Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agoStorm Shadow variant, the French SCALP-EG, punched holes in the bridges crossing the Chonhar Strait in the Kherson region.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1imageStorm Shadow variant, the French SCALP-EG, punched holes in the bridges crossing the Chonhar Strait in the Kherson region.sopuli.xyzWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3745083-ukraines-army-confirms-direct-hits-damaging-two-bridges-between-crimea-mainland-ukraine.html
minus-squaresnakesandcoffee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI’ve been wondering why bridge strikes tend to make tiny holes compared to when they hit buildings. Is it because they’re penetrating the surface and exploding under, or just that the bridges are much tougher by construction?
minus-squareᗪIᐯEᖇGEᑎTᕼᗩᖇᗰOᑎIᑕᔕ@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYes, they are 2-stage bunker-penetrating ammunition. Which, from this perspective, doesn’t seem to be very effective against bridges.
minus-squareHighstronaught@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe bunker busting part is almost too effective, going straight through the thing you want to blow up and then exploding further away
I’ve been wondering why bridge strikes tend to make tiny holes compared to when they hit buildings. Is it because they’re penetrating the surface and exploding under, or just that the bridges are much tougher by construction?
Yes, they are 2-stage bunker-penetrating ammunition. Which, from this perspective, doesn’t seem to be very effective against bridges.
The bunker busting part is almost too effective, going straight through the thing you want to blow up and then exploding further away