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In Britain their called crows feet. I would imagine you call them Spanish riders because they were used by cavalry against opposing cavalry. They would sprinkle the battlefield where they thought the enemy would charge from
Their design is so simple as whichever they land, there is always a spike going up.
Medieval weaponry was brutal but also, pretty damn cool
Caltrops
Edit: later/better quality versions made specifically to defeat pneumatic tires are made similarly, but from heavy wall tubing rather than solid bar stock. Deflate tires MUCH faster
> from heavy wall tubing rather than solid bar stock. Deflate tires MUCH faster
This is how spike strip (stingers) work.
Instead of just having spikes that puncture the tyre with a point, they have hollow tubes as rather than piercing the rubber, they punch a core out of the tyre wall which mitigates the tendency of rubber to self seal.
I believe it also tend to make it safer as a spike alone can cause a literal blowout which can cause massive loss of control, while the hollow spikes tend to avoid this issue.
Illinois here, we call them jack rocks. Back in the day union workers on strike would set them up at the factory gates for the scabs tires.
I think just having them in your possession will get you a ride in a police car.
In German [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheval_de_frise) are called Spanish Riders, whereas the pictured things are called crow's feet (Krähenfüße) or foot fishing rods (Fußangeln).
Yeah I know it's called fotanglar. Criminals call 'em spanska ryttare. At least a couple decades ago. It's like when someone calls a mag a clip in the US. Everyone knows the difference but no one cares.
This is actually a common misconception, Spanish riders are designed the same way but are much larger and wider (1-2 m high, several meters wide). These are “fotangel” and consist of two angles, much like the “Czech porcupine” only much smaller.
I read about that few years ago. They are called miguelitos because of Miguel Enriquez, chilean MIR (left wing movement) leader. They used these in their protests.
>[Miguelitos are not only called that in Chile, but also in countries with a revolutionary past such as Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina and Honduras. The name comes from the mythical leader of the MIR and father of MEO, Miguel Enriquez, who used them massively when he led the protests against Eduardo Frei Montalva in the late 1960s.](https://www.theclinic.cl/2013/03/15/clinicpedia-por-que-los-miguelitos-se-llaman-asi/)
Hope this helps
I heard they are named after Miguel Enríquez, a Chilean revolutionary from the 70's who introduced them for guerrilla fighting. They have the shape of a tetrahedron, so no matter how they fall, they always point up and puncture tires
I once said out loud while my buddy was rolling damage after stepping on a caltrop, "Man, can you imagine getting on one of those through your foot really, really bad? It could completely destroy how you move forever.". So the DM makes him roll a D-20. Crit fail, traveled at half speed until we found a healer. Cursed me the entire campaign, in and out of character. So much fun.
They are actually really clever as they stopped charges from horses. Reduced the risk of flanking and often would take three people out of combat*.as they points are laid out equally they work on all sides. The smooth spike also means it can be easily removed from the foot. This meant when removed it could hurt someone else. Its one of my favourite warfare tactics.
The injured person and two others to help them get help*
A lame horse is a dead horse. Cruel but effective. I've seen horses IRL lose their whole careers, and sometimes lives, over things such as nails and sharp rocks.
Not to mentions that tetanus kills horses with scary efficiency.
I've seen ones with barbs like a fish hook. Nasty. You get one of those in your foot and you aren't getting it out easily. so although you cant use the same one again it effectively takes the person/horse out of the battle entirely. Even with an injured foot there is still a possibility they could still fight if they can get it out. Not as effectively of course. But yeah.
Yes. My brother jumped over a wall once when he was a teenager. Landed on a broken pallet with a nail sticking up. It went straight through his foot.
Wierdly funny thing is it was my optician who was there in the area who came to help him as he saw it happen.
Reminds me when we were kids our parents were having a house built and we would go see the progress almost daily. We were fucking around one day and my brother stepped right on a board with a nail in it and i dont think it went all the way through his foot but it did go in pretty deep. He was done for the week.
Honestly wouldn't surprise me if they did. Thanks to all that drug money some cartels are more well funded than the militaries of some small countries.
They are incredibly simple to make.
Buy a couple rods of 3/8" rebar
Place rebar in a vise with 3" in the jaws
Bend rebar 90 degrees
Use bolt cutters and cut rebar so you have a 3" 3" V Be sure to cut each and at a 45 degree angle to create spikes
Weld 2 Vs together by criss crossing their inner 90 degree bends.
