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A special boot for sappers, developed by Ukranian engineers, saved a sapper's leg. The soldier got away with a broken leg without losing his limb.
(files.catbox.moe)
Нещодавно спеціальний черевик для саперів, розроблений нашими інженерами-ентузіастами, врятував нашому саперу ногу. Боєць обійшовся переломом ноги без втрати кінцівки.
Recently, a special boot for sappers developed by our enthusiastic engineers saved our sapper's leg. The soldier got away with a broken leg without losing his limb.
More info from an earlier posting about these boots (including how they work in the comments):
https://lemmy.world/post/4256259
Edit: These are Ukrainian manufactured and likely tweaked, however the original design and research came from here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265925569_Blast_Evaluation_of_Spider_Boot_Foot_Protection_System_Employing_Surrogates_and_Biological_Specimens
I believe the lead researcher is from Canada
Edit 2: The original design might be by Gad Shaanan Design, Inc which seems it had/has offices in the US and Canada.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/93966?artist_id=27741
Thank you for your research, I really appreciate it :-)
check. if war breaks out then grab the ole romper stompers.