New threat from drones: Russians began to drop “Gingerbread” mines, which are inconspicuous and pose a threat to civilians in the rear regions (PHOTOS)

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New threat from drones: Russians began to drop “Gingerbread” mines, which are inconspicuous and pose a threat to civilians in the rear regions (PHOTOS)

Russian troops began to use drones to drop new small-sized Gingerbread mines.

This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service and the monitoring channel eRadar, informs the portal  PromPolitInform.

These ammunition can be disguised as stones, merge with soil, grass or even asphalt. The Russians scatter them remotely and in large numbers, which significantly increases the risk to the population.

As noted, this mine is half the size of the Lepestok. The gingerbread has a diameter of 5-6 cm, a height of 3 cm, a weight of 50-55 g from 30 g of plastid, this explosive (more powerful than TNT by 30-50%), which is enough to tear off a person’s foot.

Feature: the case is printed on a 3D printer, the mine is almost impossible to notice among the grass or debris.

The mine itself is inconspicuous and has the principle of pressing action. Basically, it is scattered in a wooded or grassy area and in the fields.

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Such cases have already been recorded in the Sumy, Kherson, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions.

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