[Goose]

No, I meant Bradley. There was lots of talk on twitter about the strangeness of the engagement when it first came out, like why the Bradley charged right at him rather than continuing to hit him from a distance, and why the Bradley's turret didn't turn to continue to engage as it drove past. People theorized that perhaps that the BTR scored a hit on the optics or some other system. This account from the driver explains it. 

The BTR was quite fortunate to come off as well as it did, as it's much more lightly armored than the Bradley, though similarly armed. Their gunner must have been pretty lucky or good to get such a disabling shot. Saved at least few lives of his dismounts by preventing the Bradley from continuing to hammer it.

The Russians emerged from the trees, and for a few chaotic seconds, the two vehicles barreled toward each other while firing their heavy guns — as if they were jousting. A soldier fell from the speeding Russian vehicle. Viktor’s took a catastrophic hit to its targeting system, disabling the main weapon.

“Ram him,” Viktor recalled instructing his driver.

Thanks for pointing that out. I had that backwards for some reason. Indeed makes much more sense now. I am voting for lucky, although as we saw in the "Bradley vs. Tank" videos a large quantity of fire can cure a multitude of ills :-). You will eventually hit something "important".

[Goose]

No, I meant Bradley. There was lots of talk on twitter about the strangeness of the engagement when it first came out, like why the Bradley charged right at him rather than continuing to hit him from a distance, and why the Bradley's turret didn't turn to continue to engage as it drove past. People theorized that perhaps that the BTR scored a hit on the optics or some other system. This account from the driver explains it. 

The BTR was quite fortunate to come off as well as it did, as it's much more lightly armored than the Bradley, though similarly armed. Their gunner must have been pretty lucky or good to get such a disabling shot. Saved at least few lives of his dismounts by preventing the Bradley from continuing to hammer it.

The Russians emerged from the trees, and for a few chaotic seconds, the two vehicles barreled toward each other while firing their heavy guns — as if they were jousting. A soldier fell from the speeding Russian vehicle. Viktor’s took a catastrophic hit to its targeting system, disabling the main weapon.

“Ram him,” Viktor recalled instructing his driver.

Thanks for pointing that out. I had that backwards for some reason. Indeed makes much more sense now. I am voting for lucky, although as we saw in the "Bradley vs. Tank" videos a large quantity of fire can cure a multitude of ills :-). You will eventually hit something "important".