Military Guns and Ammunition
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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: gatnerd
28/2/23
New tranche of weapons being ordered - lots of Excalibur, SHORAD, HIMARS, GMLRS, and possibly GMLRS-ER...
Thomas C. Theiner on Twitter
A new Pentagon budget realignment file dropped (with $3.8 billions of new orders). Again it has a lot of interestin... https://t.co/KOEsHMtDHr
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3/3/23
This is a fun one. Cardboard drones from Australia - and they apparently work well.
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on TwitterAt least 100 incredibly cheap ($1000-$5000) Australian drones made of cardboard+rubber bands are being delivered to... https://t.co/U2EQLku94L
Read more from TwitterMeanwhile, at least on sector has decided to transition from grenade dropping drones to FPV Suicide Drones, presumably because they can use RPG warheads.
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Changes to "OP Ragnarok". A 
After meeting with Ukrainian commanders and drone operators we have decided to chan... https://t.co/royNxzLQPd
From: gatnerd
4/3/23
Interesting look at how 40x53 grenades are modified to work as drone dropped munitions. They basically have to completely tear them down then re-fuse them.
This footage released by the 'I.T.' and 'Batya' aerial recon teams of the Lviv TDF Brigade shows Ukrainain troops using weaponised drones to attack Russian f...
From: gatnerd
5/3/23
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Only in #Ukraine: A PM M1910/30 Maxim gun with optics, stock, and suppressor. https://t.co/JG1IoPEmfE
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From: gatnerd
5/3/23
Russian disguised fuel truck with integral 'Nyet Net' for stopping drone dropped grenades. It's a cargo truck, which is packed with cubic fuel containers to make it into a fuel truck.
From: Farmplinker
6/3/23
Waiting for Schnuersi to tell us his great-grandfather carried one like it in WW1;).
From: JesseH1234
6/3/23
I guess I am a little confused as to what kind of threat level that mesh is supposed to stop. The mesh over trenches is especially confusing, as one would think that creates an ideal airburst.
From: schnuersi
6/3/23
Farmplinker said:Waiting for Schnuersi to tell us his great-grandfather carried one like it in WW1;).
Actually my grandfather on my fathers side served in both wars.
I don't know if he has been a machine gunner though. Since he passed a few years befor I was born.
From: gatnerd
6/3/23
JesseH1234 said:I guess I am a little confused as to what kind of threat level that mesh is supposed to stop. The mesh over trenches is especially confusing, as one would think that creates an ideal airburst
For the fuel truck, it's really about stopping the little HEAT warhead of the 40mm HEDP from piercing and igniting the fuel truck. Depending on the mesh, it might be effective / marginally effective on thwarting drone dropped anti tank grenades which also use a HEAT.
Depending on how the impact fuse is created, the nets may also be soft enough a landing that they prevent the fuse from being successfully slam fired.