Putin's most important tank left spinning out of control on the front line after glitch
Vladimir Putin's most important tank has been left with a 'disco head' after the vehicle was seen spinning out of control during combat
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Vladimir Putin's most important tank has been left with a "disco head" after the vehicle was seen spinning out of control during combat.
The T-90 was seen glitching when Ukrainian troops in American Bradley fighting vehicles attacked the Russian tank.
Footage of the problem - informally known as "disco head" - appeared to show the tank's turret spinning frantically before its soldiers fled.
During a drone attack, another video shows the T-90 turret spinning out of control once again.
The T-90 was seen glitching when Ukrainian troops in American Bradley fighting vehicles attacked the Russian tank
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A military expert has suggested the issue could be down to crew disorientation or electronic failures inside the tank.
"It’s very easy for inexperienced people to become disorientated in a tank because a tank’s hull can move in one direction, the turret could be in another direction and the commander’s sight could be in a completely other direction," former British Army tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told The Telegraph.
He added: "It could also be an electronics failure. Western tanks have a quite sophisticated fire control system, and the Russians don’t appear to have got it right."
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine near the city of Kharkiv as Ukraine pushes back against Russian forces.
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