Thanks for watching guys, here's the accompanying blog for this video - armourersbench.com/2024/07/07/ukraine-captures-first-turtle-tank/ Thanks - Matt

Put it into a museum and let the Chieftain do a "Oh crap the tank is on fire" test.

I wanna know what was running through their heads as they drove up to the M113 to ask for directions. Did they think they were NPCs?

Waiting for Gaijan to add it

Turtle tank so strong it can penetrate enemy lines without even noticing

Literal 40K ork technology

Turtle tank engineering relies mostly on galvanized square steel and expansion screews borrowed from your aunt.

yo holy shit it's an A7V

T62 under that shell lol

This war is bizarre.

Rare shot of tank that actually survived the frontline long enough to be captured

The capture of this vehicle illustrates the situational awareness problem for the crew, especially the driver. After hard maneuvering, the crew could not tell which way was the enemy lines.

As long as it keeps rolling you can use that contraption for something, not completely useless, the driver though.

That Blyat mobile gets around😂😂😂

If it survived a hit by a drone, then the shed armor did it's job. Makes me wonder if the crew wanted to just surrender without looking bad.

he asked the enemy for directions no way they can be that dumb... nah he wanted to be taken

Wow. Those welds look like someone did them after hearing them described, VERY improvised smoke discharger, crew getting lost and ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS FROM THE ENEMY, vehicle left alone and unsupportes, no communication... the name 'Blyat' tank is very apt...

Side note, the 22nd’s emblem is dope

R: Where to the front? U: To the East R: Don't you mean the West? U: Oh R: Oh no

"Don't worry boys! we have no ammo or supplies but we do have vodka!"

Looks like a WW1 Schneider and St. Chamond crossover.

I have a few questions: How can they see outside? How can they response to attacks from the side if they can't use their machine guns? How can they recovered their turtle tank if they get stuck in a hole?

They look like something out of post-apocalyptic lore.

Whoever did the welding of the turtle top either wasn’t fussed about quality or did it under pressure of time or suboptimal circumstances - or all the above.

That looks like state of the art first world war technology.....

Welcome back Saint-Chamond !!!

Survivability is secondary to the real purpose of the turtle tanks: providing much-needed external cargo space for the crew's pilfered washing machines.

Energy shields. Clearly what we really need is energy shields, but since that's impossible we'll settle for sheds.

the asking for direction part gotta be a soldier humor moment 😂😂

"It's called Smekalka, and it's genius" - Lazerpig😆

Great video TAB!

Am I the only one seeing a A7V from ww1

Most embarrassing way to get captured is asking for directions.

Oh, that's hilarious. Imagine turning your tanks into apcs lol

0:31 For a moment I thought the shed roof was connected to the tank 🤦‍♂

The turret was fixed and it carried no ammo!? What is even the point of this tank? Are they using it as an armored personnel carrier? Russia must be desperate for armor to be rolling out broken tanks like this.

To avoid drone attacks Russia went back in time and made their tanks A7V’s but hey it kinda seems to work

Turret rotation is overrated either way

Something is very sus about this tank. It feels like a Trojan horse tank. Except the Trojan is like misinformation.

So, its basically a glorified APC?

idk if that would fit to your channel, but could u maybe cover the north korean ammo? 😆 and pls bless us with another video of makeshift vehicles made from MTLBs or BMPs, etc

This was soooooooooooooooooooo cool! Subscribed and liked!

when your so desperate that your tanks look like a moving scrap shed...

"I like turtles"

Great presentation thanks 😊

Must be hell to Live inside this thing while having literally no defence weapons on it

So it's basically a weird APC that can only carry troops on the outside?

I could build a nice garage, carport and a shed from all the metal on the turtle tanks and cope cages.

Ukrainian soldiers capturing turtle tank - "yeah... if we were forced to drive a peice of junk like this, we'd discuise it as a shed as well..."

AKA the ol' bread box.

There was Turtle Tank by the name of Bert And Bert the Turtle Tank never got hurt When heard the drone go whirr whirr whirr He knew just what to do Run for cover, run for cover

It’s not the idea itself we make fun of, it’s the presentation.

Imagine claiming to be the #1 army in the world but having to resort to glorified sheds on a T-64...

I can imagine how Russians must feel over the absolute state of their armed forces. This is a direct and tangible result of the corruption and incompetence we've seen in Russia's high command since the start of this 3-day special military operation.

why dont they add some sort of active protection similar to the trophy system (but simpler/cheaper) to counter drones? apart from money and time it would take to develop and upgrade the tanks, what else stops them from doing this?

