Ukraine Packs Pringles Cans with Explosives on Drones
I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive.
It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a major Russian target since the start of the war.
The town had been a nearly impenetrable fortress, and the Russians expended an extraordinary collection of men and armour trying to capture it.
Adamov usually packed explosives into ready-made metal containers, but the unit had run out. So, after finishing snacking on chips from the tubed Pringles can, he got to work refilling it. And it worked.
With the help of neighbouring drone spotting units, Adamov flew the drone into the sky and dropped the Pringles can onto a Russian armoured vehicle.
The hit disabled the vehicle, which was then finished off by additional impacts.
The drone Adamov used was a DJI Mavic, which retails for a few thousand dollars. The explosives, meanwhile, cost less than a hundred. Pringles in Ukraine go for about $1.50.
Together, the combination proved capable of destroying armored vehicles that cost hundreds of thousands to manufacture.
Source: Defense News
