![]() ![]() It also carries two 7.62 mm machine guns, one mounted coaxially with the main weapon and another able to be angled upward, to engage aircraft. Its main gun fires extremely powerful 120 millimeter shells. It comes in multiple variants, but in general, the tank is about 10 meters long and 3.75 meters wide, and weighs well over 60 metric tons. The Leopard 2 first came into service in 1979 but has been upgraded many times since then. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeffrey J. 21, during exercise Trident Juncture 2018. There have been reports of Kalibrs – which can be fired from ships, aircraft and submarines – being used against Kyiv and also against the southern port city of Odesa.FILE - An M1 Abrams traverses a bridge in Hell, Norway, Oct. While many of the weapons systems so far used during the Russian invasion have been largely conventional – including versions of the T-72 tank and BMP3 armoured fighting vehicles – and Mi8 and Ka-52 helicopters, concern has been raised over the Russian use of Kalibr cruise missiles, particularly against built up areas. The Russian government, which falsely claims to use only precision-guided weapons, should take responsibility for these acts.” ![]() She warned: “Some of these attacks may be war crimes. “The Russian military has shown a blatant disregard for civilian lives by using ballistic missiles and other explosive weapons with wide area effects in densely populated areas,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general. The use of both multiple launch rocket systems and cruise missiles against civilian areas during the invasion has already been condemned. The Bellingcat investigative website has also been collecting evidence of the suspected use of Uragan and Smerch cluster rockets and their submunitions from the current fighting in Ukraine. The T0S-1 in Moscow during a victory day military parade. ![]()
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