You might be interested in this description of a novel weapon developed by the Ukrainians from Christopher M. McFadden at Interesting Engineering:
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MOD) has officially authorized the KRAMPUS, a domestically developed thermobaric-armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Intended for use in offensive and defensive operations, the UGV can also be armed with reactive thermobaric launchers for use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to the Ukrainian MOD, the KRAMPUS is compact in size and weight and can be carried on the bed of a pickup truck, minibus, or trailer. The UGV is also very quiet thanks to its silent electric motors and a tracked chassis.
See the picture at the link. Here’s its firepower:
At the UGV’s business end, the integrated thermobaric system is designed to deliver devastating close-quarters firepower. Upon triggering the warhead, the system disperses a fine aerosolized fuel cloud with a diameter of approximately 7 to 8 meters (roughly 23 to 26 feet).
According to MILITARYNYI, within 0.2 seconds, the vaporized mixture is ignited, producing a high-temperature fireball reaching up to 4,532°F (2,500°C). This ignition results in extreme thermal damage and a powerful overpressure wave that “neutralizes personnel” in enclosed or fortified spaces.
Its tactical use is not quite clear to me. It appears it would be most useful where enemy troops are packed closely together. Sounds pretty horrifying.
Looks like it should be good against trenches. Looks cool. Wonder how effective it has actually been.
Anyway, there is a commercial flying flamethrower at link. Video is pretty cool. Wife says I can have one if I find a place to use it. There’s a quarry we sometimes go to so we can shoot my buddy’s Barrett. A number of people shoot there. If we get the go ahead we will give it a try. Probably blow ourselves up!
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Steve
Wonder weapons are irrelevant. The Russians are advancing steadily across the entire front, and the Ukrainians are retreating everywhere.
The Russian demands remain the same: denazification (removal of the entire Ukrainian state); demilitarization of Ukraine (no armed forces, only police); no NATO membership; no foreign troops in Ukraine; protection of civil rights for ethnic Russians in Ukraine; formal recognition of Russian sovereignty over the entirety of all the annexed oblasts (which will expand in number as the war progresses); elimination of all sanctions.
Russia has the military power to impose all but the last.
bob sykes: The Russians are advancing steadily across the entire front, and the Ukrainians are retreating everywhere.
“If we defeat the Romans in another battle, we will be utterly destroyed.” — Pyrrhus of Epirus