Multiple Saudi M1A2 Abrams Tanks Destroyed by Houthis Rebels in Yemen by ATGM

Oh shit. That is an new Abrams tank sold to Saudi Arabia.

Kornet ATGM.

It will ruin your day, if your're a tank pilot.

[link to foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com]

The Abrams is an amazing machine, but it cannot bend the laws of physics, and if hit in the right area, it can be destroyed even by these relatively primitive and light ATGMs. New passive defensive upgrades to the Abrams, including reactive armor, could help with its suvivability against ATGMs, but still even these upgrades are not 360 degree total protection. Only active defensive systems, such as Israel’s Trophy system offer a high-degree of protection against incoming missiles and rockets from virtually all vectors of attack. Currently, this system, or one like it, is not installed on the Abrams family of tanks but could be in the future.

American TOW bounces off of Russian T-90

[link to www.businessinsider.com]

Russia caught up with American gear because the Muslim in charge wanted it that way.