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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)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] LordOfTheChia 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] obinice 9 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your research, I really appreciate it :-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

check. if war breaks out then grab the ole romper stompers.

[–] Batman 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine them walking around like a dog in shoes, hah. Much better than losing a leg though! Truly A marvelous technology and glad he's OK.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It probably feels like walking using snow shoes. Not as natural, but definitely better than losing a limb or dying.

[–] TenderfootGungi 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sapper: A military engineer who lays, detects, and disarms mines.

I had no idea.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's a pretty largely encompassing term these days. Pretty much any engineer in a combat situation.

Breaching fortifications (the original usage), building bridges, demolitions, etc.