Amazing footage shows moment Russian tank is targeted by Ukrainian fighter

Rumbling along a residential street in besieged Mariupol, this Russian tank is a sitting duck. 

And seconds later astonishing footage shows the T-72B being hit by a British-supplied NLAW weapon. 

The missile fails to completely immobilise the tank – daubed with the sinister letter Z – and it is able to continue. It is thought the missile did not travel far enough to fully arm and only skimmed its target. 

However a burst of flame suggests the tank may have suffered some damage. 

Shoot!: A Ukrainian soldier fires at it with an NLAW, weapon and far left

The footage shows the missile about to hit the tank

Blast: The missile strikes a glancing blow with a burst of flame

Escape: The tank carries on after suffering only limited damage

The last image shows fire on the ground where the tank was blasted 

The Ukrainian soldier who launched the attack from a first-floor window shouts afterward ‘Glory to the Azov Battalion, bitch!’ – referring to the ultranationalist unit helping defend the city. 

‘The weapon will work in urban environments but it’s harder to get good shots as all anti-tank weapons require distance to arm,’ former UK tank commander Justin Crump told The Times

. NLAWs were developed by Swedish defence firm Saab and manufactured in Britain by the French company Thales. 

The UK has provide 4,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces member holds an NLAW anti-tank weapon, in the outskirts of Kyiv

The 12.5kg single-use weapon costs about £20,000 and has a combat range of 20m to 800m.

Britain has provided shoulder-launched NLAWs to Ukraine as part of a package of 4,000 anti-tank weapons.

Ukrainian soldiers have shouted ‘God Save the Queen!’ when firing the missiles.

About 40% of Russian tanks destroyed in the conflict have been attacked with NLAWs, it has been claimed.