Michael CL Johnson

a lowly UXO tech interested in conflict

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@neilcaff @bolsademiedo @matthew_petti There used to be Carabinieri as Italy’s contribution to TIPH (temporary international presence in Hebron) until Israel expelled them. I met one, neopolitan guy, Israel very much messed with them. The Palestinian kids also threw rocks at them.

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@muqawim14 In the villages the syrian guns from the 60’s only come out from under the rocks for weddings and celebrations

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@wookieeleakzz @ireallyhateyou Nader Sadaqa, depending on what religion you consider Samaritans

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@_Jyggalag_ @Sammy6official Project reality

[Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiq]

#Syria: the Security forces seized a large amount of equipment and weapons during the raids carried out against #ISIS cells over the past ~48 hours.

Notably, a workshop for explosives devices, including the famous "rock-IEDs", was seized in #Damascus province.

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@NordlundMatthew @CalibreObscura And a bomb plot in Hong Kong

[Gregory Waters @GregoryPWaters]

Syria's Ministry of Interior & General Intelligence conducted its largest anti-ISIS raid of the post-Assad era (& bigger than anything Assad did)

61 raids in rural #Damascus #Homs #Hama #Idlib #Aleppo w/ 71 arrested including a suicide unit and senior commander in Aleppo.

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

Ukrainian “FP-2” long-range strike UAVs have been armed with “OFAB-100-119-TU” aerial bombs without the tail fin as a warhead.
This is a HE-fragmentation bomb with the powerful explosive TG-50, a 50/50 mixture of TNT and hexogen.
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[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

With the huge numbers of FPVs expended every day, electric detonators are becoming scarce.
Here a Russian painstakingly removes the primer from the mechanical detonator of a UZRG-M grenade fuze.
This allows an electric match to be inserted, creating an ersatz electric detonator.

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

A Russian FPV incendiary warhead is assembled using a length of solid rocket fuel scavenged from Grad 122 mm rockets.
The fuel is ignited by an electric match paired with the modified mechanical detonator from a UZRG-M grenade fuze, as shown in the quote tweet.
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[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

A new Ukrainian pressure-plate improvised blast landmine with PVV-7 explosive and an EDP-r electric detonator.
Foil surfaces are separated by a non-conductive foam gasket.
Stepping on the device compresses the foam so that the foil surfaces contact to close an electric circuit.

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

Another Ukrainian anti-vehicle improvised landmine uses PMN-4 anti-personnel landmine components as a pressure-activated initiator.
A neatly folded metal container is packed with about 800 g of PVV-7 explosive, plenty to destroy motorcycles and light vehicles.

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@authorhams @IngasGold He was UDT not Seal

[Michael CL Johnson @michael_clj]

@hansvanharken I had a boss who was on UDT 12 with him who haaaaaaated him both in and out the service

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

A Ukrainian PTM-L1 shaped-charge anti-vehicle landmine is prepared for dropping from a drone.
The integrity of the arming delay is tested with an electric match before installing the electronic “Jonik” magnetic-influence fuze.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

A Ukrainian soldier shows a battlefield so littered with spent shell casings the ground is no longer visible.

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

The Russian “KZD-100” is a shaped-charge EFP munition first seen in 2024.
Derived from the KZ series of EFP demolition charges, it is intended as an off-route anti-vehicle device similar in function to the Russian TM-83 landmine.

[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

Backpack line charges for clearing landmines are normally deployed by small rockets.
In this short clip a Chinese drone has been adapted for this task.
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[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

Cross sections of Ukrainian “YBN” and “UYA” FPV warheads.
Both warheads have shaped-charge EFP (Explosively Formed Projectile) designs with steel ball fragmentation elements.
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[Roy🇨🇦 @GrandpaRoy2]

A drone-dropped Ukrainian “K2” improvised anti-personnel landmine has perfectly deployed its four 10-meter-long tripwire sensors.
And apparently dropped with it as irresistible bait are Russian banknotes in 500, 1000, and 5000 ruble denominations.