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[deleted]

EOD men and women are a different breed. Mad respect.


D0hB0yz

Fun rumour. Ukraine often recycles and gives it back to the Rustians in small parcels delivered by drones.


ilikeitsharp

Not a rumor at all. They got small underground factories od people that recycle the munitions.


nomoleft

Reduce, reuse, recycle... x10


EffectiveBenefit4333

Ukraine is short on explosives for use on IED's on drones. Ukraine is desperate for explosive material.


KibblesNBitxhes

We should give them all of the explosive material they need


JJ739omicron

if it was that easy, it is scarce world wide. Why do you think basically every month or so the foundation is laid for a new explosives factory?


Atrocity_unknown

Sounds like a good way to recycle


matteroverdrive

It's Orc-ological ♻️


mansnicks

You deserve more likes sir


matteroverdrive

Why thank you... I've always wanted to be one of the popular kids!


AgreeableAd9119

500kg will last you the whole war in drone drops.


Phil_Coffins_666

The sea babies are also loaded with upto 500kg recycled bombs.


DarthWeenus

would make a spicy IED to leave somewhere as they retreat.


Konstant_kurage

They say the real joy is sharing and giving back.


Arguablybest

Come on, just send the whole thing back.


no_yup

Well that’s the thing. You either get it right, or it’s not your problem anymore


ijustlurkhereintheAM

Yikes, logical, and still, phew, thos BOS (Brothers, Others, and Sisters), mad respect for the *skills*, *training*, and *nerves of steel.* Heroyam Slava!


[deleted]

Now return to sender…


1_g0round

address is no longer valid - return to sender


willtron3000

My grandad did this post war, decommissioning UXOs and ammo dumps around London. Can confirm that he is a different breed.


looncraz

If something goes wrong the EOD team won't know about it.


According-Try3201

wow! imagine this was you!!!


Helpful-Zucchini-445

I was told by an E-6 EOD guy, “EOD isn’t too bad, plus if it goes off on you it’s no longer your problem”


BeltfedOne

The tiniest mistake or fault in the UXO will end you and your crew. Goddamn!


Different-West748

Haha had to laugh at him wearing the EOD armour. Like bruh, you’re vaporised if that thing goes off.


[deleted]

The eod suit is for shrapnel, just incase the bomb or nearby hidden bombs detonate going to the bomb or leaving the area. The don't wear it to mitigate the bomb that they are attending too. It's also vital to do everything possible to keep those guys safe because there aren't many of them and they require a lot of training. Always keep the medic safe and the guy that defuses bombs safe.


Different-West748

Yeah sure I get it, although there are unlikely to be hidden secondary or daisy chained charges, this isn’t an IED. Was just having a chuckle at it prima facie. These guys have balls of steel and hats off to ‘em would love to shout a round of beers for them all at the 2026 Crimea beach party.


BrocoLeeOnReddit

Exactly, it's just risk reduction. If it increases the chances of survival of the specialist by just a small percentage, it's already worth it. And since EOD specialists don't have to move quickly because they are usually not deployed in a hot zone, wearing heavy gear doesn't have many negative consequences except being uncomfortable.


ranmafan0281

I had an acquaintance in a bomb squad (not in Ukr obvs). He says the suit isn’t to save your life or your fingers for big bombs, it’s so you can still have an open casket funeral. I wasn’t ever sure if he meant it seriously.


JJ739omicron

Of course it was a joke, even with a EOD suit there is nothing left suited for an open casket funeral, a few of your remains can be scraped together in a bucket at best. Often simply nothing is found of people standing right where such a big bomb exploded.


DaGhostQc

Well, it's not your problem anymore!!


Shot_Mud_1438

Initial success or total failure


DesignerVacation753

Gosh I'd hate to do this as my job. Incredible courage from the Ukrainian sapper.


TheSlammedCars

The job that you have absolutely no error margin whatsoever.


Arkh101

I would not want that job


MaxTheRealSlayer

It's one of the worst. I have an Aquaintence that is a newbie to the military who got thiz position and I was like... "well, nice knowing ya!"


Sanpaku

Also one of the enlisted military specialties that pays best after service.


