An interesting snippet giving an insight into what it's like to be hit by a #HIMARS strike:
(R2): We came, we now live here with scouts, two days ago they had an arrival in their building. Some shit that you cannot hear arriving. It just whistles for two seconds, then bam-bam!/1
(R2): We came, we now live here with scouts, two days ago they had an arrival in their building. Some shit that you cannot hear arriving. It just whistles for two seconds, then bam-bam!/1
https://twitter.com/DI_Ukraine/status/1550813225775611905
(R1): Maybe this silent Polish shit?
(R2): No, no, it’s some MLRS like Grad or Uragan, but it’s silent.
(R1): Maybe the fucking Hummers or Hammers?
(R2): Not Hummers, what are they called…
(translation by @mdmitri91)
/2
(R2): No, no, it’s some MLRS like Grad or Uragan, but it’s silent.
(R1): Maybe the fucking Hummers or Hammers?
(R2): Not Hummers, what are they called…
(translation by @mdmitri91)
/2
(Parenthetical note: HIMARS rockets hit at a speed of about Mach 2.5. The first thing likely to be audible from a HIMARS impact will be the explosion, as they're travelling far faster than sound - much like the old German V2s.)
(Interestingly, the sound in the first second or two is exactly the bam-bam sound described by the Russian speaker. I wonder if that might be the supersonic shockwave arriving ahead of the explosion?)
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