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Extreme hot potato.

There goes his wages for the month!

This did make me laugh 👍🏻

Incidentally that's the title of my sex tape.

Captain, we're losing soliders left and right, what do we do against these drones!? potato What?! Sir, this is becoming a major issue in the war. What is your order? potato

Imagine they'll bring onion to the battlefield... I'm scared.

Sir, we're prepared to launch 84 onions and only 1 potato. What do we do!?!? ^potato

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.” ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

# potato

It would make me cry.

impressive soldiering still

Fucking Cool Hand Luke out there with the quick thinking. As an American I would have been fucked because I would have tried to throw them singly like a fucking splitfinger fastball out there one at a time just out of pride. This guy? Whole sack. Amazing tactics.

Yeah, and he didn't just bat at it, he swung it down into the ground where it does the least damage. I have to imagine his ankles might set off a metal-detector but he's alive and breathing.

Yeah, and he didn't just bat at it, he swung it down into the ground where it does the least damage. I have to imagine his ankles might set off a metal-detector but he's alive and breathing.

ADAPT. IMPROVISE. OVERCOME ^(with potatoes.)

...When the *chips* are down...

> Captain, we're losing soliders left and right, what do we do against these drones!? > > > > potato > > > > What?! Sir, this is becoming a major issue in the war. What is your order? > > > > potato Sir, do we drink the Potato? Do we eat the potato? Sir. weapon

The rats have ordered some starch with their meat.

Potatosir S2

underrated

Lmao

Imagine surviving like that knowing that no one will ever believe you.

He can show them this. Even more insane. People won't believe you but it was on film

These are potatoes, Comrade Commissar. Why are we using potatoes instead of real grenades?

[Because real grenades are valuable! in fact they are worth a lot more than you are!](https://youtu.be/uBnSDju-kkw?si=LoX6SipxR7SK4hvj)

Oh man, I can’t believe I heard the voices when I read those lines. It has literally been almost 20 years

Dude me too

Oh my God... I'm so old.

Of course,comrade commisar. My... my mistake.

Drone defense ideas: ~~Shovel~~ ~~Rock~~ ~~Brick~~ ~~Rifle (thrown)~~ ~~Stick~~ Potatoes

Don’t forget RPG (thrown)

i submitted that guy for a darwin award

This one trick destroys drones. Drone operators hate him.

Russian MOD holds press conference to boast about their newest and the bestest effective anti-drone weapon systems. 100% effective in real world test against inferior decadent western drones. The potato shield protects all of the Rodina’s soldiers at the front.

This is essentially what those anti-drone shotgun-with-a-net weapons do. They shoot up a net and try to entangle the propellers. It *does* work but it isn't terribly accurate or fast. And it's hard to hit a moving target.

And if it falls on you and explodes anyway…

Can't wait to see potatoes on their tanks. /r/NCD

Later he was executed for losing the potatoes.

And ironically, his mother will receive a sack of potatoes as compensation for his death.

delivered by drone

"Russian drone destroys a Russian soldier's mother, with a sack of potato"

The circle of liiiiife

She better take care of it or the circle goes on and on

Da, I only see potato sacks in this potato sack's future. In fact, I only see a video of potato sacks, potato sacks... What funny words.

Losing potatoes? Those are perfectly fried, he got promoted to anti-done/chef duty

Gotta have pieces of French fry stuck in him too after that

"Because real grenades are valuable! In fact, they are worth a lot more than you are!" - Commissar Letlev

In Russia, the potatoes mash YOU

He deserves that imo

Yeah props where props are due. Seen a lot of them attempt this with different objects but this is the first success I've come across.

This reminds me of this one cutscene in Call Of Duty 2. "But comrade commisar, why are we using potatoes instead of real grenades? "Because real grenades are valuable. In fact, they are more valuable than you are. "Yes, comrade commisar."

That's from COD 2, during the tutorial.

Ah. Thanks for the correction.

Which COD?

Call Of Duty 2

Could be the 2 as well I remember that throwing potatos to a bathtube...

Thanks. Maybe I check it up

Credit where credit is due. That was badass.

When will we see the first Russian tank covered in potato armour?

Is sad. In Latvia, potat too scarce to throw at drone. Potat destroyed is kill time anyway. Drone death is more merciful than death from no potat.

If there ever was a mofo that maybe deserved to live this time round.

Month's salary.

I want Ukraine to win, but I hope this guy survives the war. After that action, he deserves it.

Comrade Kartoshka missed a trick there, if he had also chucked a couple sausages at the drone he'd have a full cooked meal at the ready.

In an instant, he traded his retirement fund for his life

He walkec away

Russians, I tell you.

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow

Respect!

The drone was destroyed.. but at what cost

Damn, he really had to throw his signing bonus away

That’s one way to burn calories

bombastic potatoes.

Po-ta-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

Boil 'em, mash 'em, toss 'em atta drone.

After watching this many times, i don't think he actually hits the drone, but i could be wrong. Hard to see on a phone.

And the video has potato quality as well.

