I’m no expert but it’s possible that the tank had already been abandoned after something else disabled it and what they’re doing is rendering the tank unsalvageable. Similar tactics have been used elsewhere, if you’ve ever seen the footage coming out of Ukraine where a drone operator drops an explosive inside of an apparently empty tank then that’s the same thing going on.
any thoughts on why he would run in front of the tank after planting the device?
I’m no expert but it’s possible that the tank had already been abandoned after something else disabled it and what they’re doing is rendering the tank unsalvageable. Similar tactics have been used elsewhere, if you’ve ever seen the footage coming out of Ukraine where a drone operator drops an explosive inside of an apparently empty tank then that’s the same thing going on.
Scared as shit and full of adrenaline