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US-made Abrams are better than Russia's best tanks in the war, Ukrainian commander says, and it's not even close
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Ukraine is operating a small fleet of US-made Abrams tanks, combat-proven vehicles that were built to destroy Russian armor.
“It’s better than T-72, T-62, and even Russian T-90,” the commander, who goes by the call sign Zakon, said through a translator during a recent interview with Business Insider from an undisclosed location near the front lines in eastern Ukraine.
Zakon said that more tanks could help Kyiv deliver more of an armored punch, echoing comments made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.
Though the Abrams is widely recognized as a top tank, the American armor is also not without vulnerabilities and has been a high-profile target for Russian threats such as anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers, and first-person-view drones, which are all over the battlefield.
In Ukraine, these tanks have been equipped with electronic-warfare capabilities, explosive reactive-armor tiling, and anti-drone protective screens donated by Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front initiative to help them defend against inbound munitions.
Zakon said that the Abrams could take a hit, but he repeatedly said that Ukraine needed more-dynamic systems to protect the tank’s exterior and the crew inside.
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