I would just like to point out that I said Ukraine would do this back when the cluster munitions deal was first announced. I was somewhat downvoted and dismissed!
I would now like my useless and fake internet points to reflect the fact that I, an anonymous person with no military experience, was in fact, correct.
On a serious note, Ukrainian soldiers are brave as F.
Are you Ryan M Beth? Precision is always better than taking out grid squares but sometimes you gotta take it the grid square. I'm anticipating they use both methods as needed.
Otherwise, I'll call out the last "war on the rocks" to hear Koufman saying (as side note) that the cluster arty was only necessary because of lack of 'normal' arty. [Or was it the last Perun!?! Pointing out the lack of European commitment on increasing arty production..]
True enough. But it's still quite literally "playing with fire". Maybe necessary, but terribly dangerous to the operators, too; much more so than most "refined" weapon systems.
"Weapon Safety" is a thing.
Is this why the US sent them a ton of cluster munitions?
I know there was a ton of concern since they leave behind UEO pretty badly on their own land. Using them for drone-delivered-precision weapons is pretty brilliant.
AFAIK, the main reason was to fill a shortage of standard artillery shells and to help clear trenches. Disassembly, as you can see, is somewhat dangerous.