![]() ![]() Their combat weight is around 20 tonnes and they have wheels instead of tracks. Spartanets said his soldiers are gaining experience with the vehicles after undergoing a month's training in France, while adding this was not long enough to fully master its tactical use.Īccording to the French defence ministry, AMX-10s offer protection against light infantry fire. Open-source intelligence website Oryx, which tallies equipment losses based on battlefield imagery, has counted three losses in Ukraine of AMX-10 RC light tanks. He did not specify how many AMX-10s the elite combat formation has, and declined to show them to AFP reporters in the field. "Just sending out the (AMX-10) vehicles (into combat) so they get destroyed, I consider it is impractical and unnecessary because it's primarily a risk for the crew," Spartanets said. He added that the French AMX-10 also had issues with gear boxes breaking down, possibly due to their use on dirt roads. "There were such cases when a 152-mm shell exploded nearby and the shrapnel penetrated the vehicle," he said Ukrainian commander 'Spartanets' (L) said that the American Oshkosh vehicles were very good for protection © Genya SAVILOV / AFP But unfortunately there is thin armour and it is impractical to use them in the front line (attack)," Spartanets said. "The guns are good, the observation devices are very good. The crew of four inside were all killed, he said. "There was artillery shelling and a shell exploded near the vehicle, the fragments pierced the armour and the ammunition set detonated." ![]() "Unfortunately, there was one case when the crew died in the vehicle," the major told AFP on Friday. Kyiv said in April that the French vehicles - designed for armed reconnaissance and attacks on enemy tanks - were already in service.īut a 34-year-old battalion commander within the 37th Marine Brigade, who uses the call sign Spartanets, said the tanks' "thin armour" means they can be used as fire support, but not in front-line assaults. But a Ukrainian commander says the highly mobile AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles - sometimes described as light tanks - are "impractical" for front-line attacks, claiming one four-man crew has already died because of the vehicle's thin armour. ![]()
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