I find this kind of warfare so disturbing. Nothing will make me empathize more with Russian soldiers than seeing cowardly weapons like these being used against them.
Those "cowardly weapons" are used by both sides at this point. You can expect it to be used by all sides going forwards. Though I would encourage you to still feel empathy for any soldier stuck in such a predicament, even if he is your enemy, even if it's a "sucks to suck" way.
All men still have the primitive part of our brain that wants to die in combat and do so in some legendary way. Modern technology has dehumanized war so much that it takes away all the glory or honor possible in such a death.
So not only are these guys dying horribly far from home for something stupid, they are often losing the only possible good thing that could possibly come from such a final existence.
So how do you feel about artillery? You know where you just fire a shell from miles away and never even have to look at the people you're going to kill - or even verify that you're hitting the right person.
Artillery, sniping etc. are different in that they're instantaneous. People on the receiving end of this drone bullshit have their deaths dragged out and are teased and toyed with for awhile before it happens.
A single shell is instantaneous, sure. But a barrage can last for hours or even days. If you're wounded by shrapnel you can suffer for the rest of your life.
The drones effectively puncture the fantasy of war, but it was always a fantasy.
It's from Frederick the Great, so definitely a hawkish aristocrat; however he was very well aware of how to use Artillery since he is probably the greatest European general outside of Napoleon, and was extremely innovative with artillery.
The comment is really about the fact that the use of artillery requires a great deal of maneuver and positioning, rather than hurling troops at one another.
Still need semi functional body parts for adrenaline to work on though, that his inner ear didn't get pulverised by the blast wave so badly he couldn't tell up from down seems like a small miracle alone.
From the video description, he was wearing a helmet. Not that that would likely be enough to withstand explosives. If anything, I'm guessing it forced it slightly upwards, deflecting it somewhat into and somewhat over his helmet.
Get ready to live in a world with 1950s technology, because the most effective way to defeat armies of drones is to EMP the shit out of everything. Unfortunately all your consumer electronics will get fried as well.
It's entirely possible that the rotors leaned forward on the drone and he hit it on the top of the vehicle, and the explosives are designed to explode downwards. That could have happened.
That might be part of it yeah. I kept rewatching to pinpoint the explosion epicenter, which does seem to be on him, because the blast felt like it was further away from him. If it was a shaped charge and his headbutt tilted the drone to face the charge away from him that could explain the lopsided blast.
I also wonder if having his head down from the headbutt managed to place his helmet in just the right position to make it an impromptu full-coverage blast shield for his skull, just to take a fraction more energy away from the impact.
Alive, but there’s no way he didn’t walk away with some serious brain damage and probably lifelong headaches. Thats not even getting into the fact that he somehow doesn’t have sepsis or serious infection from a wound that visceral. I’d say it’s a modern miracle.
I tell you, if Russia and America EVER had a successful partnership , gg 'new world order' it's over because Russia just seems to have some of the craziest bastards, it's like a country of Florida men. Combine that with American military hardware and they'd be no stopping that.
I've still never understood why after the fall of the USSR we didn't strive to make a stronger partnership with Russia.
The only reason we seem to not is because our "allies" have good reasons to not, but then are any of our European "allies" actually providing any worth back besides "barrier from Russia?" Most of them had a hissy fit when Trump dared to ask them to pay closer to their fair share for defense.
We actually did, but our solution was to put in a drunk puppet like Yeltsin, and just pretend that the rampant crime and economic depression was perfectly acceptable because Neo-Liberal economics, bro. The people in charge of this effort were the same globalist WEF retards we have right now. Putin was literally a member of the WEF.
Putin was hand-picked to replace Yeltsin because they thought he would be less personally corrupt and stupid, especially after the 1998 crash, and the systemic bank failures in the early 2000's. The elites want leaders corrupt and stupid, only such that the corruption keeps them in line enough to keep sending them money. It seemed like most of his life had been being a quiet analyst that wouldn't do anything crazy...
Instead, he recognized that they were the problem, betrayed them, assassinated their agents, imprisoned their vassals, and went fully rogue. They never forgave him for that, and have wanted some kind of regime change ever since.
A modern Russia with a competent military and strong economy has been the bugaboo of Western Europe since at least the 1800s.
Part of why World War I happened was the fear that Russia would eclipse Germany in the next decade or two, which seems utterly ridiculous in hindsight.
Honestly, genuinely, this should have been the primary driver going forward; especially after the fall of Communism. From a geopolitical standpoint, our failure to negotiate friendly relations with Russia is the greatest diplomatic failure of the 21st century so far. The Europeans were terrified of an Ameri-Russo Alliance before WW1 & the British "Special Relationship". It was abundantly clear, even by 1880, that the Americans and Russians would be industrial super-powers that couldn't be contended or countered by the likes of France, Britain, or the rising Germany. If any of those nations wanted to stand a chance at defending their power from either group, something diplomatically would have to be done.
