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by rawgabbit 971 days ago
The Ukrainians were effective destroying Russian tanks using Javelins and NLaws and civilian drones for spotting.

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/an-unerring-sense-of-locality-ukra... >the Russian tank crews fell victim to roving bands of hidden Ukrainian light infantry armed with Javelin and NLAW ATGMs, as well as armed drones. Like the destruction waged by Egyptian and Syrian Sagger teams, these ambushes resulted in the widespread destruction of Russian tanks and contributed to Russia’s operational abandonment of its northern axis of advance. As a result, between February 2022 and March 2023, Russia lost 1,917 of what the International Institute for Strategic Estimate estimated to be a prewar total of 3,417 tanks in active service