Mud so deep even a T-72 gets stuck: A Ukrainian T-72 tank is winched out of the mire by a recovery vehicle.

Mud so deep even a T-72 gets stuck: A Ukrainian T-72 tank is winched out of the mire by a recovery vehicle.
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  1. Disclaimer: The watermark on this video is from a TG channel that uses Ukrainian footage to show the UAF in a bad light. It’s a pro-Russian channel. However, I have retitled it to what I consider a fair title, which doesn’t show them negatively at all. Don’t get the wrong idea about my loyalties from the watermark, that’s all!

  2. Where I’m from, this is called ” yeo, up to the axles!”

  3. That mud is so sticky. It’s genuinely a pain in the ass for operations.

  4. guy in the video says that its a typical situation for T-72, which kinda contradicts the title

  5. Wondering how thick a cable needed to winch a tank that stuck?

  7. If that cable snaps 2-3 guys will be in seeerious trouble…

  9. Yeah they snap all the time. I was a tanker for 10 years and saw a lot of them break, we always stood quite far away.

    My grandfather always told me one of the worst things he saw in WW2 was from a tow cable breaking. A soldier was straddling a tow cable as one Sherman tried to pull another out of a ditch. The cable snapped and split the guy in half from the crotch up…..

  10. Nice work. Next time put some planks under the tracks and she will come right out.

  11. Someone tell them not to stand there, this is idiotic.

    This cable will cut a person in half if it snaps.

  12. The guy in HIGH-VIS overalls – in a WARZONE – really stands out to me. Can someone explain why a tank recovery crew wears high vis?

  13. “even a T-72 gets stuck”

    I think I’m reading a bit too much into the title but is the assumption that the T72 is less likely to get stuck because it’s smaller/lighter than NATO tanks?

    To clarify (if that’s even the implication), NATO tanks have a similar (and sometimes lower) ground pressure compared to the T72, and they’re about equally likely to get stuck in the mud.

    If that wasn’t the implication, apologies.

  14. IMO the driver in the tank being pulled out isn’t helping by spinning the tracks as he does. Not only does it tend to dig the tank in more, but generally speaking, the coefficient of static friction is always higher than that of dynamic friction. As soon as the tracks are moving relative to the mud (spinning), he’s cut his tractive force down significantly. For comparison, it’s the same thing with a car on packed snow or ice. As soon as you spin the wheels (and liquify the snow/ice btw), you’re not going anywhere nearly as fast. I understand the desire to get going….but this should be part of basic tank driving school. But then again, I’ve never tried to get a stuck tank off of a battlefield!

  15. This is why we (the UK) need to send our retired Scimitars. We have 600 out of service and they’re perfect for this time of year when MBTs can’t navigate the frontline.

    Scimitars are easy to learn (first hand experience) and have less ground pressure than the average man. They can follow the assault squads into most places and provide fire support

  16. The crazy standing next to the cable aside… Tanker should just freewheel out under tow. Gunning it is just digging a trench under him, bit like spinning your wheels in a 4X4, it just gets you deeper.

    Like to see a cut to Bandvagn 206, just driving through it. Admittedly not a MBT, but cool all the same.

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