TOW - missile destroys T-90 tank despite reactive armor: raw footage!

I don’t know much about military equipment but i found this video to be rather interesting!

As T-90′s are known to have kontact 5 reactive armor that is supposed to defend them from US TOW missiles.

Excerpt:

“The great advantage of the T-90MS is its reactive armor and defense systems. It comes equipped with reactive armor blocks like the Kontakt-5, and a system such as the Arena-3 that detects, intercepts and detonates missiles at a distance of 2-3 m from the target makes this tank unique and a much needed upgrade for the Syrian army’s capacity to achieve important victories on the ground.”

I don’t know if this applies to all T-90 tanks? Well it sure didn’t help the tank in the video that’s for sure.

It could be that the T-90ms is somewhat better equiped than other T-90 series.