Ukraine has destroyed an ultra-rare Soviet-era armoured vehicle that was first field-tested by the Russians at Chernobyl.

Battlefield footage shared on social media appeared to show the Ladoga nuclear command vehicle being targeted by a Ukrainian drone.

The vehicle was designed in the seventies to move senior Kremlin staff around in the event of a nuclear attack.

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    8 months ago

    The “front lines” stretch back a fair bit when one considers drones.

    But to guess at some applications:

    • APC. Your goal is to move people without them getting ambushed by small arms and shrapnel. Not proof against a drone with sufficient payload, but the same is true for APCs.

    • Armored ambulance, if it’s got large enough hatches.

    • Use it as a command vehicle, if it’s got radios and space. If it’s got radios and such…shrugs