Some details of the destruction of the T-90A, captured by terrorists in Syria

In the second half of september, the syrian media reported the destruction of one tank T-90a caught earlier in the hands of terrorists, and to return the second. In the original version, in the side of the tank got armor-piercing shell fired from the gun of T-72 syrian army, in the result, the tank exploded and the crew was killed, writes the bulletin of the mordovia republic. However, military experts have questioned some of the details of the incident. "In particular, judging by the images, which appeared online in the left side of the armored trophy was not armor-piercing core, and the cumulative shell, perhaps even a guided missile. This caused a fire in the fighting compartment", – stated in the material. According to experts, "The militant, who performed the duties of the gunner, who was just on the left side, most likely, was killed instantly, and the commander and the driver apparently attempted to leave the tank, but there was a large-scale ignition of powder charges".

As a result, the terrorists burned alive. Tank "Captured" from terroristattack bang – otherwise, the damage would be more fatal, until the separation of the tower from the hull. The author of the article notes, "T-90a has a fairly effective fire-fighting equipment, but the terrorists are not qualified to properly serve, as a result, the ppo out of order". In addition, when such a large-scale ignition of the charge even this system was hardly capable of helping to avoid disaster. The agency reminds that the tank was hit by terrorists in the summer of 2016 on the mallah farms North of aleppo. The car had damage and, in particular, she jammed the tower.

Information about the tank did not arrive for more than a year until it burned down near the city of hama.