Ukrainian creativity: Transforming Tesla wreckage into war machines
Ukrainians are known for their immense creativity in eliminating Russians and can even create effective weapons from wreckages of electric and hydrogen cars. Here's how soldiers from the "Khorne Group" solved their problem.
Ukrainians are attempting to push Russians out of industrial buildings in Vovchansk, which is difficult because these buildings overlook the surrounding area. In an era of lacking air support capable of deploying heavy guided bombs, soldiers from the "Khorne Group" present in the area began looking for alternatives.
They found it in the wreckages of electric and hydrogen cars. Cells obtained from, among other things, crashed Teslas are suitable for powering drones. The group created a larger Land Rover based on a battery and electric motor taken from a Tesla, into which they placed a tank from a Toyota Mirai containing 145 litres of hydrogen compressed to 700 bar. The tank itself weighs around 90 kilograms, and in addition, the Ukrainians surrounded it with a 110-kilogram package of explosives.
They then sent such a rover with additional armour ensuring resistance to machine-gun fire across a bridge and detonated it under one of the industrial buildings occupied by Russians. The effect was impressive, causing the Russians to lose one of their excellent defensive positions.
Remotely controlled "cruise missile for the poor"
The explosive rover used by the Ukrainians, conceptually similar to the German Goliath from World War II, is another embodiment of the so-called "cruise missile for the poor" idea. These solutions are meant to ensure precision delivery capabilities of a large explosive load of several hundred kilograms to a given place.
The most popular form of this concept was armoured and explosive-laden cars directed by suicide bombers called "jihad-mobiles". These were extensively used in the Middle East by terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS).
It is worth noting that the Russians had similar ideas, using tanks like the T-62 or T-54 as carriers, which they sent straight through minefields. On the other hand, the Ukrainians are essentially using the same idea but with the help of the latest technological achievements while respecting soldiers' lives. One of the advantages of electric drive is its quiet operation and low thermal signature, making it challenging to detect such rovers at night.