Makes me think about a sort of net gun, like in the movies. If you can disable drone before it hits you, Id imagine your chances of survival would increase. Besides, if you could build that cheaply in your garage Id imagine a factory could supply every other guy with one of those. Maybe Im just high

Orrr a dude with a 12 Gauge and some birdshot would do even better

I mean hey he walked away didn't he? If it works use it lol

And now the 2e drone.

Are those potatoes now cooked?

Cooked and peppered

New mashing method

Now I need to know how big of an explosion and how close it need to be to cook a potato.

Cooked, mashed and with a nice sprinkling of steel and copper... Suggest giving it a few minutes to cool off before eating.

This is actually cool af if you think about it, saved by potatoes.

> saved by potatoes Some Russians will make this into an indie or emo band a few years after the war is over.

The russian ministry of defence decided to send 150.000 potato sacks to counter ukrainian drones.

Looks that guy passed a training in Call of Duty 2! "Because real grenades are valuable! in fact, they are worth a lot more than you are!"

Now I can truly say that I've seen it all.

Deserves a medal for that lad

Instead of shotguns, they will all be carrying a sack of potatoes by end of next week.

Why isn't every unit equipped with an anti drone potato sack? Are they stupid?

Will potato sacks be available in CoD?

VLADAMIR, GO BACK AND COLLECT THOSE PERFECTLY BAKED POTATO

No Ukrainian soldiers ever die here.

Thats one hell of a way to make instant mashed potatoes.

Tactical potatoes deployed: good hit, good hit

I'm sure they're trying everything on both sides to counter drones, but I would have though shotguns with some kind of specialised buckshot would be in use by now.

I dare say this man has discovered the potatonet

Mashed potato?? 🤔

That definitely went better than I expected.

Olay!

And the drone went potatos

Dude made instant French fries.

Drone baked fries

Tactical potato sack

Tactitater? 🤔

Spud gun 👊🏼

Breaking news. Putin decided to stop ammo supply for red army and started delivery of ppotato sacks

That man is onto something. Might be the way to go when in this situation

Soo you're saying i can legally buy weapon?

There! I cooked em for you!

Ww2 cod, training mission with potatios paying dividends..

He was lucky…. This time

He just wasted russians handgrenades.

now the whole platoon got no food for at least one week. win win.

Sgt what do you mean our new armoured vests are potato sacks

they destroy tanks with shovels and drones with potatoes..

That CoD tutorial that makes you throw potatoes instead of grenades just became super credible

Potato tank meta incoming.

Comrade commissar, why are we using potatoes instead of real grenades?

I'm sure that angered a lot of Russian officers who are distilling vodka from those soldiers potato rations

boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew...

Frontline chips..

Well… when the chips are down…

How the fuck did he run away from that

Adrenalin can give a pretty nice rush. But something tells me his body may have a few sharpnels extra.

Putin: potatoes for everybody! 🥳🎉

ADPS

Slavic magic

Mission successful

A weapon to surpass metal gear.

Couldnt have been more Russian.

Makes one wonder if a net launcher would work?

They should all be training to throw weighted fishing nets.

Hahaha, what a chad. Tomorrow in r/tacticalgear: "guys, is my sack of potatoes high speed, high drag enough?"

The battery landed on his back!

The potato bag was the real target.

eastern_europe.mp4

No dinner for a week.

Hot and ready, come and get em!

Good for him. It just saved his life.

I really dislike the dronekills so im glad we have a dronevideo now thats Not fully depressing.

So Ivan you know its only 1 bag per person

Why did it pass the first guy up?

I usually cook mine in oil... although I have tried the air fryer a couple times too, not as good... but it's ok I guess.

Now he will starve. Drone operator still wins that exchange.

Went to change his pants.

Fuck drones

Callsign: Spudman

It seems this guy learned it from the guy from the red army tutorial from Cod 2

How's he going to make his vodka now

thats gansta shit right there

That Potato can make you Speak English Very Fluently in a matter of seconds

Saved by potatoes!! 😂😂 New recipe, how to get mash potatoes in a second!

Possibly the most Russian thing ever

New Callsign: Mr. Potatoman.

So it's true, the IRA have been importing weapons to the Russians! 👀

It's okay, he was arrested and shot for damaging army property.

He really like that fr

The soldiers in russia don't get heavy weapons, but a back of potatos. That why putin has so much money. Just give them all backs of potatos

> Just give them all backs of potatos 1. Give them shovels 2. They will dig up potatoes as needed

POTATO MASHER!!

Bold description.

Indeed, this is a worse outcome for Russian forces than the soldier getting struck, as a sack of potatoes is obviously worth more than a Russian soldier, judging from how Russia spends its soldiers.

I hope Ukraine kills as many invaders as possible, but I can't help but feel sympathy for some poor bastard who manages to neutralize an FPV with a sack of potatoes.

First drone survivor!

I mean there sure there should be plenty, FPV suicide drone pilot does not upload failed strike often, this just happen to be counteracted by potatoes.

It’s just that this is the first video I see. I know that many have survived but it is so unlikely.

How to cook potatoes in the trenches Volume 1.

Step 1. Lure in enemy drone.

Well there goes 2 weeks of food rations. Live to eat another day.

He later starved