#Ukraine: A Russian T-72B3 obr. 2016 was destroyed by the Ukrainian forces recently. Apparently, a "Javelin cage" did not help.
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I'm getting a feeling the "javelin cage" is just for moral purposes
"Sir they have modern western weapons"
General - "Don't worry we've thought of an idea they didn't think off developing the weapons. See them cage things we'll stick them on that'll defeat the missiles"
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the cage works.... if the missile comes from the direction its protecting, what you may notice in most of the javelin cage tanks that have been destroyed are the turrets/top of the vehicle are intact but the chassis/tracks are blown out meaning the missile missed the cage.
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again in this image the turret structurally looks fine but the chassis is what's taken the hit then possibly detonated the ammunition, doesn't look like the turret took a hit at all
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I think you're both right
Watched this on the Javelin the other day. It has a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat passive armory, whereby the initial charge takes care of the explosive-reactive armor, then the secondary charge does its job. It'd be a small wonder if the cages works.