They're incendiary munitions. They can literally burn you alive. Russia used loads of them on Ukrainian towns, expecially in the beginning of the war.

[–] Eheran -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, they can't. There is no physical way for a bit of magnesium (60 g?) to burn someone alive, even if we assume the person is already paralyzed and hence can't move at all while it sits and burns. It is simply not deadly and all the terrible effects people mention are made up.

This is what it looks like when it hits steel. The steel cools it down rapidly and it stops burning.

Here is a picture of ground that was hit. No burning through (into the ground) or anything. It just sits and burns.

This is what it looks like when trenches are hit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bro, there is literally a fire in that trench. If your clothes catch fire, you're going to have a bad day, unless the mighty russians have managed to find a way to make fires created by their incendiaries burn at a comfortable 25C only.