Fully credible. It will blow up at least one mine.
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2024
133 points (98.5% liked)
NonCredibleDefense
6467 readers
602 users here now
A community for your defence shitposting needs
Rules
1. Be nice
Do not make personal attacks against each other, call for violence against anyone, or intentionally antagonize people in the comment sections.
2. Explain incorrect defense articles and takes
If you want to post a non-credible take, it must be from a "credible" source (news article, politician, or military leader) and must have a comment laying out exactly why it's non-credible. Low-hanging fruit such as random Twitter and YouTube comments belong in the Matrix chat.
3. Content must be relevant
Posts must be about military hardware or international security/defense. This is not the page to fawn over Youtube personalities, simp over political leaders, or discuss other areas of international policy.
4. No racism / hatespeech
No slurs. No advocating for the killing of people or insulting them based on physical, religious, or ideological traits.
5. No politics
We don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Stalinist, Baathist, or some other hot mess. Leave it at the door. This applies to comments as well.
6. No seriousposting
We don't want your uncut war footage, fundraisers, credible news articles, or other such things. The world is already serious enough as it is.
7. No classified material
Classified ‘western’ information is off limits regardless of how "open source" and "easy to find" it is.
8. Source artwork
If you use somebody's art in your post or as your post, the OP must provide a direct link to the art's source in the comment section, or a good reason why this was not possible (such as the artist deleting their account). The source should be a place that the artist themselves uploaded the art. A booru is not a source. A watermark is not a source.
9. No low-effort posts
No egregiously low effort posts. E.g. screenshots, recent reposts, simple reaction & template memes, and images with the punchline in the title. Put these in weekly Matrix chat instead.
10. Don't get us banned
No brigading or harassing other communities. Do not post memes with a "haha people that I hate died… haha" punchline or violating the sh.itjust.works rules (below). This includes content illegal in Canada.
11. No misinformation
NCD exists to make fun of misinformation, not to spread it. Make outlandish claims, but if your take doesn’t show signs of satire or exaggeration it will be removed. Misleading content may result in a ban. Regardless of source, don’t post obvious propaganda or fake news. Double-check facts and don't be an idiot.
Join our Matrix chatroom
Other communities you may be interested in
Banner made by u/Fertility18
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Rangers are tough but I think you'd need a Toyota for this one.
Non-credible. Purpose-built mine flails are on the borderline of credibility already. In this configuration, you'd need at least a class IV hitch to handle the tongue weight, probably a class V when you factor in the force imparted by the motion of the flail. That's not even taking into account how much power is needed to properly swing the chains with enough impact to detonate a significant portion of the mines.
And if there happens to be an AT mine or two in the mix, the whole ill-advised experiment becomes an unappealing art installation.
Good analysis, but you failed to point out that the truck will be towing the whole assembly. Pushing this contraption in reverse could be a hair problematic.
If he is actually towing it, there is probably an 80% chance the actual truck would detonate the AT mine first, depending on how touchy the trigger was and if it's ran over directly. (The rig would probably deflect more of the blast back through the truck.)
Mine flails typically reverse over minefields by design for that very reason, so I interpreted this one as doing the same. If not, then yes, driving across the field with the contraption behind the truck would be a short, joyless trip.
A single Hilux (Tacoma?) could remove every unexploded ordinance in the world war 2 theatre, without the flail.
I know this truck. Ain't no stranger. I know that truck. That's a Ford. Fucking Ranger. Fucking Ranger. Ford Ranger. Damn.
Flail needs a power source.
Kick start it for the first one, then use the energy of the blast to keep it going. Not only is the minefield cleared, we have infinite energy.
two options:
- power it from the trailer electric hookup
- spool it from a winch on the front
The trailer hookup wouldn't be sufficient to handle that amp draw.
You can add a PTO to most trucks, super easy if the platform is also used for tow trucks.
I am concerned about the amperage draw on wires from the battery with that length of run, I guess an auxiliary battery in parallel could mitigate the risks.
Use a wet kit with a pony motor, don't even have to modify the truck.
I was thinking of driving it hydraulically, is that what a wet it is?
Yes
i was assuming this was a light truck for meme reasons haha
A PTO is still totally doable, the braketry is a bit of a bother, but you are making a tow hitch mine flail so finding a longer belt and laser cutting some metal is not undermountable.
Are those mines for people or vehicles? I imagine rolling around something heavy that pokes the ground with ~90kg of force per point could be sufficient to trigger an anti-personnel mine, maybe even slapping it with 90kg of force per point would work. However, for anti-vehicle mines, would that slapper really be able to generate over 500kg per slapped point? What about mines triggered by greater weights?
I'm doubtful, but it looks cool!