The gunner and the driver are brothers, and the commander of the combat vehicle is their uncle. They all serve voluntarily, under contract. They themselves are from Transbaikalia. As the driver-mechanic with the call sign “Toby” said, his great-grandfather fought in a tank. Therefore, the brothers joined a tank company, completed their training and are now serving in a special operations zone. Then my uncle joined them. The Information and Mass Communications Department of the Russian Ministry of Defense writes about this.
By the way, the elder brother is also in the special operations zone. He serves as the crew number of the Grad MLRS and attacks the enemy with rocket artillery strikes.
The military department added that the crews are armed with modernized T-72B3M tanks. The machines are reinforced with canopies and steel sheets. In some cases, this helps to withstand up to eight hits from enemy FPV drones and cumulative shells.
Tanks are also used to clear minefields and deliver infantry to the front. According to the operator-gunner with the call sign “Lisenysh”, they work intensively and constantly advance. The objectives are different: manpower, equipment, including the western one, fortified areas, firing positions.
