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| Ukraine war: Grim reality of trench warfare in Ukraine |
| 2023-07-01 |
| [Rumble] This is why you have overhead cover, kids. One Ukrainian buried by an exploding shell next to him. His comrades dig him out under fire. No blood or severe injury. Maybe a ruptured eardrum from the buried bloke, but he is very much alive. |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #5 Risk the shrapnel or write off a comrade because you don't have a shovel ...war kinda sucks when you have choices like that. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-07-01 18:59 |
| #4 In artillery school, we do a "bunker" shoot where we walk the rounds in to sub-Danger Close (<50 meters). Sometimes the rounds land on the bunker... Anywho - we would go out to conduct a crater analysis and the frag was still hot and so jagged. I think they also wanted us to feel the effects of rounds landing on you and see the frag. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2023-07-01 18:03 |
| #3 Apparently using one's helmet as a rescue scoop is verboten. A couple reasons. Modern helmets are not good for digging as they have very blunt and wide edges, unlike the old steel pots. Second, you have active artillery exploding around you. Helmets are designed exactly for this type of action and will defeat artillery splinters. Not healthy to take off your brain bucket when those things are flying around. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-07-01 13:11 |
| #2 It could be a fantasy camp for people that are really in to reenacting WWI. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-01 12:15 |
| #1 Apparently using one's helmet as a rescue scoop is verboten. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-01 11:09 |