


Ordinarily, when engaging a more heavily armored vehicle (ie. A few of these ERA bricks are visible atop the turret.

One possibility is that the second-generation Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armor (ERA) on the turret of this model 1989g T-72B may have blasted a metal plate outwards, deflecting or warping the missile’s shaped-charge warhead, preventing it from exploding into the turret at the ideal angle and distance. What went wrong with this seemingly perfect kill shot? But the tank does not “brew up” in flames as it rolls onwards beyond sight of the camera.
