• The_v@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Had to do some research into what the hell that was. It’s and adaption of a domestically produced weapon in Ukraine. And holy fuck it’s effective.

    In 2017 Ukroboronprom’s Scientific Research Institute for Chemical Products in conjunction with Artem State Enterprise [uk] (aka Artem Holding Company) announced to the market its new product, the RGT-27S [uk]. These can be combined with the RPV-16 [uk] grenade launcher, a demonstration of which was witnessed by Oleksandr Turchynov. The grenades, of approximately 600 grams, “create a two second fire cloud with a volume of not less than 13 m³, inside of which the temperature reaches 2,500 degrees[clarification needed]. This temperature allows not only for the destruction of the enemy, but are also able to disable lightly armored vehicles.”[71][72] The firm showed them at the Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition in 2018.[73]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon