Can damage the Russian power system with primitive balls: the expert told how

Kasyanov cited an example of the British Operation Outward, which the troops have been conducted since the spring of 1942, launching hundreds of balloons towards the lands occupied by Germany. There were several starting sites and 200-300 balloons started every day, the number of balls was increasing and soon reached just less than 2000 a day, Yuri writes. "Latex balloons had a diameter of about 2. 4 m and a load capacity of 8.

4 kg, equipped with a simple mechanism of synchronization and height control. Several payload structures were created, which called" drum "," beer "," jelly "," Socks "," Lemon "and" jam " - said in the post of author. The targets in the balls were different - some closed the power lines with the help of a hanging piece of wire, others carried on board the inflammatory ammunition.

For example, the" beer "bullets were fitted with a container of beer 7-8 bottles containing white phosphorus and igniter. Under the code name "Jelly" was a load in the form of a jar of 4 liters of napal and an inertial lighter. Each balloon could carry three "socks". "Lemon" was a small fugas ", - says Kasyanov. During a collision with different objects the balls exploded.

In two years, the British military launched 99 142 balloons in Germany, which led to 520 accidents on German high -voltage lines. And thanks to one thanks to one. "wire" managed to destroy a whole power plant in Belen - there began a large fire due to the locking of high -voltage lines near Leipzig. Yuri writes that the balloons have caused losses for almost 100 million Reichsmarks, or £ 10 million, at that time.

For comparison, it makes prices : PZKPFFW V Panther Tank cost about 117 thousand Reichsmark then, and the fighter bf. 109C - 210 thousand. At the same time, the launches of balls were very cheap and cost £ 1. 5. "That is, each invested in the Outward operation, brought up to 100 pounds caused by the enemy, having reached the ranks of the most economically effective military projects of the time.