Russian supply vehicle with anti-drone cage
Posted by MilesLongthe3rd@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 41 comments
Posted by MilesLongthe3rd@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 41 comments
HoneyRush@reddit
Why this work? Surely the explosion on the cage will still break the windshield and injure people inside
T-55AM_enjoyer@reddit
This could work in the slat armor/statistical armor method on RPG-7 variant fuses (where the fuse bypasses material and the body/ cone is crushed and thus shorts out the piezo electric impulse sent by the fuse).
GunMun-ee@reddit
Most of the explosives tied to drones are normal RPG HEAT rounds, the iconic conical shaped ones. Shaped charges are not that deadly unless they hit you directly. Most of their destructive power is focused as a thin jet directly where the warhead is pointed. The rest is less powerful than a frag grenade. This is why they have dedicated fragmentation rounds, but i dont see them in drones that much.
Putting even 2 yards from you and a frag grenade could be the difference of life and death.
Walletau@reddit
depending on frag, 0.5m means difference between lethal and injured.
CIS-E_4ME@reddit
This was my first thought. Not to mention any fragmentation shrapnel is going right through the sheet metal.
ChampionshipHot6803@reddit
I think it's more psychological than actual protection. Drive out there in no or a cage that at least has a tiny chance of keeping a drone away. They will pick a cage every time. It's like in ww2 when they put sandbags on the Sherman. No real extra protection but soldiers felt safer.
DisgruntledNCO@reddit
Do they drive with the hood open? Super confused by why it’s open.
Punny_Yolk@reddit
It probably runs hot from the drag + weight so they likely pop the hood when not running for faster cooling.
DisgruntledNCO@reddit
That makes a lot of sense.
Baobabman-7603@reddit
zombie proof maybe , but frag drone proof probably not
Legendary_TaeYamada@reddit
If it works, it works. If it doesn't, you're gonna be far too dead to care.
adorgu@reddit
I highly doubt this is gonna do anything. The dron is gonna explode against the cage and there is zero shield between it and the car.
7ilidine@reddit
If you double the distance to an explosion the intensity of the blast and potential risk of being hit by shrapnel drops to about a fourth.
Iron_physik@reddit
if the drivers wear body armor their survival chances are MUCH higher that way compared to a direct impact
adorgu@reddit
Yeah... about that...
guluta@reddit
as a ex-mobilized russian soldier i can say that being sent to die like that is a form of fucked up punishment (something like fragging, honestly from the higher ups)..
HKEY_LOVE_MACHINE@reddit
The car is likely to be totaled (tires will be slashed, engine lines will be cut) on the first hit, but it might increase the survival rate of the occupants.
The second and third FPVs will deal with the rest then.
jason_abacabb@reddit
True, but it depends on the charge. If it is a HEAT warhead (like the ubiquitous rpg warheads) then this distance decreases the chance that you catch the copper spray right in the face and even if it is a well designed shrapnel charge you are going to decrease the amount that hits you. Distance matters for both blast pressure and shrapnel dispersal.
I was lucky enough to never get one shot at me but I know people that were awfully close to rpg impacts that made it out the other end because of the directionality of the blast.
HKEY_LOVE_MACHINE@reddit
A lot more FPVs nowadays carry a brick of modern high-explosive, over a makeshift RPG/grenade payload. You only ever see the RPG ones when they're going after armored targets and need the extra long jet penetration.
Any distance is worth taking though, HEAT or not.
PG908@reddit
It keeps opportunistic anti-infantry munitions from easily connecting. A lot of drones would only have the minimum payload needed for their task (which increases range and maneuverability while decreasing cost).
Because of the inverse square math, a few feet and a layer of tempered glass or plastic really can make a difference. It also helps protect the cargo, since the driver is not the only target.
Cheshire_Jester@reddit
They might be more concerned about being able to recover parts from the vehicle at this point.
Haxeu@reddit
There's a tiny chance that the drone hits the cage but doesn't detonate, that's about it I guess
Traumerlein@reddit
Copegaes on unarmoured vehicals are even better than ERA on unarmoured vehicals. Granted, it still does absolutky nothing, but the ERA bricks would add to the destruction.
KeeganY_SR-UVB76@reddit
Genuinely what the fuck. This is like something you’d see in r/Gambler500.
xrelaht@reddit
I haven’t been paying attention lately: have they added drone warfare to that?
xrelaht@reddit
I can’t tell what it is underneath, but it might also fit in r/unexpectedutes
AnyCelebration9326@reddit
Drone warfare is so gay
SharkyNeubla@reddit
Now that's a shitbox!
Joy06@reddit
Roads? where we're going we don't need road tovarish
Kkkkkkkkkk51@reddit
😭😭😭😭😭
Gribbnar@reddit
Good thing theres not a big hole in the side right where the people are.
Economy-Ad-4777@reddit
Its so driver and passenger can jump out if necessary, a lot better in this war to have quick ability to exit if your vehicle is basically unarmoured
SebWeg@reddit
The DeLorean we have at home…
Praetorian_1975@reddit
Is that an FSO … damn I thought they died out years and years ago
guluta@reddit
lada 2109/2108
silentbob1301@reddit
They need to put some air in them tires
paxwax2018@reddit
Under inflated tires go better on sand and loose soil. (Also the cage is in the way.)
sentinelthesalty@reddit
Somehow even more cursed than Civic pickup.
Key-Needleworker-702@reddit
it looks like a cybertruck for some reason
FlkPzGepard@reddit
Maybe because the cyber truck too looks like trash?
AcceptableSlice4057@reddit
Came to say the same thing