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A sapper of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade wearing Ukrainian-made mine-resistant boots.
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It seems that the most expensive part of this boot is the snowboard bindings. If they release the file, maybe people can start printing BYOB (Bring Your Own Bindings) versions at home to donate to the troops.
I head a small local 3D printing group for stuff like this! We were busy early COVID. Would love to help.
Some articles about the 3d printing:
Https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-engineers-3d-printing-anti-mine-boots/32541203.html
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/18/ukraine-3d-anti-mine-boots/
Igor Yefimenko is the engineer leading the effort in Ukraine.
This might be him?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-yefimenko-69732730
These are the boots they are duplicating:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Spider-Boot-tested-with-a-mechanical-surrogate-leg-at-DRDC-Suffield-Actual-and-simulated_fig3_265925569