Die Spezialeinheiten der Ukraine deaktivieren 13 Eisenbahnbrücken in besetzten Gebieten

I am not superstitous, but i think this was an unlucky day for Russia.

This is the way. Damage to the rail system will accelerate the spiral towards peace.

Bridges in the occupied are a great start. I hope they consider railway frogs, especially the most critical ones. They are made from cast manganese, and need to be very precisely made due to enormous forces.

So for example, hit the cfrogs that make up a entral diamond core at a scissor crossover. These are found near marshalling yards, and from what I understand, many are custom … there are no spares. Custom made to spec … 3 months …. 6 months … maybe more. So if the frog is destroyed, they will weld straight track onto it, and there will be no switching or crossing at that point. This makes the logistics around loading and passing etc much more difficult. And it will lead to pileups, and slowdowns, leaving the train engines exposed.

Mobility kill first, and with frogs damaged, or destroyed, that will create a giant mess, in a vicious cycle. So stalled and damaged drains will be stuck everywhere, and special equipment will be needed to remove stalled or derailed trains, and if that equipment is then targeted … and so on.

Frogs aren’t as good a target as bridges, but if well planned, could result in enormous disruption for little effort.