Isn't "blyatmobile" basically just calling it "shitmobile"?

' Battle Barns '

BTW its a t-62 based turtle. Looks like a VERY old variant, doesn't even have the M variant modifications. Pretty much obsolete stuff. EDIT As @SgtBelfed pointed out, it does seem like a T62M1 variant. It's a '70/'80 model, not too bad ;)

It is a mobile vodka bar.

Ah Australia captured a A7V too

I really dont get the purpose if it doesnt have a mine clearing kit on it? Like that was the one point of these right? A heavily armored mine clearing vehicle?

Imagine being in a war zone, thinking your good because you got actual explosives to counteract the tank rounds. Little do you know they're empty for some reason.

Asking M113 operators for directions lmfao? Luke warm iq, Ivan.

the empty reactive armour blocks is expected, but no ammo? they weren't kidding when they said they were lost

Looks just like an A7V "Wotan" from WW1, back to basics for Russia i guess

None of the "Turtle Tanks" have operational guns. The RA is basically using Tanks with broken autoloaders and worn out barrels as armored trucks because the UA has been destroying supply trucks as they get near the front. Once you remove all the ammo,there is quite a bit of storage space in the turret , the Internal fuel tanks can hold 250 gallons and you can use the deck behind the turret like a truck bed. That's why the "shell" is so big , it's so they can pile stuff up behind the turret. So they load the thing up with just a driver in it, then drive to the front unload everything ,including most of the fuel and then they drive back. This is a bad sign for the RA , it means they have more tanks that are no longer capable of combat because of non-functional guns than they can repair.

Incredible

Tutel 😄

Watching the video I originally noted about 10 things that caught my attention, and you managed to address every single one of them. Great video & thanks! 👍

Wait, wut? They followed the Bradley vehicle, which tried to outrun/hide, kept following, when upon closing with them, the driver got out to ask for directions? Is that what the kids call "surrendering" now?

imagine getting captured while asking for directions

The Germans fielded 20 of these in WW1, I didn’t realise one was still operating.

ERA armor with dudes riding in the box... Smart.

God might be with them, their supply chain is not. A tank used as a makeshift APC, and it’s a T-62, armour made from electric substations… Yeah seems to be going well.

It has a 1916 vibe.

88 written on the side 🤣 If you know you know 💀

It's one thing to get lost in that environment and a whole other thing to walk up to what should obvious to you as an enemy and ask directions😂

Wait, they send out tanks without armaments just to take hits? A literal sacrificial lamb? This is literally "they will run out of bullets before we run out of men" but with tanks. Ofc the driver was confused, he was probably high off his balls, how else could you do a job like that where your mission is to get destroyed so Others won't?

unfortunate, for the crew, but I guess it is not the first time it happened, nor it will be the last (I heard of at lest 4 stories of the same happening on both sides)

🐢

That darn thing is over there looking like a German A7V from WW1...

love the "god's with us" and "88" markings put together... you can't make this shit up

What’s the underlying tank platform? Is this a T62 or what? How old is the base platform?

"Navigation isn't rocket science." - No Russian tanker ever said.

Who woulda thought the tank either fuck all vision got lost and stuck and then a bunch of Ukrainians easily jumped up on it

Susicious grafitti found inside the tank: " нет плана Б " 🤔

Honestly, imagine what must have been going through the minds of that M113 crew. There's this huge thing chasing you, even as you try to hide from it it's still perusing, you KNOW it's the enemy, it's a tank and you're merely in an APC, if it catches you, you're toast, here it finally catches up to you, you've made your peace ready to accept your fate... Only for the crew of that thing get out, confuse you for friendlies and ask for directions. To quote that Ukrainian soldier from the very start of the full-scale invasion - "We're very lucky that they're so fucking stupid."

I still don't see how they're suppose to see outside of that shell to be able to drive

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I could see if the turtle tank commander mistook a Ukie BMP for a friendly but come on man Russia doesn’t use the M113 lmao

Those tanks are ridiculous. They don't seem to work

How did you come up with a "stolen sign" idea, lieutenant Colombo?

So a heavy APC for troop transportation

These just look like ww2 marder 3’s but no turret

Fixed turret and no ammunition????

Russian tanks don't have air-conditioning I can imagine how hot it gets inside that tank with that steel shell trapping even more heat inside.

Rebirth of a WWI A7V

Why did they paint "88" on the side of the tank?

Wow

Captured by Medics