The American anti-tank missile could not penetrate the armor of the T-72 tank.

Turkish militants tried to destroy the Syrian T-72 tank using the American anti-tank complex TOW. As a result of a direct hit by a rocket, the tank was damaged, and as a result of a blow above the tank, a 10-meter stob of smoke and dust appeared, however, after a few seconds. When the smoke cleared, it became known that the rocket could not penetrate the Soviet armor tank, and the crew inside was not even injured, independently leaving the armored heavy vehicle.

“This missile definitely hit the main battle tank of the Syrian government army T-72. The video clearly shows that some parts of the Syrian tank were damaged and scattered by the explosion. It was assumed that the tank would be destroyed, but the result exceeded all expectations - the crew of the Syrian tank actually got out of the tank and disappeared from the scene of the attack. Obviously, this anti-tank missile did not penetrate and did not detonate the ammunition in this tank, so the crew got a chance to escape. The rebel armed forces claimed to have destroyed the tank, the main anti-tank missile currently in service with the U.S. military, but the incident proves that these missiles cannot completely destroy the T-72 main battle tank, developed in the 1960s. Some military experts believe that this missile may not have even penetrated the tank, but only damaged the sighting system or the control system of the tank ", - reports the publication "Sohu", publishing the corresponding video.

Given the fact that the American anti-tank missile system could not penetrate the armor of the T-72 tank, experts are confident that these systems will be completely useless against the much more modern T-90 and T-14 Armata tanks, especially since earlier the published video on which, as a result of a missile entering the T-90 tank, only a tower lamp was torn off the combat vehicle, confirms this.