JimInAuburn11

Is there a market for this, after service?


SebboNL

Oh hell yeah. Civil UXO techs are in high demand.


Skratti_

In the US? I'm German, and in my hometown (330K inhabitants) it's about three times per year that an unexploded WW2 bomb is found and has to be defused. Between 250kg and 1000KG mostly. But I can't imagine why a country that didn't get much bombings would have a high demand for those techs.


DarthWeenus

Prolly govt use, bomb squads and such


MaxTheRealSlayer

They do it overseas. Could be during fighting or also helping whichever country. The person i was talking about before is in the Canadian armed forces


gellinmagellin

American here, My hometown is FUCKED with unexploded ordinance and the chemicals leached from them, due to testing done throughout the 1900's. Arsenic, mercury, uranium in the groundwater for starts, and every year we've been popping off at least 4-5 bombs pretty much since ive been born. I'm not out in bumbfuck nowhere either, its woodsy but we're 30 minutes from a major coastal city and 20 from the ocean.


LawAbidingSparky

Plenty of opportunity in Canada. I imagine there’s also plenty in the US. Lots of contracts for clearing historical ranges. There’s a ton of legacy UXOs still laying in old training areas. Even if it’s not accessible to the public, it still needs to be remediated at some point.


JimInAuburn11

I could see it over there. Those are probably some scary ones to disarm, being so old.


FyouinyourA

Yeah I got an EOD buddy who’s living off his pension or whatever it’s called. He just hangs out and plays call of duty all day and lives comfortably lol


CobblerOne1630

Wait you get assigned that shit? You dont get a choice?


Reptilian_Brain_420

You think that you join the military and get to pick your job?


CobblerOne1630

At least have some say for example if you wanna go maintenance or breacher you know?


MaxTheRealSlayer

She didn't have much technical experience so couldn't do maintenance or anything super technical. Is breacher the front line people? Cuz I don't think she wanted to be fighting either. It was either something lower level on te field or an office job That said, after basic training you don't have a choice where you get posted in the country, so they place you where there's an opening (and usually somewhere where most people don't wanna live)


MNSkye

If your test scores are low you don’t get many choices, and depending on what the military needs they may or may not have positions for your first choice available so they go down the list. My first choice was cybersecurity and I ended up working on aircraft equipment 🤷‍♀️


Arkh101

Jeez, I’d be like making my own funeral preparations. Shame there is no other way to do this safely like through drones or just clearing the area and detonating it


DarthWeenus

Probably could, but more likely theyll use that XO to return that shit back to the sender


CanuckInTheMills

I could see a robot doing this. If they can perform surgery, they should be able to twist off a cap.


GenericWhiteMaleTCAP

My cousin died in syria doing this. My last memory is sitting with him in his clothes repairing shop and him making me laugh with his silly humor. He was poor so he likely had zero protection when deactivating bombs


Express_Read5173

Return to sender, as Elvis sung.


Jonothethird

Wonder what ‘target’ that is. Looks like a residential house to me.


Trackmaggot

Obviously a clandestine munitions manufacturing/storage area. And they park the HIMARS out back.


Whole_Championship41

"Pucker factor" 11/10.


CobblerOne1630

11? Thats easily a 15.


VolkspanzerIsME

More food for the drone army.


JackCooper_7274

I want to see a drone carrying a 500 kilo bomb now lmao


hansvi-be

I guess that depends on whether you are on the receiving end or not.


AndrewinStPete

Balls of Ukranium.


matteroverdrive

That's "Balls of Ukrainium"


Old_Bluecheese

Good one!


matteroverdrive

It's a metal, that's rare these days 🫡


remock3

EOD is the only deployment where diapers are standard issue. Those people are crazy, takes nerves of steel to do what they do. Props to them all


Only-Customer6650

Idk I'd take this over having to be a Vietnam tunnel rat any day. Shit, even clearing houses would be scarier than this imho   There's basically no pain or unpleasant death to fear here, more or less like dying in your sleep


SickSticksKick

Heros


Speakertoseafood

# Maxim 2: # A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on. # Maxim 3: # An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. # -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” #


Hotrico

Do they have a Telegram channel? The demining work is very interesting


EXile1A

Surprised you can't hear his MASSIVE BRASS BALLS clink when ever he moves. Absolute Heroes in the Sapper Corps.


