Lack of ammunition among defenders of Ukraine is a permanent situation on the fronts of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In extreme conditions, ingenuity resembles the most original and unusual solutions. On his Telegram channel, military observer and Israeli army officer Yigal Levin talked about an invention of Israeli soldiers in the 1960s, which helped fight against waves of superior infantry, reminiscent of the tactics of the Russian invaders in eastern Ukraine.
The group of the Israeli military engineer David Laskov has developed the so-called “watermelon bomb”, which allows you to effectively fight against infantry, bypassing the restrictions on heavy weapons reached in the agreements. In essence, the munition was a high-explosive high-explosive missile of short range with air detonation. It was created on the basis of the 82-mm RPG Super Bazooka ammunition, around which an additional cast-iron casing with a high-explosive charge was mounted.
The projectile was launched at an angle to a distance of about 140 m. When there were 10 m left to the ground, the built-in retarder was activated and detonated the bomb. Such a charge performed the function of field artillery, while the system was light and compact. The invention became widespread and was used during the “War of Attrition” in 1967-1970.
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Ukrainian soldiers are not far behind in ingenuity from their Israeli colleagues from the past. The same channel ✙YIGAL LEVIN✙ posted a video of the use of “artushoks” – self-made fragmentation grenade launcher shots in the body of a fire extinguisher. The projectile body is filled with explosives and fragmentation elements.
Looks like they were fire extinguishers. pic.twitter.com/4CGelX4yCq
— Paul Jawin (@PaulJawin) January 17, 2023
Footage of famous fire extinguisher RPG round in use in #Bakhmut by Sheikh Mansour Battalion.
Is it made from a 2kg? Fire extinguisher packed with 50% HE and 50% frag- with some serious explosive results. pic.twitter.com/VzGScnEhjc
— Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ (@CalibreObscura) January 13, 2023
During the discussion of the topic on Twitter, it became clear that the ammunition was probably used by the battalion named after Sheikh Mansour under Bakhmut, and the roots of the invention go back to the 90s, to the resistance fighters of Ichkeria.
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