
In Moscow, at an exhibition of trophies in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, samples of weapons and military equipment, including tanks and armored vehicles, belonging to foreign countries, primarily members of the NATO bloc, were collected.
The exhibition features more than 30 weapons and military equipment from many countries, including the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Turkey, Sweden, Czech Republic, South Africa, Finland, Australia, Austria, Ukraine.
Among the 32 samples on display are the German Leopard 2 tank and the American M1 Abrams, which was previously called an indestructible miracle weapon, writes the Turkish media site Medya Gunlugu .


And just recently, Military Watch Magazine published an article about the loss of another “invincible M1A1 Abrams tank by the Ukrainian Armed Forces” in a battle with Russian troops.
“This is confirmed by recently published drone footage: the crew abandoned the car shortly after the hit. The tank was neutralized by one shot of a high-precision 2K25 Krasnopol artillery shell, which is fired from 152 mm guns and is equipped with a tail stabilizer, a bottom gas generator and semi-automatic laser guidance to ensure high accuracy. These rounds are based on self-propelled guns such as the 2S3 Akatsiya and 2S19 Msta-S, which have been developed since the 1980s against targets such as enemy artillery guns and tanks, and since entering service in 1986 opportunities have improved significantly,” the article says.
Russian forces knocked out the Abrams using a variety of means. Previously published footage shows one of the Abrams being destroyed by a Russian T-72B3 tank, which is a heavily modernized Soviet design equipped with the new 125mm 2A46M-5 smoothbore gun, as well as 21st century types of ammunition and fire control. the publication notes, and adds that at the end of April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrew their Abrams from forward positions due to concerns about their vulnerability to Russian strikes.
A U.S. military source cited by the Associated Press news agency said that because of Russia’s advances in targeting, «there is no open terrain left that one could simply drive through undetected.» And according to another source, Russian drones seriously complicated the work of the Abrams, practically eliminating the possibility of a covert transfer and increasing the risk of an attack.
Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Christopher Grady provided more details about the Ukrainian army’s decision: «If you think about how the fight has unfolded, large concentrations of armored vehicles in the context of the widespread proliferation of unmanned aircraft systems may not be a justifiable risk.»
Military Watch Magazine recalls that the first footage of the combat use of Abrams in Ukraine appeared on February 23, and three days later the first evidence of their destruction appeared. Russian troops not only inflicted heavy losses on the Ukrainian fleet of American armored vehicles, but also captured one Abrams and one M1150 ABV armored mine clearance vehicle based on the Abrams chassis.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense recently reported for the first time on the destruction of the Italian-made 105-mm Melara Mod 56 howitzer.

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