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T-55 Tank Unfazed By Direct RPG Hit
Published 2 years ago
Rebel footage from early in the Syrian War shows a rocket propelled grenade making a direct hit on an Assad regime T-55 tank during an urban battle.
The anti tank projectile appears to strike the armored vehicle from a relatively front angle, in which the armor is the strongest. The T-55 and its many variants was one of the most widely used tanks in the world and has seen service with over 50 nations' armies, but its consistent inability to defeat modern anti tank projectiles is one of the many reasons for its obsolescence. In this case, the tank crew got very lucky.