Bismark spent the majority of his time destroying France diplomatically, but the other portion of his time, but before WW1 there were major attempts to ally Germany with Russia that completely fell through. Meanwhile, the British quickly realized the insurmountable power of the American fleets, and new something had to be done to keep the US from going to war with them. At last count, they had fought two wars with the US, and hadn't won either of them, at a time when America didn't even have a fucking steam engine. The French were all over the place, and shit up chances of allying with America and Russia in the past century, and right up to the August Crisis.
If we had made any real attempt at making major overtures to Russia prior to WW1 we probably could have prevented both World Wars and the Cold War. Instead of recognizing the value of an Ameri-Russo Alliance as a massive counter to China, we're shitting it up so that members of the Deep State can make boat payments at the cost of 300,000 Ukranian lives.
However, this seems more like an act of insane, aggressive, desperation than even those (I doubt this random Russian is as much of a hardcore badass as those men); and we don't have live footage of those events..
I find this kind of warfare so disturbing. Nothing will make me empathize more with Russian soldiers than seeing cowardly weapons like these being used against them.
Google went from “don’t be evil” to “let’s use AI to kill because I know my side is righteous” :
https://x.com/gai_ventures_/status/1825518158335381711
Should probably be figuring out anti-drone countermeasures. I know they are in Ukraine.
Semi-auto shotguns with birdshot.
If we need range, we need to re-invent cannister shot, but I don't quite understand why anyone would think this would be too wildly difficult.
I also don't know why more militaries don't use shotguns extensively. It seems to only be an American thing.
Jammers and nets are also useful.
Those "cowardly weapons" are used by both sides at this point. You can expect it to be used by all sides going forwards. Though I would encourage you to still feel empathy for any soldier stuck in such a predicament, even if he is your enemy, even if it's a "sucks to suck" way.
More than traditional "sides" even. The cartels were using them to drop bombs on the army (and each other) at least as far back as 2021.
All men still have the primitive part of our brain that wants to die in combat and do so in some legendary way. Modern technology has dehumanized war so much that it takes away all the glory or honor possible in such a death.
So not only are these guys dying horribly far from home for something stupid, they are often losing the only possible good thing that could possibly come from such a final existence.
It's manhacks from Half-Life 2.
So how do you feel about artillery? You know where you just fire a shell from miles away and never even have to look at the people you're going to kill - or even verify that you're hitting the right person.
Artillery, sniping etc. are different in that they're instantaneous. People on the receiving end of this drone bullshit have their deaths dragged out and are teased and toyed with for awhile before it happens.
A single shell is instantaneous, sure. But a barrage can last for hours or even days. If you're wounded by shrapnel you can suffer for the rest of your life.
The drones effectively puncture the fantasy of war, but it was always a fantasy.
Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl
Is this a quote from a hawkish aristocrat who never saw a trench?
It's from Frederick the Great, so definitely a hawkish aristocrat; however he was very well aware of how to use Artillery since he is probably the greatest European general outside of Napoleon, and was extremely innovative with artillery.
The comment is really about the fact that the use of artillery requires a great deal of maneuver and positioning, rather than hurling troops at one another.
Gents, I don't have words...
No one will ever believe him without this footage.
This is the single most unbelievable thing I've ever seen in the history of warfare.
And yeah, he's alive. At least for the video.
I just had to share this.
Not only alive, but jogged away unaided.
I don't know how the fuck that happened but I can only hope this is the begining of a new era of warriors training to headbutt robots to death.
The adrenalin dump probably kept him going, regardless of whatever wounds he may have received.
Still need semi functional body parts for adrenaline to work on though, that his inner ear didn't get pulverised by the blast wave so badly he couldn't tell up from down seems like a small miracle alone.
From the video description, he was wearing a helmet. Not that that would likely be enough to withstand explosives. If anything, I'm guessing it forced it slightly upwards, deflecting it somewhat into and somewhat over his helmet.
Get ready to live in a world with 1950s technology, because the most effective way to defeat armies of drones is to EMP the shit out of everything. Unfortunately all your consumer electronics will get fried as well.
Wait until AI can control those hundreds of drones without a team of
blinddrone operatorsbombing weddings and families collecting waterIt's entirely possible that the rotors leaned forward on the drone and he hit it on the top of the vehicle, and the explosives are designed to explode downwards. That could have happened.
I think even if we understood precisely what happened, we'd still call it a miracle.
That might be part of it yeah. I kept rewatching to pinpoint the explosion epicenter, which does seem to be on him, because the blast felt like it was further away from him. If it was a shaped charge and his headbutt tilted the drone to face the charge away from him that could explain the lopsided blast.
I also wonder if having his head down from the headbutt managed to place his helmet in just the right position to make it an impromptu full-coverage blast shield for his skull, just to take a fraction more energy away from the impact.
Angry Cops on YT wants someone to try and replicate it for science, and it seems like it would be a fun project.