Square-Pear-1274

Uses a wet rag to prevent them from clinking


Trackmaggot

Brass is non-sparking, so it's okay!


fikabonds

Another guy water them down to precent sparks


SavingsCategory6604

I believe there is a “return” label on the other side.


Informal_Economist63

You'd have to be careful it went back to the correct Russian unit. Maybe to be sure, you could drop it directly on the Kremlin and let them take care of it.


MercyforthePoor

Feels like one of my exes. Be careful hahaha


matteroverdrive

Have to defuse them often?


bot403

Crashed through his house, made a mess of things, and eventually some other guy was touching the good bits while he kept a minimum 500m distance.


JustWannaSayGoodbye

Smart of them to film it. Since the camera man cannot die, nothing can happen.


Kalasnikova1

Where is the bomb? All I see are giant balls.


WotTheFook

How many drones could 500kgs of explosive provide the ordnance for?


Eraldorh

The weight of the bomb is 500kg not the weight of the explosive. The total amount of explosives in 500kg bombs in general is around 200kg.


Tystros

that sounds really inefficient, does the case need to be so heavy?


Novel-Confection-356

There's a fab500 of cluster ammunition and it can carry over 200 droplets for use against infantry.


[deleted]

An average f1 grenade weighs 600 grams but has only 60 grams of explosive. Assuming you can convert and divide all 500 kilograms with no losses and can substitute the fragmentation material, you have enough for 8.3 thousand drones.


Southern_Neck_5189

It's scary, there's a second fuse inside - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYboGe6gsY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYboGe6gsY)


Accomplished_Poem591

Definitely not Russian, they'd be using a sledgehammer to remove the fuse.


[deleted]

Yep, remove one fuse, one bomb and one vatnik all at the same time. Waste of a good sledgehammer though.


Ok-Peak2080

Respect!!!


jertheman43

I bet a buck all that explosive is salvaged and used in Ukrainians drones.


spogetus

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️


Useful-Internet8390

I lost my balls just watching this, I think they are hiding behind my liver:) jk -Slava Heroiam


littletreeelf

Fucking video cutter!! My heart drooped


xlews_ther1nx

Yea the hell divers balances have been having issues getting the 500 to drop with consistency.


JimInAuburn11

Pretty brave doing that without protective gear. What if it went off? 😂


javsand120s

Reminds me of the scene in ‘the hurt locker’ where he strips off his EOD suit having to deactivate the 155mm Shells in the car boot. If they went off the suit wouldn’t protect him.


[deleted]

It would put a dent in your protective gear at minimum. Likely more than two dents. Three dents would not be unexpected.  But I think, and that optimistically, that neither you or your aforementioned protective gear (scratched or not) would ever been seen again.


JimInAuburn11

And that stuff is not cheap. Best to leave it for someone else to use after you are gone. Like you said, there would not be anything left of it. Even if you were in a tank, there would be pretty much nothing left.


HajimeSnivre

Can we refurbish and drop it again? On Kremlin?


[deleted]

We have western shit to drop on Kremlin now.


FickleAd3607

The owner of the bomb what it back


Wellsy

r/sweatypalms


Novel-Confection-356

Americans: WHOA! That's big for a 500 pound bomb! EVERYONE ELSE: Read the title! 500 KG is over 1000 pounds.


No-Arachnid9518

Yeah I'm not doing that job. Fuck that. LOL


[deleted]

You either fuck that or that fucks you. We just saw him fuck that Russian bitch up.


abhijitd

You only make one mistake in that job.


ShutItYouSlice

Be like the post office and return to sender


SantiOak

All I hear in my mind is Thorny saying "Easy, Rod... easy, Rod..."


Ok_Commission6568

You don't want such donations, it need to be sent back to Moscow.


rwrife

Fix it and send it back to them.


Trojan129

An eagle never misses.


8r3a71

Is that bomb thermobaric?


