Originally Posted by
nomorecatering
Well, well, well..............it seems some of my "hairbrained ideas" as some here have put it................may not be so wacky afterall.
Inventive Ukranians are attaching small grenades to drones with a cobbled up release mechanism, and dropping them on soft targets like trucks and other non-hardened material. Apparently they are driving the Russians bat**** crazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0Zu4dDXjo
The Ukrainians have used their homegrown "dial a dump" quadcopter on T-72 tanks resulting in it brewing up, so it is not a trivial capability, or at least the Russian tank crew would think not.
Fighting the Russians symmetrically is a poor option, it is trading blows and the differences in losses are dependent on surprise, fortification, logistics, morale and luck. Surprise is not present in most of this fight, fortification is not a way to winning, it is a way to not loosing, logistics are definitely a prime interdiction target and then defensive measures come into play, morale, Ukraine: politicians in the front line, lines of volunteers, a population that will never forgive Russia for the was of extermination that they have brought to their home, vs, Russia: the Oligarch's billionaires club. conscripts, desertions, refusal to fight, surrendering to Ukraine, handing over weapon systems to Ukraine citizens.... and luck. You tend to make your own luck, and attacking Ukraine in spring was just outright dumb. Assuming that the other team is less competent than you are, is less committed, less smart or brilliant tends to reflect in what appears as luck, (hubris).
Crowdfunding drones for Ukraine would seem to be a great idea, every quadcopter in the air adds to the static and increases the amount of intel that the warfighters have. There is a morale aspect as well, it doesn't take long to learn that the sound of a $50 drone is followed by explosions targeted nearby, and in the end, arty has caused more losses to armies than any other single cause, the AK-47 doesn't even come close in it's headcount.
Start a crowdfund, I'll donate.
An alternative suggestion, the farmers are probably short of tow ropes, which is worthy of crowdfunding...
