When we were doing an Aid mission to the front lines in the region in late August,the orcs had developed a Mavic type drone that dropped these out of a modified cluster bomb canister . I have mentioned previously that the Dragon Drones are not new & have been used for nearly a year now,the orcs using these “Butterfly/Green Parrot ” soviet mines to booby trap the surrounds & the actual inside of orc trench systems is one of the reasons those drones are being used as the UAF took a lot of casualties to begin with from these tactics .
Due to area l was first deployed to in the mountains of Afghanistan ie Tora Bora & on the Pakistan/Afghan border regions ,we received additional training on the danger of these PFM-1 and PFM-1S “Butterfly/Green Parrot ” soviet mines . During the soviet–Afghan War the Orc’s would use these to cover huge areas with them as area denial while they retreated ,exactly what they are doing now in Ukraine .
The irregular shape means they blend in perfectly with foliage, so during autumn they blend in & disappear among fallen leaves . Unfortunately due to their shape they attract children & the curious to tamper with them, with terrible results . Even if civilians or the plain dumb throw objects at them, they can still injure with shrapnel from the thrown object or surface they were on even simple rocks,a UAF member suffered a punctured lung from a rock thrown up by one of these when he hit it with a long stick while it was on a village dirt road .
The EOD technicians l saw dealing with these in Afghanistan used a specially made, long handled, plastic type spatula/paddle designed to remove them ,so the plastic disintegrates to lessen shrapnel if they go off under their own weight or shot them from a distance .
In Afghanistan, we would see old men & women who were kids during the soviet war were victims of these from picking them up out of children’s curiosity . They were called ‘Crab People’ as if these mines go off when you pick them up ,(just the pressure of being lifted under their own weight can set them off) ,they will take a tennis ball size hole out of your hand often leaving just a thumb leaving it look like a crab claw & the same with your foot if you just stepped on the edge ,a full force step on one can take the foot & ankle off ,so more destructive than the old toe poppers.
But when used in urban areas with lots of hard concrete/roads etc, these can go off just like a cluster bomb injuring those nearby . The orcs have attacked cities & towns with these for years now.
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When we were doing an Aid mission to the front lines in the region in late August,the orcs had developed a Mavic type drone that dropped these out of a modified cluster bomb canister . I have mentioned previously that the Dragon Drones are not new & have been used for nearly a year now,the orcs using these “Butterfly/Green Parrot ” soviet mines to booby trap the surrounds & the actual inside of orc trench systems is one of the reasons those drones are being used as the UAF took a lot of casualties to begin with from these tactics .
Due to area l was first deployed to in the mountains of Afghanistan ie Tora Bora & on the Pakistan/Afghan border regions ,we received additional training on the danger of these PFM-1 and PFM-1S “Butterfly/Green Parrot ” soviet mines . During the soviet–Afghan War the Orc’s would use these to cover huge areas with them as area denial while they retreated ,exactly what they are doing now in Ukraine .
The irregular shape means they blend in perfectly with foliage, so during autumn they blend in & disappear among fallen leaves . Unfortunately due to their shape they attract children & the curious to tamper with them, with terrible results . Even if civilians or the plain dumb throw objects at them, they can still injure with shrapnel from the thrown object or surface they were on even simple rocks,a UAF member suffered a punctured lung from a rock thrown up by one of these when he hit it with a long stick while it was on a village dirt road .
The EOD technicians l saw dealing with these in Afghanistan used a specially made, long handled, plastic type spatula/paddle designed to remove them ,so the plastic disintegrates to lessen shrapnel if they go off under their own weight or shot them from a distance .
In Afghanistan, we would see old men & women who were kids during the soviet war were victims of these from picking them up out of children’s curiosity . They were called ‘Crab People’ as if these mines go off when you pick them up ,(just the pressure of being lifted under their own weight can set them off) ,they will take a tennis ball size hole out of your hand often leaving just a thumb leaving it look like a crab claw & the same with your foot if you just stepped on the edge ,a full force step on one can take the foot & ankle off ,so more destructive than the old toe poppers.
But when used in urban areas with lots of hard concrete/roads etc, these can go off just like a cluster bomb injuring those nearby . The orcs have attacked cities & towns with these for years now.