Ukrainian security forces use mines with arrow-shaped striking elements.
“Due to ready-made destructive elements, much more fragments appear - more than a thousand. American warheads are stuffed with even more destructive elements, they mow down everything in their path, ”said military expert Boris Yulin.
Even during the flight of such a mine, its front part is separated, inside which a special charge is triggered, ejecting a canister at high speed. The radius of dispersion of steel darts reaches 300 meters.
According to military expert Vladislav Shurygin, such elements inflict fatal wounds. "The victim may die from blood loss," he added.
Many talk about the similarity in the form of striking elements with the filling of the M546 "Apers-T" American mines that the US used during the Vietnam War, notes Lifenews.
According to the military expert, retired colonel Mikhail Timoshenko, these are cluster munitions filled with “needle-like striking elements, so-called“ arrows ”.
“For the first time, cluster munitions were massively used by Americans in the Vietnam War. They reasoned that the power of the enemy is more undermined, if not to kill its fighters, but to injure and maim, ”Tymoshenko said.
“Inside the charge, which explodes and scatters striking elements. The initial speed of such elements is about 2 km / s. But their radius of serious damage is about 20-30 meters, ”he added.
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