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Damn, the effective range of that mortar blast is terrifying. They were a good distance away from it, but they got fucking shredded by the shrapnel. Wonder what kind of round it was?

Fucked up thing about mortars/artillery, is if you can hear it coming, you're probably safe from it, especially if you get down and eat dirt- they managed to avoid one shell they heard coming in, dove down, got back up, and were standing totally upright when the next one landed and wrecked them. They didn't hear it till it exploded, I'd wager.

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I think Hollywood really missed out on how scary these things really are, big fireballs kind of gets boring compared to how much damage a single one of those hundreds of metal fragments flying at you faster than you can blink

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It's amazing how much media molds general perception. Usually, the less impressive-looking an explosion from a weapon like this, the more shrapnel is packed in there. A big fireball means more fuel in the projectile, or that it struck something that cooked off.

Show this video to someone who has no idea about this kind of shit, and they'll probably ask "Why'd they just fall over like that? That thing didn't hit anywhere near them, are they stunned? Why didn't they get up and run?"

It's like... no, man. Well, yeah, I'm sure they're stunned, but they're also absolutely riddled with little bits of metal and earth. They didn't run because most of their guts have been rearranged.

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There's a 2-part video of the battle for "T-shape". You can see a small, surrounded Ukrainian force repelling an overwhelming Russian advance by calling in artillery strikes literally on top of themselves:

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