Ukraine Sends Hedgehog Tanks Back Into Kharkiv Combat Under FPV Drone Escort

Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment released footage of armored operations in the Kharkiv region involving a heavily protected tank and an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. The tank carried extensive wire and cage-style 'hedgehog' protection intended to increase the stand-off distance between incoming first-person-view drones and vulnerable armor. Ukrainian reconnaissance and attack drones, including a Vampire heavy multicopter, supported the operation while the vehicles came under hostile drone pressure. The footage documents a combat adaptation by one Ukrainian formation, but it does not establish the tank's exact model or prove universal effectiveness against drone attacks.