• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Dunno if the sharp edges will really make a notable difference. At the velocities shrapnel’s usually flying it doesn’t really matter too much what shape the metal bits are and they’re going to get deformed by the explosion anyhow.

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        7 months ago

        Well, any shrapnel’s going to “cut people to pieces”. It’s just vatniks trying to make these sound super duper scary – taking their Telegram channels at face value isn’t a good idea

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          7 months ago

          Shrapnel and fragmentation is a big part of the engineering work done, different things can cause different wounds.

          It is possible that these are creating a “different” type of wound which a combat medic isn’t trained for because it’s not typical.

          Once again though the easiest way to avoid these it to fuck right off and go back to Russia.