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RPG Gunner Misses Tank, Pays Ultimate Price
Published 3 years ago
Video from early in the Syrian war shows an Assad Regime T-72 outfitted with a GoPro action camera by Russia's ANNA News and the instant the tank eliminates a rebel RPG team.
The tank crew is scanning a school courtyard, knowing enemy forces are close. An unwise rebel rocketeer fires a rocket propelled grenade at the front of the tank and misses. Even if he had hit the tank, the strike would have likely been ineffective, as the tank is designed with significantly more armor at the front of the vehicle. The tank gunner was ready, and not even a second after the RPG is fired, he returns fire through the correct window. There is no way the rebel rocketeer could have retreated to a safe distance in that amount of time and was most likely killed instantly.