With unusual new shields, Ukraine's US-made Abrams tanks and Bradleys are taking hits but surviving, armorer says

• US-made armored vehicles like Abrams tanks and Bradleys are vulnerable to Russian threats in Ukraine.
• A Ukrainian initiative has built steel screens to protect them against drones, artillery, and more.
• With these screens, the vehicles are taking hits but surviving, the armorer said.

US-made armored vehicles being used by Ukrainian forces are facing a range of Russian threats, from the conventional, like artillery shells, tank rounds, anti-tank missiles, and rocket-propelled grenades, to the unconventional, like small drones strapped with explosives.