BMP catastrophically cooks off immediately after being struck by an RPG, Syria 2012



by realJohnnySmooth

18 comments
  1. Date is ~June 2012 though the exact date is uncertain. Filmed by Ahrar al-Sham

  2. Crazy. This reminds me of when I used to rig black cats inside firecracker tanks as a kid. They would roll along clumsily, sparks flying everywhere, then BANG!! Whole thing would blow apart.

  3. Ive seen photos of the Interieur of these – theres open ammo basically stowed everywhere. They’re death traps

  4. Looks like one of those candles you get when it’s your birthday in a restaurant

  5. This was actually a tank, one of the T variants. It was one of the first footages I saw of the Syrian civil war way back when it all started. Liveleak was still around

  6. When you are gargling, but something blows up in the middle east..Allgalah gackbar

  7. Ace effort from camera man.. getting the shot at any cost.. including his own head..

  8. It’s a t-72.

    Road wheels are too big to be a bmp. There is the (rather heavy) exhaust coming out over the 6th road wheel on the left side. The turret is facing backwards and there is smoke shooting out the barrel right before the explosion.

  9. Respect to the camera man for holding his nerve and keeping it on target.

  10. Gonna need a War Thunder style cut through simulation of that round travel.

  11. Can anyone explain how an RPG can make metal ignite and explode like that?

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