Wilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agoA sapper of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade wearing Ukrainian-made mine-resistant boots.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1133file-text
arrow-up1133imageA sapper of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade wearing Ukrainian-made mine-resistant boots.files.catbox.moeWilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoThat’s honestly kind of horrific. Like I was expecting mines to be like something they step on and BOOM lights out. This sounds more like “boom” now you bleed out in agony as your foot is torn into small chunks
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoYep. Maiming-size mines are smaller and cheaper, and a wounded soldier that requires evacuation and treatment is actually more of a burden to a force than a dead one.
That’s honestly kind of horrific. Like I was expecting mines to be like something they step on and BOOM lights out.
This sounds more like “boom” now you bleed out in agony as your foot is torn into small chunks
Yep. Maiming-size mines are smaller and cheaper, and a wounded soldier that requires evacuation and treatment is actually more of a burden to a force than a dead one.