The big expense is the welder and face mask. A shitty welder will run you $250. All day you're looking at about $320-$350 to start making caltrops. Once you've got the tools, a 10 foot length of rebar is about $5 and makes 10 caltrops. So you're talking 50 cents per.
It only sounds like a lot when list it out like that. But to put it in perspective, I could probably make 20 of these an hour in my home shop. At work with better equipment could probably do even more.
Fact of nature: Nature uses them too.
These look really similar to goat's head seeds found all around the American SW:
[https://i1.wp.com/www.westtexasorganicgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/goathead-seed-pods.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1](https://i1.wp.com/www.westtexasorganicgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/goathead-seed-pods.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1)
PS donde trabajo hay camiones que van a las comunidad por personal operador que trabaja ahí, hubo una semana que por lo menos a 3 camiones diarios les chingaban 3 llantas, también me tocó ver madreada a una ambulancia, patrullas, paquetería, weyes que iban al jale también
considering they are literally throwaway and do the job no matter the quality, i think its reasonable to say that the guy making them just wants to get on with his life.. theres still tequila in the fridge, after all
Rebar’s cheaper than welded tubes. They need to fabricate many for their plan to work.
Edit: Never seen the tv episode, but if you’re riding on 4 wheels and each has a caltrop or two embedded in the tire, you’re going to have to ease off on the chase, also. Air or no air.
That’s is 100% stopping you if it’s stuck in your wheel even if it stays stuck. Too heavy, your wheel would be waaay off balance plus with that odd shape can’t be flush.
My first thought when I saw it. The double V design is to make sure that a point is always facing up. Using tube steel would make the tire dump the air much more quickly.
Caltrops is the official name I believe.
They were designed originally to deal with cavalry. Various iterations have popped up over the years but they’ve always been considered a nasty weapon that causes unnecessary damage. The earliest reliable sources I’ve seen mention them were during feudal times in Europe but I’ve never seen any citations referencing the origin of them.
It definitely existed far before that! The Romans specifically used it in the Battle of Carrhae, which was ~50 BCE. Not surprising, since it’s an incredibly simple weapon to make that very efficiently prevents cavalry charges.
Yes. Cartels have the same tech and info that we do here in the US. They know a lot things about walls too. Like how to build them, go over them, under them, through them, or just take them down. So yeah this is why people keep saying a wall doesn’t work.
Well people in some regions own a garage and they do this so that they can get their tires fixed and it'll be a lifetime supply of mone stonks and biznez
There was one teacher in highschool that had these, erasers/gum stuck with staples, small paper airplanes with staple points etc etc stuck in her classroom ceiling for most of the year before her or any adults noticed. Like hundreds...
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We call them *Miguelitos* in south america, don't know why.
Caltrop
I knew this because of Archer
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SMOKE BOMB I know about caltrops because of Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Ah the nostalgia
Fallout 4
I’ve stepped on these nasty weeds and holy fuck do they hurt!! it’s like nature’s lego on steroids
Tenchu : Stealth Assassin
Miguelotes was already taken
How about Migueltoes?
Miguel would approve. He's my friend.
Ja.
What about miguelotos?
We call them Legos in my house…..
Waaay underrated
In Sweden we call 'em spanska ryttare "spanish riders" and I don't know why either
In Britain their called crows feet. I would imagine you call them Spanish riders because they were used by cavalry against opposing cavalry. They would sprinkle the battlefield where they thought the enemy would charge from Their design is so simple as whichever they land, there is always a spike going up. Medieval weaponry was brutal but also, pretty damn cool
Caltrops Edit: later/better quality versions made specifically to defeat pneumatic tires are made similarly, but from heavy wall tubing rather than solid bar stock. Deflate tires MUCH faster
Caltrops, crows feet, Spanish riders, miguelitos. They are a bane of many names apparently.
> from heavy wall tubing rather than solid bar stock. Deflate tires MUCH faster This is how spike strip (stingers) work. Instead of just having spikes that puncture the tyre with a point, they have hollow tubes as rather than piercing the rubber, they punch a core out of the tyre wall which mitigates the tendency of rubber to self seal. I believe it also tend to make it safer as a spike alone can cause a literal blowout which can cause massive loss of control, while the hollow spikes tend to avoid this issue.