Alive, but there’s no way he didn’t walk away with some serious brain damage and probably lifelong headaches. Thats not even getting into the fact that he somehow doesn’t have sepsis or serious infection from a wound that visceral. I’d say it’s a modern miracle.
I'D give him 100% disability for the TBI he's guaranteed to have now, but I doubt Russia's version of the VA is up to my standards.
Maybe not for the average Russian soldier, but I bet they'll try to keep this guy alive so they can use the drone headbutter for propaganda purposes.
I tell you, if Russia and America EVER had a successful partnership , gg 'new world order' it's over because Russia just seems to have some of the craziest bastards, it's like a country of Florida men. Combine that with American military hardware and they'd be no stopping that.
I've still never understood why after the fall of the USSR we didn't strive to make a stronger partnership with Russia.
The only reason we seem to not is because our "allies" have good reasons to not, but then are any of our European "allies" actually providing any worth back besides "barrier from Russia?" Most of them had a hissy fit when Trump dared to ask them to pay closer to their fair share for defense.
Because our technocrat overlords supported and profited the the people who were looting Russia.
When Putin cut off their gravy train that cemented their hatred for him.
Ever notice how "enemy" countries, according to our media, are the ones that don't have buttsex parades?
I heard some opinions while watching the Duran. About how the us wanted Russia split up and have their resources opened for American companies.
After all, Russia is just a gas station with nukes right?
We actually did, but our solution was to put in a drunk puppet like Yeltsin, and just pretend that the rampant crime and economic depression was perfectly acceptable because Neo-Liberal economics, bro. The people in charge of this effort were the same globalist WEF retards we have right now. Putin was literally a member of the WEF.
Putin was hand-picked to replace Yeltsin because they thought he would be less personally corrupt and stupid, especially after the 1998 crash, and the systemic bank failures in the early 2000's. The elites want leaders corrupt and stupid, only such that the corruption keeps them in line enough to keep sending them money. It seemed like most of his life had been being a quiet analyst that wouldn't do anything crazy...
Instead, he recognized that they were the problem, betrayed them, assassinated their agents, imprisoned their vassals, and went fully rogue. They never forgave him for that, and have wanted some kind of regime change ever since.
Isn’t it just the military industrial complex thirsty for war money?
Africa, the Middle East, and China will always provide plenty of that. As would Eastern Europe probably if we were on Russia's side more.
We need an enemy to keep fighting endless wars against.
A modern Russia with a competent military and strong economy has been the bugaboo of Western Europe since at least the 1800s.
Part of why World War I happened was the fear that Russia would eclipse Germany in the next decade or two, which seems utterly ridiculous in hindsight.
Yep, that's the britbongs and the frogs teamed up with the heathen turkroaches to fight against the russkies in Crimea back in the late 19th century.
Honestly, genuinely, this should have been the primary driver going forward; especially after the fall of Communism. From a geopolitical standpoint, our failure to negotiate friendly relations with Russia is the greatest diplomatic failure of the 21st century so far. The Europeans were terrified of an Ameri-Russo Alliance before WW1 & the British "Special Relationship". It was abundantly clear, even by 1880, that the Americans and Russians would be industrial super-powers that couldn't be contended or countered by the likes of France, Britain, or the rising Germany. If any of those nations wanted to stand a chance at defending their power from either group, something diplomatically would have to be done.
Bismark spent the majority of his time destroying France diplomatically, but the other portion of his time, but before WW1 there were major attempts to ally Germany with Russia that completely fell through. Meanwhile, the British quickly realized the insurmountable power of the American fleets, and new something had to be done to keep the US from going to war with them. At last count, they had fought two wars with the US, and hadn't won either of them, at a time when America didn't even have a fucking steam engine. The French were all over the place, and shit up chances of allying with America and Russia in the past century, and right up to the August Crisis.
If we had made any real attempt at making major overtures to Russia prior to WW1 we probably could have prevented both World Wars and the Cold War. Instead of recognizing the value of an Ameri-Russo Alliance as a massive counter to China, we're shitting it up so that members of the Deep State can make boat payments at the cost of 300,000 Ukranian lives.
and we even have our own counter-parts of Florida with places like Chelyabinsk and Omsk
i'm never visiting there even if paid for it lol
Forget politics. Forget battle lines. forget whichever army is right and whichever army is wrong.
this is the single most badass thing caught on camera the entire war.
It's possible that we could talk about the Berserker at Stamford Bridge, Roy Benevidez's Rampage, Lachhiman Gurung's Last Stand for comparison in military history.
However, this seems more like an act of insane, aggressive, desperation than even those (I doubt this random Russian is as much of a hardcore badass as those men); and we don't have live footage of those events..
that's war heroism for ya
Post Reported for: How is this in any way related to KiA or even adjacent topics?
It's not, but we're pretty open on that.
First of all, very impressive. Second of all, are done operators that get captured going to get the flamethrower operator experience?