Ukrainian paratroopers explode Russian tank sending it flying into the sky

MOMENT Ukrainian paratroopers explode Russian tank sending it flying into the sky.

Known as the Jack-in-the-box effect, it happens when an anti-tank projectile or shaped-charge blast manages to penetrate a turreted armoured vehicle's hull and its ammunition storage area.

The shock wave or heat and pressure can be sufficient to cause sympathetic detonation of the tank's entire load of unfired explosive shells and propellant, as appears to be the case here.

Newsflash obtained the footage from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine earlier today (Thursday, 7th April).

The Ukrainian military said: "A reconnaissance officer of the 25th separate airborne brigade of the Sicheslav Brigade recorded the moment when the Russian tank was destroyed by its fellow paratroopers."

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