An unusual incident occurred during the NATO exercises in Poland. An American anti-tank missile launched by the crew of the M2A2 Bradley IFV collided with a bird in flight. As a result of the collision, the ammunition detonated without reaching the target – the old decommissioned Soviet T-55 tank.
The incident was shot through the thermal imaging sight of the BGM-71 TOW anti-tank complex and was published on The Dead District’s Twitter account, where the media drew attention to it.
#USArmy 🇺🇸 M2A2 #Bradley #IFV with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, @3rd_Infantry fires a #BGM71 TOW #ATGM at 1575m on Mielno Range, Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area #DPTA, #Poland 🇵🇱 in support of #DEFENDEREurope 20 pic.twitter.com/pYtIwgb1cE
— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 (@TheDeadDistrict) April 27, 2020
Large birds often collide with helicopters and get into the engines of take-off and landing airliners, observers say.
However, the birds have not yet been able to intercept anti-tank missiles.
