Never seen this until this morning, but it seem some of Putins tanks have a raised grid above their turrets. Can you imagine, as an infantryman, ordered to 'dig-in' a tank only to find that you will have to go down another metre? Seems a good place to store kit though, high enough not to be dragged of by trees etc. I'm guessing it's a form of spaced armour to pre-detonate vertical dropping munitions.
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Surely a Javelin would still disable the tank? If I were a defending force I would make round disturbances on ally the rounds so those pesky Russians waste time thinking they might be AT mines. I assume mines are banned?
I wonder when someone will switch the Javelin to dive under the tank instead of coming in from above? Still the tactic would always be to isolate the tanks from the ground forces and hit them with other tanks or AT weapons. Shoot and run.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Reminds me that one of the planned tactics of defending forces (specifically Home Guard) would be to place an upside-down soup plate in the road, with the intention that an invading tank would assume it to be an A T mine, and stop.
The nearby defenders could then take the opportunity to heft a milk bottle full of burning petrol in through the hatch…
I recently read that in WW2 entrenched troops with PIAT's destroyed many enemy tanks mainly be getting close - a dangerous tactic as the blowback projectile could be lethal.
The Molotov cocktail would only work on an open hatch but an immobile tank is a great pressure cooker. Just light a fire underneath and wait. Needs a lot of fuel to generate enough heat but once going diesel will burn longer. Sadly most battle tanks are immune to chemical or gas attacks but they need power to do this. This tactic only works on lone tanks though.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
I remember seeing photos of German armoured cars during WW2 with foldable meshing screens over hatches and openings, designed, I think, to allow grenades to bounce off. Later, Russian tanks had what appeared to be mattress frames welded around the turret as an anti panzerfaust measure. The grids on modern Israeli and allied vehicles is designed to hold off an RPG but this up to date Russian measure must be an answer to a specific weapon
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