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Ukraine began to massively drop caltrops onto the roads using drones, thereby complicating the logistics of Russian troops. (streamable.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ukrainian ingenuity.

Military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to massively drop mini-hedgehogs onto the roads using drones, thereby complicating the logistics of the Russian troops.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Quite an old idea

Edit: post title originally called the caltrops hedgehogs

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

The difference now should be the precision with which they can be distributed behind enemy lines, without the risk of any lifes.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Oh it's like a caltrop, here I was wondering what kind of carnage the cute little animals were supposed to do.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am unreasonably excited about this prospect. I'm such a sucker for old-school warfare used in modern contexts.

Next they need to deploy the ninjas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I've read about Ninjas these days, and I think they were actually close to those Ukrainian saboteurs ahead of the frontline.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Title updated to "caltrops"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is hedgehogs a direct translation of the word Ukrainians use for these?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The source probably didn't know the technical term. There is a direct translation in Ukranian, Калтроп.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Soon we'll see russians driving mad mqx style trucks with snowplows in front

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Heroiyam slava o7

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Plot twist: Russia deploys an army of roombas to collect them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Those "roombas" look suspiciously like humans in wheeled vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Mines are just Roombas that joined the military

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think you misspelled "wheelbarrows"