Fresh photos of Knocked-Out Tanks during Iraq Invasion

[oregongrunt]

Post your pics of destroyed tanks from 2003 here. Take a guess on how they met their demise. These are my photos so no stealing. I'll put a few American and a few Iraqi although I saw 100's more Iraqi ones.
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abr.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abs.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abu.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abt.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/aaa.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abw.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abx.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/aby.sized.jpg

[Ratamacue]

To my knowledge, most of the Abrams destroyed were actually destroyed by friendly bombs after being disabled and left behind as the front advanced.

[GAFES]

Was this the result of a land mine or an iraki tank ?

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abs.sized.jpg

[oregongrunt]

I have different angles of some of them. Let me know if you'd like them posted.

[Laworkerbee]

Thanks for posting them man!

interesting stuff

[Levan]

well most Abrams tanks look well after ben hit or even burned, I mean their hulls and turrets are not ripped apart like on russian tanks.

wh knows the esimate number of tanks been destroyed in Iraq. I mean M-1`s.

[Levan]

identify them

http://www.3ad.org/ds_discom/503fsb/503fsb_images/503fsbphotos/destroyed_tanks.jpg

[joshfox0]

im probably wrong but are they 3 Type 69's?

[AmericanImperialist]

From what I've heard all of those Abrams were destroyed by friendly bombing after they broke down or were disabled. None were destroyed due to enemy action.

[Frost]

From what I've heard all of those Abrams were destroyed by friendly bombing after they broke down or were disabled. None were destroyed due to enemy action.


The ones one the photo's might indeed be destroyed by friendly forces. But a few were destroyed by Iraqi's. One on the assault on Baghdad, one was hit by an IED, ect.

Some were also destroyed when enemy rockets (or other munitions) set fire to the gear and stuff packed on the rear of the turret. THe flames than leaked to the engine and destroyed the tank. A very silly way to loose a tank, but this is one of things that really needs to be worked on.

[TacoDelRio]

Cool pics, man.

[DeathBeforeDishonor]

Anyone got any pictures of armour that has been knocked out by sabot rounds that you can clearly see the penatration from the round. I would also like to see any pictures where you can see the penatration hole be it from HEAT tank rounds, ani tank guns or even anti tank rifiles circa WW2, thanks alot :D

[tenda]

identify them

http://www.3ad.org/ds_discom/503fsb/503fsb_images/503fsbphotos/destroyed_tanks.jpg
...mhhhh that one on the left look's like a t 55...or the chinese copy t59 or t69

[Koz]

From what I've heard all of those Abrams were destroyed by friendly bombing after they broke down or were disabled. None were destroyed due to enemy action.

Define destroyed.

There have been something like 5-7 M1xx tanks knocked out of action in OIF by enemy fire. It has usually been RPGs fired into the engine deck, causing a fire. There have been 2 cases were an RPG has hit the turret ring and penetrated but causing only minimal injuries to the crew.

[M4ko]

Did Iraqi even use their 40 year old army of T tanks? Or were they all used for target practice by US?

Types are Chinese, T's are Russians incase someone is confused

[tenda]

Did Iraqi even use their 40 year old army of T tanks? Or were they all used for target practice by US?

Types are Chinese, T's are Russians incase someone is confused
...during the war gulf both (iran 6 irak) have bought t series from china....obsolete but cheap tank...!! ;)

[Mark L]

Good photos, but sad to see.
I think there's alot of that in all sorts of anti-OIF ****-sites. I think I had some from iraqwar.ru or something.

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/6596/m1completleyburnt4zo.jpg

M-113
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/9249/m113iniraq20da.jpg

[Slinky]

dang, i would be very happy if i had one of those wrecks in my yard ;)

[oregongrunt]

Anyone got any pictures of armour that has been knocked out by sabot rounds that you can clearly see the penatration from the round.

Yes, here's a few, grunt
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/acc.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/acb.sized.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/aca.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abz.jpg

[Wilco]

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/acc.sized.jpg

Guess the crew didn't have too much like in there. :|

Unless it was knocked out in sabotage after it was disabled..

[NicNZ]

Nice pics. Would it be cool to see a line up of M1A1 and M1A2 getting various weapons tested on them? p-)

[ReconCominAtYa]

needs a mighty big ied to completely destroy a tank i'd assume. i mean to really rip into it like that.

[mateona06]

needs a mighty big ied to completely destroy a tank i'd assume. i mean to really rip into it like that.

From what i understand, most were DISABLED by IED's and for whatever reason, the Army decided to go ahead and destroy the tanks rather than leave anything for the insurgents. I'm sure those nice holes in the side are from some M1A1 rounds shot into it. More than likely DU rounds, HEAT holes are generally smaller from the gas passing through it.

[Russ.Dill]

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/abr.sized.jpg


http://littlemidgets.com/downloadsnew/sub_502.wmv ?

[Michael RVR]

identify them

http://www.3ad.org/ds_discom/503fsb/503fsb_images/503fsbphotos/destroyed_tanks.jpg
...mhhhh that one on the left look's like a t 55...or the chinese copy t59 or t69

Dunno about the other two, but IIRC the left one is a type 69, which you can tell due to the saw tooth .. wheel cover thing. man i'm getting rusty with this stuff. :oops:

[Michael RVR]

needs a mighty big ied to completely destroy a tank i'd assume. i mean to really rip into it like that.\

The israeli's had these guys bury 300kgs of explosives under a road, detonated when a merkava went over it. Totally flipped the thing. I think some of the crew survived but unfortunately i think the driver died. :(

So yes, you need a pretty big IED to take out a tank, they're not really efficient at destroying armour.

[Angrykirill]

Heh, I can see many T-55 and Typ-69 on that site.

[Jippo]

needs a mighty big ied to completely destroy a tank i'd assume. i mean to really rip into it like that.\

The israeli's had these guys bury 300kgs of explosives under a road, detonated when a merkava went over it. Totally flipped the thing. I think some of the crew survived but unfortunately i think the driver died. :(

So yes, you need a pretty big IED to take out a tank, they're not really efficient at destroying armour.

Well, a normal antitank mine is 10kg. It maybe doesn't destroy heavy modern MBT, but will cause in every case some serious damage, and it is just a simple chunk of explosives.


-jippo

[johnnu]

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6894/10014046hh.jpg

im so badass i took this T-72 out with my glock, and then covered it with dirt for spite, i rule.

[tenda]

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6894/10014046hh.jpg

im so badass i took this T-72 out with my glock, and then covered it with dirt for spite, i rule.
.... rofl rofl

[oregongrunt]

Here's a picture I took outside of Basra. You can tell it's early because the powerlines haven't been looted yet.
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/41st_Infantry_Combat/acd.sized.jpg