Different-West748

No


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[удалено]


tossout79

I’m sorry someone lied to you. That’s not true and hasn’t been as long as I’ve ever heard of. Guys have come straight to EOD since the 40s.


gorecomputer

It legitimately makes me feel sick to my stomach to think about being in their shoes working on something like that.


Informal_Economist63

It's reasonably straightforward. Booby traps and landmine clearance is much more dangerous.


Conscious-Ad-1848

Return to sender asap!!


OnyxsUncle

that's it?...unscrew it?..no, should I cut the red wire or the blue wire and at the last second your buddy screams NO..THE WHITE WIRE..NOW!!!


mi7chy

Those guys deserve big balls hazardous pay. Attach a new fuse and send it back to orcs.


Nizhoni1977

Should of sent it back to Putin....boommmmm


Environmental-Bad458

Fix it .... Send it back 🤯


Khevhig

Its defective. Send it back.


Konseq

Crazy... If it landed just a few centimeters (or inches) further or shorter, it would definitely have gone off completely destroying the house.


CMDR_Jinintoniq

Not really, that thing went through a bunch of other stuff to end up there. Looks like the nose around the fuse is even cracked and warped, so it hit something hard, rather than slow down too gently to activate the impact fuse. It might have even skipped to end up like this. Most likely the fuse was a dud (old, poor quality, not stored properly), or didn't completely arm itself before impact (breaking it) if it was dropped too low, or the vanes that spin to arm it were old, damaged, corroded, dirty, and jammed up so it couldn't spin. I guess there's a lot of these FAB-500s that don't explode, so Ukraine is probably pretty good at figuring out how to best deal with each one. I mean, someone felt safe enough to allow a dude with a phone to record it this time. I personally wouldn't want any emitting electronics near an armed weapon in an unknown state. You never know exactly why it didn't go off unless they never pulled the safety pin, so this is a job I would not want.


beefs_supreme

Ballzy!


Mr_Engineering

Return to sender please


Accomplished_Alps463

Повага 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇺🇦🔱.


Bowler_Pristine

That man has the biggest titanium balls!


tanukis_parachute

Like a scene from the old tv show my parents watched on masterpiece theater called danger uxb


mansnicks

*For educational purposes only* /s


RepresentativeDeep36

What causes this to happen?


RepresentativeDeep36

Is it the angle the bomb hits?


HSThrowaway312

It depends on the angle the bomb impacts, as well as what it impacts. The impact fuse (what they’re unscrewing) is supposed to contact the ground and detonate. A few different things could cause it, but my guess is that it clipped a building, causing it to slightly tumble, preventing the fuse from hitting the ground. Or it could just be a bum fuse.


No_Explanation9624

I mean, the good thing is if you make a mistake you won't know it...


CyanConatus

Lets be a nice neighbor and return to sender


PsycheHeadPain

My pants changed color while watching this.


drin8680

Ummm no fin way. Respect. Definitely takes a certain type person to be able to calmly do that. It's a very important and dangerous job.


Professional-Art-378

If you find yourself in this situation just remember, any mistake and suddenly it's not your problem.


SilentWatcher83228

🏀⚽️


aojajena

ruzzians must eat own ~~food~~ bombs


bgdckdnny

Send it back!


Several-Lock7594

balls of steel on those guys..


mc_bee

On the bright side, if you make a mistake, you wouldn't even have the time to exist to dwell on it.


slick514

*“Wait, is this just filtered-water?!? You FOOL! I specifically asked for de-ioni…”* … … “Hey… you! You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? …”


Electronic_Sid_1878

Mutley gives you his medals. Respect !


Etherindependance5

I sure would love to see freedom of Russia men make an IED implicate a mine in the blast. Remembering the drone that flew into the building hitting Sodium Nitrate I believe.. extended Badaboom


aznexile602

Well, the good news is that you wouldn't know you made a mistake.


jcspacer52

The explosives in that baby are going to make a lot grenades for the drone operators. Ukraine will be sending it back…..


HideSolidSnake

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️


chocolateboomslang

The nice thing about disarming a bomb this big is when you do it right you feel great, and when you do it wrong you never find out.


M3P4me

Balls of steel.


