

Recall that at the beginning of the month, the Ukrainian military neutralized a tank equipped with a powerful EW system that prevented the operation of drones using strike drones with a “machine vision” system.