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By: Nils Hinsberger
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Two Ukrainian soldiers fend off a superior Russian T-90 tank.
The shooter probably used an unconventional wealth of experience.
Avdiivka – Ukraine is celebrating an unusual David versus Goliath tank triumph – also on television.
“During training I thought, 'God forbid I see a tank,'” a Ukrainian tank gunner told
TCH
.
But this nightmare became reality – shortly after his training in Germany.
With the tank driver Oleksandr, the man named Serhij, according to his own statements, achieved something amazing: together they routed the T-90M tank, which Vladimir Putin described as the “best in the world,” in a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle that was massively inferior in terms of firepower.
The story is intended to provide the background story to a widely circulated video.
The crew of the American Bradley is said to have been the two Ukrainian soldiers Serhij and Oleksandr.
In the TV interview they tell how they managed to defeat the T-90M from Russia.
Ukrainians push back Putin's 'best tank in the world': 'Because I played video games'
Serhij reported that another group had initially failed to push back the Russian T-90M.
“That didn’t work, so we had to get up the courage and go for it,” he explained.
At first, the T-90M's armor appeared impenetrable.
“We shot with everything we could,” Serhij told the station.
“Then we had problems.”
In order to gain the upper hand, he had to fall back on rather unconventional experiences.
A Russian T-90 tank.
According to Putin, the best tank in the world.
But two Ukrainians have now managed to win against Russia's super tank.
© Yuri Kochetkov/picture alliance/dpa
“Because I played video games, I remembered everything,” he said.
What initially sounds unbelievable, according to his own statements, helped the two soldiers to victory: Serhij explained that he used his video game experience to think about how and where to hit the enemy tanks.
Bradley tank driver “only drove cars” before the Ukraine war
“Due to problems with the armor, I blinded him so he couldn’t escape,” the Ukrainian soldier described the situation.
Among other things, in a video on the
After a while, the crew of the Russian tank seemed to decide to escape.
Oleksandr, the driver of the Bradley, said that before the Ukraine war he only drove “normal cars.”
“You came from the car to the Bradley?” the reporter asked.
“Yes, after training,” Oleksandr replied.
Serhiy added: “I would say he is more important than me, even though I am a shooter and a commander,” he interjected.
“If he gets me out, I’ll be happy.”
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Because of his successes in the war, Serhij explained to the station that he actually wanted to take a vacation from the war.
“I planned to go on vacation and get married officially,” he told the reporter.
But he doesn't yet know whether this will be approved.
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