Big_Zucchini
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The IDF is using Trebuchets and other methods to burn vegetation on Lebanon's side of the border.
The operational case:
Hezbollah deploys artillery assets, ambush positions, IEDs, etc, in forests as concealment.
The operational demand:
Destroy these assets efficiently, knowing that finding each one is an uphill battle.
The problem:
Conventional assets are deemed too expensive and scarce to dedicate to such tasks. Initiative comes from the field units.
The solution:
Throw incendiaries to periodically burn down vegetation to at least reveal Hezbollah equipment or ideally have it destroyed in the fire.
In the article, Shai Levy explains the IDF also uses other means like air pressure cannons to throw "molotovs", throwing by hand, and firing tracer bullets on hot days.
He also says the trebuchet has been in use for about half a year, and its use is authorized on the battalion level.
The operational case:
Hezbollah deploys artillery assets, ambush positions, IEDs, etc, in forests as concealment.
The operational demand:
Destroy these assets efficiently, knowing that finding each one is an uphill battle.
The problem:
Conventional assets are deemed too expensive and scarce to dedicate to such tasks. Initiative comes from the field units.
The solution:
Throw incendiaries to periodically burn down vegetation to at least reveal Hezbollah equipment or ideally have it destroyed in the fire.
In the article, Shai Levy explains the IDF also uses other means like air pressure cannons to throw "molotovs", throwing by hand, and firing tracer bullets on hot days.
He also says the trebuchet has been in use for about half a year, and its use is authorized on the battalion level.
