{"id":9015,"date":"2021-11-26T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9015"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:59:10","slug":"tropas-rusas-improvisan-sistemas-de-proteccion-anti-drone-para-entrar-en-combate-con-ucrania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9015","title":{"rendered":"Tropas rusas improvisan sistemas de protecci\u00f3n anti drone para entrar en combate con Ucrania"},"content":{"rendered":"

La posibilidad de una nueva invasi\u00f3n de Rusia a Ucrania, ha motivado que ambas partes se preparen para un enfrentamiento inminente. En este caso, se observaron tanques T-80 y T-72 Rusos con diversos sistemas de protecci\u00f3n pasiva, improvisados por las mismas tripulaciones, para hacer frente a la m\u00e1s creciente amenaza de drones letales (UCAS<\/em>), Municiones de tipo \u201cLoitering<\/em>\u201d, as\u00ed como Misiles Antitanque con capacidad \u201cTop Attack<\/em>\u201d y cabeza de guerra en tandem. Es que el reciente conflicto de\u00a0Nagorno-Karabakh<\/em>\u00a0y la enorme vulnerabilidad que mostraron los blindados de origen ruso, de dotaci\u00f3n en ambos contendientes (Armenia y Azerbaijan<\/em>), ha obligado a aguzar el ingenio para sobrevivir.<\/p>\n

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A mid growing concerns about a potential new large-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory<\/a>, at least one Russian\u00a0T-80 tank<\/a>\u00a0has apparently been sighted in\u00a0occupied Crimea<\/a>\u00a0with a bizarre-looking ad hoc armor fit. Armor of this type has been increasingly appearing on Russian tanks as of late and appears to be primarily intended to defend them against attacks by\u00a0loitering munitions<\/a>\u00a0and other\u00a0armed unmanned aircraft<\/a>. The solution, which is part of a wider trend of improved defenses for Russian tanks, may well have been inspired by the destruction wrought by drone-launched munitions during last year\u2019s\u00a0conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh<\/a>, although it may have at least some capacity to decrease the effectiveness of certain top-attack guided missiles, too.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned cage or screen-like structures added to the turret tops of Russian tanks are crude metal structures, similar to slat armor, that are clearly intended to provide protection against attacks from directly above. Traditionally, of course, protection for tanks has focused on the sides and the front of the hull and turret. While the armor that we see in the video reportedly taken in Crimea is one of the more common designs, there doesn\u2019t seem to be any standardization of this concept yet, suggesting this work is probably being undertaken, at least partly, on an experimental or improvised basis.<\/p>\n

Some observers have suggested these top-mounted screens are a response to the threat posed by advanced anti-tank guided missiles, or ATGMs, like the\u00a0Javelin<\/a>, which attack from above, and which are\u00a0now in Ukrainian hands<\/a>. While the primary function is likely to protect against munitions launched by drones and loitering munitions, the metal structures could potentially interfere with an ATGM’s detonation sequence. In the case of Javelin, it could decrease the effectiveness of its tandem warhead, which is specially timed to defeat\u00a0explosive reactive armor (ERA)<\/a>. Even if the cage doesn\u2019t outright stop a missile like Javelin consistently, it could reduce its probability of a kill. Javelin is just one threat, there are other less complex ATGMs that these crude installations could possibly provide some protection against, as well.<\/p>\n