| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Eco-friendly weapons are unsuitable for the realities of an actual conflict, the French paper claims |
| 2024-02-24 |
| [RT] Rodents damaging Western hardware in Ukraine – Le Figaro Some of the military hardware supplied to Ukraine by the West has become inoperable after being damaged by rodents, Le Figaro has reported, citing a French fighter in the ranks of Kiev’s forces. Eco-friendly weapons provided to the Ukrainian military by the country’s foreign backers are “sometimes unsuitable for the realities of the front” and “don’t come out well” in an actual conflict, the reported in an article on Thursday. As proof of its claim, Le Figaro provided an account by an unnamed French fighter, who complained that “rodents ate the cables on some of the vehicles” used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Some of the protective sheaths of electrical wires [in the Western-supplied hardware] are made of corn fiber,” which attracts mice and rats, he said. Le Figaro stressed that “the phenomenon is marginal, but it tells the story of the confrontation of the Western military equipment with reality.” “Western vehicles were designed as a technological showcase. But, in the mud and cold, they don't always work,” the French fighter is cited as saying. Ukraine can’t maintain advanced US-supplied weapons – Pentagon Read more Ukraine can’t maintain advanced US-supplied weapons – Pentagon “Luckily, the Ukrainians still had a few crusts” in their arsenal, he added, referring to the old Soviet-made hardware. In December, the UK Ministry of Defence warned that a mild autumn and an abundance of food from the fields left uncultivated due to the hostilities had fueled an increase in the rodent population in areas of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The animals “are likely seeking shelter in military vehicles and defensive positions,” it said. According to London, the rodents “exert additional pressure on soldiers’ morale” and also “pose a danger to military equipment by chewing through cables.” That same month, President of Russia Vladimir Putin remarked that “the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed” during the fighting in Ukraine. The statement followed the failure of a Ukrainian counteroffensive that continued for six months but couldn’t deliver any significant territorial gains for Kiev, despite heavily relying on German-made Leopard 2 tanks, US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles and other foreign hardware. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #6 I remember reading about an entire German armored division that discovered that most of their tanks were inoperative, mice eaten cables, for that reason. The Germans had dug the tanks in prior to to the winter freeze in nice straw lined bunkers... So not a new thing. |
| Posted by: magpie 2024-02-24 16:54 |
| #5 ^ Dry farts only please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-02-24 12:36 |
| #4 "Ve vill have our vache fart in your direction" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-02-24 10:48 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-02-24 07:01 |
| #2 Yes, you can feel good about biodegradable mortar tubes right up to the moment it begins to rain. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-24 06:57 |
| #1 Does not bode well for tunnel electronics. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-24 06:56 |