M1 Abrams in recent conflicts

The photo below claiming it to be a destroyed Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tank near Berdychi circulates on the SM. The Kontakt-1 ERA bricks are remarkable. Perhaps it is the same tank as depicted on the X links mentioned above.

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The photo below claiming it to be a destroyed Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tank near Berdychi circulates on the SM. The Kontakt-1 ERA bricks are remarkable. Perhaps it is the same tank as depicted on the X links mentioned above.

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I'm not sure that's "destroyed" unless dude in the picture is Russian.

Tank appears to be stuck in a trench and has suffered an ammo rack blast. Is it possible to return an Abrams to service after the ammo rack goes up?
 
I'm not sure that's "destroyed" unless dude in the picture is Russian.

Tank appears to be stuck in a trench and has suffered an ammo rack blast. Is it possible to return an Abrams to service after the ammo rack goes up?

For sure the guy pictured isn't Ukrainian.

What could have caused such a blast to the ammo rack? An FPV kamikaze drone or something more serious like a Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) or a PG-7VR tandem HEAT?
 
Well, the SM entries claim that the Abrams pictured above was destroyed by a Krasnopol projectile.

BTW, there is also a set of images allegedly depicting another Abrams destroyed some time ago. Quotation:

Russian special forces inspecting the third M1A1 Abrams tank (tank number "105", serial number UKR006) from the 1st Tank Battalion of the 47th Independent Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Berdychy north-west of Avdeevka, which was lost on 2 March during combat operations in Ukraine.
Prior to this vehicle, the 47th Brigade lost two M1A1 Abrams tanks in Berdychy - on 26 February (number "101", serial number UKR002) and 29 February (serial number UKR005).

The Abrams is being inspected by the RF Armed Forces - the left side of the turret is hit by an RPG, judging by the inspection from the inside there is no penetration.
But as you can see, the commander's cupola flew off the tower.


And:

The upper section of the Abrams tower is incredibly vulnerable, both in this part and in the ammunition storage, as it can be easily detonated due to the "blow out" design to direct a possible ignition of the charges outwards.

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Yes, if you get a top attack on the ammo blow-out panels, that's an easy mission kill.

I just don't know if an ammo deflagration gets hot enough to damage the armor.
 
 
Ca. 59 ex-Aussie M1A1 SA Abrams tanks are reportedly to be sent to Ukraine. Wonder whether they will receive any additional armor protection, especially vs. FPV kamikaze drones?
 
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An Abrams while being towed away somewhere in UA along with another damaged tank:


Yet another one on the Armiya exhibition.

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An Abrams while being towed away somewhere in UA along with another damaged tank:


Yet another one on the Armiya exhibition.

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This is not a new one. It was displayed many months ago.
 
M1A1 SA in Pokrovsk.
Okay, that one's a hard kill. Tank burns, the armor anneals itself back down to something approaching mild steel (yes, with the fancy alloys but it's as soft as that steel can be). And that annealing is not repairable, so any burned tank is scrap metal.
 
Seems it's like the M-50 Bounder all over again... when in 1960 same plane circled many times over Red Square to scare the West into thinking they had a fleet of them.
Old Soviets lies never die, particularly with Pudding.

So far it was the best quality shot of that very Abrams.

Which is hardly an excuse to pretend it is a new one everytime, when it is actually five times the same tank already posted five times in this very thread.

Mercifully we don't have a similar thread "pictures of destroyed Russian armored vehicles, already posted 5 times in the thread before" - otherwise it would be 9000 pages long.
 
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M1A1 SA allegedly in the Kursk province in October 2024. Note the BBQ grille and ERA.

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And the one that was captured by the other side:

 

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