The Telegraph Gives ‘Recipe’ For Saving Abrams Tanks On Front Lines In Ukraine

There are two options.

Ukraine has decided to withdraw the American Abrams tanks from the front line in order to save them from the Russian kamikaze drones. The arrival of the US M1A1 Abrams tanks in Ukraine was hailed as a turning point in the war, but Russia eventually learned how to cope with them.

The Telegraph writes about this, giving recipes for saving these tanks from the enemy UAVs.“This is alarming for NATO. If Russia has found critical vulnerabilities in our armour, our borders are beginning to look very vulnerable,” the publication writes.

The Telegraph underlines that Washington pledged 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in January last year. Five of the 31 tanks delivered last year have already been destroyed, and Ukraine is withdrawing Abrams tanks from the front line.

The reason for this, according to journalists, is that Kyiv uses these tanks as static weapons to protect its own positions. Whereas they are designed for maneuvering attacks as part of a strike fist.

“This appears to be how the Ukrainian armed forces are deploying it, and makes it very vulnerable to drone attack. We cannot live in a world where drones costing a few thousand dollars have free rein to attack $10 million tanks where they are most vulnerable,” stated in the material.

The publication notes that it is possible to resolve this issue. One of the options available is fitting metal cages and explosive armour to the tank roof to diminish this threat. Hopefully, in the not-too-distant future, tanks could be fitted with something like the British DragonFire laser system, which has shown promising early results in killing drones, the journalists note.

“If this takes place, the efficacy of drones will be radically reduced – until the next evolution. The Ukrainians are getting used to working with modern Western tanks. The ground is drying out, the ammunition is flowing in, and the armoured charge may be coming. A western tank travelling at 50 mph ( (off-road speed was reported to be 48 km/h — edit.)is a good deal harder to hit than a static one. The days of armoured warfare may not be numbered yet,” the publication sums up.