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Ukraine's 33rd Mechanized Brigade Thumps Russian Armor With MILAN
Published 2 months ago
This footage shows a team from Ukraine's 33rd Mechanized Brigade in an undisclosed location. They are using a French-donated MILAN anti-tank guided missile system. The last few seconds of the clip shows Russian armor taking a hit, ostensibly from the MILAN. Analogous to the US' TOW missile suite, it is a wire-guided system first introduced as a Franco-West-German collaboration in 1972. Although phased out of use in France, the donated MILAN missiles has seen considerable use in Ukraine. Interestingly, Russian forces have been spotted using captured MILAN systems. The list of MILAN users has several surprising entrants, including Lebanon, several Syrian factions, and the Kurdish Peshmerga.