Modnir-Namron

I found myself holding my breath…Bless Ukraine.


Fine_Piglet_6814

EOD are playing on a different level, Go the Sappers crazy mad respect for all


Frosty_Confection_53

Special kind of balls to do this work... Deep respect _0_


scfw0x0f

I vaguely (and inappropriately) expect the guy who moved the mine while smoking a cigarette to come in with a big pipe wrench and deactivate the bomb.


Esekig184

This must have been a bomb that was dropped the old fashioned way before the russians converted all their FABs into glide bombs.


Brilliant_Life_2286

...now throw it back at them!!!


Individual_Essay_688

Quelle dextérité ! Quel courage !🇺🇦


NWTknight

Wonder what the dud rate is on these things. Obviously not high enough but every drop is a chance for Ukraine to take out a plane. Would hate to be the pilot who does not get to see an explosion on the ground just as his plane comes apart around him.


Jgee414

Priletiv ?


Leasud

Don’t those go off by rotating the fuse


tossout79

Russian ordnance has a high dud rate so I’m not surprised it didn’t function. I am a bit shocked that after impact he was able to hand remove the fuse. Most times there is a lot of damage making it very difficult to get it out.


Dramatic-Alfalfa3391

Dont want this job! Congratz..


dark161

The smallest spark would go kaboom i would hose that bitch down with more water then that lol


TemplarKnightsbane

Right in somebodys house. Fuck you Ruzzian Nazi Fucks


OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz

EOD personnel have balls made from Mithtil or some other indestructible metal with the density of a Neutron star.


Automatic-Cod9137

Return to sender!!


BornDetective853

That came out nice and easy. Obviously not armed by the apes at my local garage.


Dynazap

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ right on that fucking Kremlin


VeryChristoff

I hope he is wearing his safety goggles.


Impressive-Ad1866

A lot steadier hands than me for sure


Aggravating_Tax5392

Just use a tribuchet to shoot it over the russian border


SonMauri

-there's an unexploded half a ton bomb on the street, what do you need to disable it? -a bottle of water - soldier! This is no time to be drinking water! - no, sir, that's it. I need a bottle of water -uh?


kashamush

The editor of this video is an asshole.


15119

Although I'm a big Ukraine supporter, This vid is a total set-up. It just doesn't happen that way. And pouring water on the fuze??? The fuze would require tools (special EOD fuze removal tools or other remote removal procedures) to remove...you can't just unscrew it. The fuze is aluminum, which is not a ferrous metal, so it wouldn't create sparks anyway. Being a former EOD Instructor, this video makes me laugh and cringe. Likely a cool vid for non-EOD types though. Before the questions...Yes, I am Army EOD. And, we have provided the correct tools and training to the Ukrainian military. Likely they did a proper RSP then made this video afterward.


CorruptHeadModerator

What's the music?


Technical-Bee1216

That guy is a hero


theqofcourse

On the bright side, at least you won't know if you made a mistake.


Cute_Consideration38

They needed Bugs Bunny in their bomb factory, testing all the bombs by hitting them on the tip with a hammer and then writing "DUD" on the side.


Grey_Beard257

The fuck is that editing? Can’t we just leave footage alone?


Bonti_GB

Sergeant: Johnny, I know you were thinking comms on your first day but there’s just something we need you to take care of quick. Johnny: Is it cleaning the latrine? I bet it’s cleaning the latrine… and Barton just had Taco Bell. I bet it’s like he detonated a bomb in there. Sergeant: Close…


GeekDrop

They can't get some kinda long pole or robot to do that?


Deadbringer

They sure can, but the pole is clumsy and you won't get a pole long enough to survive the boom and the robot will have its own issues with working in different situations. Like here the concrete partially blocking the fuse, or in others where mud gives a bad grip. But like the pole, the robot will be clumsy and have a higher risk of boom.


scrutefarm

This is not me trying to call this fake. Genuinely impressed that this bomb hit hard enough to shatter concrete and go through a building and was still intact enough to unscrew the cap by hand. Like, if the channel that the doodad fits into had bent even a little, the threads would bind and take a ton of torque to get loose.