Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoDrone drops a frag, then thermobaric grenade through the roof of a building where occupiers were hidingNSFWstreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkDrone drops a frag, then thermobaric grenade through the roof of a building where occupiers were hidingNSFWstreamable.comWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareHaakon@lemmy.sdfeu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFirst time I’ve heard of Ukraine using or even having thermobarics.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agodisclaimer: I don’t know shit about fuck all I think small munitions like this are pretty ancient. Something like a bag of flower burst into a room then ignited would have the same effect as other thermobaric weapons - it’s a dispersal of fuel into an oxygen rich environment.
minus-squareWilshire@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down11·edit-21 year agoThey are very useful in confined spaces like buildings and foxholes
First time I’ve heard of Ukraine using or even having thermobarics.
disclaimer: I don’t know shit about fuck all
I think small munitions like this are pretty ancient. Something like a bag of flower burst into a room then ignited would have the same effect as other thermobaric weapons - it’s a dispersal of fuel into an oxygen rich environment.
They are very useful in confined spaces like buildings and foxholes