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40mm Grenade Cuts Through Russian BTR
Published 1 years ago
Footage demonstrates how ill-equipped Cold War-era combat vehicles are in taking on the modern battlefield's drone threat as a quadcopter drops a modified 40mm grenade onto a Russian BTR resulting in its destruction.
The grenade doesn't even land inside an open hatch, but detonates on the thinly armored topside. The 40mm grenade is designed with a shaped charge, so it is certainly capable of cutting steel, but to see the vehicle commence to a fiery self destruction as a result of a single knock makes one wonder if troops wouldn't be better off riding in lighter and faster pickup trucks.
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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter