[Goose]

Very interesting video with interviews from a small tank squad and the sappers they worked with to take a fortified Russian position earlier during the Kharkiv offensive. 

https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1575885...r8j0ZRyZwA

Amazing! Thanks for posting it. This was a "textbook" example of a perfectly executed combined arms operation where the infantry cleared the way ahead of anti-tank forces (mines in this case) and then the tanks attacked the fortified objective. Just like you draw it up! It is also nice that the Ukrainians pointed out the Russians panicked and ran. They had never been under tank fire before and that is indeed scary. The officer was signaling he understood they weren't fighting an "A" unit. His infantry wouldn't have run :-).

It is also interesting they labeled the commander as a "squadron" commander. In NATO parlance, a squadron is 19 tanks, not 4. 4 tanks is a platoon. Maybe a translation issue.

[Goose]

Very interesting video with interviews from a small tank squad and the sappers they worked with to take a fortified Russian position earlier during the Kharkiv offensive. 

https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1575885...r8j0ZRyZwA

Amazing! Thanks for posting it. This was a "textbook" example of a perfectly executed combined arms operation where the infantry cleared the way ahead of anti-tank forces (mines in this case) and then the tanks attacked the fortified objective. Just like you draw it up! It is also nice that the Ukrainians pointed out the Russians panicked and ran. They had never been under tank fire before and that is indeed scary. The officer was signaling he understood they weren't fighting an "A" unit. His infantry wouldn't have run :-).

It is also interesting they labeled the commander as a "squadron" commander. In NATO parlance, a squadron is 19 tanks, not 4. 4 tanks is a platoon. Maybe a translation issue.