IDF repurposes old APC into giant bombs | The Jerusalem Post
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The IDF’s Southern Command has tripled the use of armored personnel carriers (APCs) during ground maneuvers, but in a new and explosive way.

In recent days, the IDF has significantly increased its use of explosive-laden armored personnel carriers (APCs), that are composed of older M113 models rigged with explosives, which can also be operated remotely, as part of preparations for a ground maneuver in the heart of Gaza City.

At the onset of the War, the IDF’s Technological and Logistics Directorate developed a method to repurpose these APCs into offensive weapons. They are loaded with large quantities of explosives and then transported into the Gaza Strip and detonated remotely.

More recently, reports have surfaced regarding the development of explosive barrels that can be dropped by the APCs along streets lined with mines, amplifying their destructive impact. The force of these explosions is so intense that they can be heard over 100km. away from the Gaza Strip.

  • Carmakazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    Reminds me of when Russia was using shit like line charges and surface to air missiles to blow up Ukrainian apartment blocks. Profound, idiotic squandering of military materiel not out of tactical necessity, but out of a base, abject hatred of their enemy as a culture and people.

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      71·
      9 days ago

      Thank you for noticing. This is the second time my post is posted without link. I am doubting my sanity right now. Fixed the missing link.

    • Triasha@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      According to other headlines they already have IDF soldiers refusing to deploy to Gaza and going to prison instead. The Nazis invented the gas chambers because shooting crowds of civilians was leaving their SS troopers disabled with PTSD. they need to gamify it to provide some psychological cover for their grunts to finish the job.