Vermin 1, High-Tech, 0...

[MikeKozlowski]

...I'm sorry, but this is just funny.

Rodents incapacitate millions in eco-friendly military equipment in Ukraine: the unforeseen problem
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ro ... 841e&ei=10

And now, I am just seeing some poor Ivan going into a store and saying, "Good morning, Gospodin Merchant. I would like to purchase one billion mice, please."

Mike

[Johnnie Lyle]

...I'm sorry, but this is just funny.

Rodents incapacitate millions in eco-friendly military equipment in Ukraine: the unforeseen problem
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ro ... 841e&ei=10

And now, I am just seeing some poor Ivan going into a store and saying, "Good morning, Gospodin Merchant. I would like to purchase one billion mice, please."

Mike

It’s traditional in that part of the world. IIRC, a lot of the panzer divisions in Manstein’s attempt to relieve Paulus had tanks disabled by mice chewing on the wires.

[MikeKozlowski]

...I'm sorry, but this is just funny.

Rodents incapacitate millions in eco-friendly military equipment in Ukraine: the unforeseen problem
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ro ... 841e&ei=10

And now, I am just seeing some poor Ivan going into a store and saying, "Good morning, Gospodin Merchant. I would like to purchase one billion mice, please."

Mike

It’s traditional in that part of the world. IIRC, a lot of the panzer divisions in Manstein’s attempt to relieve Paulus had tanks disabled by mice chewing on the wires.

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Mike

[jemhouston]

Never heard that.

Last year, found out the pickup took some rat damage to the cables.

[Craiglxviii]

...I'm sorry, but this is just funny.

Rodents incapacitate millions in eco-friendly military equipment in Ukraine: the unforeseen problem
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ro ... 841e&ei=10

And now, I am just seeing some poor Ivan going into a store and saying, "Good morning, Gospodin Merchant. I would like to purchase one billion mice, please."

Mike

It’s traditional in that part of the world. IIRC, a lot of the panzer divisions in Manstein’s attempt to relieve Paulus had tanks disabled by mice chewing on the wires.

Yes, some types of electrical insulation tastes nice to them. I believe this the story goes, the Wehrmacht standard was lacquer-impregnated fabric, and the rodents just yummed it up.

[Rocket J Squrriel]

We had a snowmobile when I was a kid that was stored during the off season. When we pulled it out half the seat was gone and most of the wiring needed to be replaced.

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

Sounds like a long-term solution would be to simply add a bittering agent to the insulation.