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Tank Crew Bails Out After Direct ATGM Strike in Syria
Published 3 years ago
An ATGM strike lands a direct hit on a regime tank inside of Syria. As the tank burns, you can see at least one of the tank crewmen bailing out from the vehicle and making a run to the hills.
If you've seen one Syrian ATGM strike, you've seen most of them. The video generally starts with a member of the Free Syrian Army aiming down the sights of a TOW, FAGOT, or other off-brand wire-guided anti-tank guided missile launching system. The video generally ends shortly after that missile impacts with its target, and we get a good look at the aftermath of the strike.
In this video, we get to see one of the surviving tank crew members bailing out of his now destroyed armored vehicle. As soon as he bails, he makes a run for it, because he knows the enemy that just hit his tank with an ATGM is probably in the area, and closing on his position fast. We'll probably never know if the guy we see running made it.