WHY THIS UKRAINIAN TANK LOOKS LIKE A GIANT HEDGEHOG
A tank from Ukraine's Khartiia Corps is so wrapped in improvised armor that it looks like a giant hedgehog, or something hauled out of a distant era. The shell was built by hand from cages, screens, chains and unraveled metal cables. Every layer exists to blunt drones, which have become the deadliest enemy of armored vehicles on this battlefield. The look may be prehistoric, but the thinking behind it is entirely modern.
WHY THIS UKRAINIAN TANK LOOKS LIKE A GIANT HEDGEHOG This tank belonging to Ukraine’s Khartiia Corps looks almost prehistoric—but every strange-looking layer has been added for the modern drone battlefield. It is not one enormous piece of armor. It is a handmade system of cages, chains, screens and unraveled metal cables intended to keep an […] The post WHY THIS UKRAINIAN TANK LOOKS LIKE A GIANT HEDGEHOG first appeared on The Zambian Observer .