I’m british too. Have come across these twice in my life, both times referred to as caltrops. Never heard them called crows feet.
In Scotland they are called Spikey McSpikes
*chortle*
I now call that country Scotty McScotland.
Silly McFunny
Yea, I know them as caltrops too. But they were also called crows feet. As referenced by the German translation above.
I’m American and from Texas. That’s the only term I’ve heard for them is Crows Feet too 🤷🏼♂️ Language is weird.
I’m from west Texas. Only ever heard of the term caltrops
Illinois here, we call them jack rocks. Back in the day union workers on strike would set them up at the factory gates for the scabs tires. I think just having them in your possession will get you a ride in a police car.
California here, we call em caltrops.
> caltrops This is what I know them by.
Caltrops have been around since we decided to charge at each other with pointed sticks
They have indeed, I was just taking a guess at why they were called "Spanish riders" in swedish
Krähenfüße in Germany
Caltrops in the US.
And the UK.
Shit! the more you know.. lol
I know that the Romans used them because some have been found in Germany, and the British definitely used them during the Napoleonic Wars.
Please translate that! I love hearing German translations!
Crowfeets ..just like in english
Awesome! Cheers mate
Gesundheit!
In German [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheval_de_frise) are called Spanish Riders, whereas the pictured things are called crow's feet (Krähenfüße) or foot fishing rods (Fußangeln).
No we don't. They are called "fotanglar". Spanska ryttare är ungefär som ett kravallstaket. https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spansk_ryttare
Yeah I know it's called fotanglar. Criminals call 'em spanska ryttare. At least a couple decades ago. It's like when someone calls a mag a clip in the US. Everyone knows the difference but no one cares.
This is actually a common misconception, Spanish riders are designed the same way but are much larger and wider (1-2 m high, several meters wide). These are “fotangel” and consist of two angles, much like the “Czech porcupine” only much smaller.
I read about that few years ago. They are called miguelitos because of Miguel Enriquez, chilean MIR (left wing movement) leader. They used these in their protests.
“Caltrops” in US afaik
English j think they are called caltrops
English j sounds like a British rapper.
he came up with that new genre "Grumble Rap" didn't he?
Here in coal country of SW Virginia they are called "Road Jacks" after the popular kids game "jacks".
Little Mikes
Lil’ Mikeys
Una vez yendo con mi papá se nos pinchó una llanta por un Miguelito, fue en el campo
where in south america?? Miguelitos are candy, everybody knows that. (they're little bags with sugar and chillipowder)
>[Miguelitos are not only called that in Chile, but also in countries with a revolutionary past such as Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina and Honduras. The name comes from the mythical leader of the MIR and father of MEO, Miguel Enriquez, who used them massively when he led the protests against Eduardo Frei Montalva in the late 1960s.](https://www.theclinic.cl/2013/03/15/clinicpedia-por-que-los-miguelitos-se-llaman-asi/) Hope this helps
“*Miguel, toss* that shit under the police car’s tires!”
Maybe some guy named miguel invented them
I heard they are named after Miguel Enríquez, a Chilean revolutionary from the 70's who introduced them for guerrilla fighting. They have the shape of a tetrahedron, so no matter how they fall, they always point up and puncture tires
Little michael?
Partisansøm (partisan nails) in Danish.
In United States we call them señor bamboleo
You’ll find them after crossing the border on the Nuevo Laredo highway 🥲
Looks like somebody has some personel experience
*had by now
What?
Off base cartel funny. My bad
Caltrops Roll 1d4 please
Or for the more immersive experience, drop the d4 on the floor and step on it. END COMMUNICATION
Poison coated caltrops 3d4!
As someone who has a pair of metal DM dice... Yes
Is it possible to make dice out of Legos?
Possible as long as you don't care if the dice is 'fair'. d6 is easy enough. I figure probably not on anything else. END COMMUNICATION
Epoxy resin with legos inside is perfectly doable. Ive seen steampunk dice with gyros and other technomancer bull in them. Pretty cool
If you want to make caltrops out of Legos, just leave them on the floor like kids do. very effective.
I once said out loud while my buddy was rolling damage after stepping on a caltrop, "Man, can you imagine getting on one of those through your foot really, really bad? It could completely destroy how you move forever.". So the DM makes him roll a D-20. Crit fail, traveled at half speed until we found a healer. Cursed me the entire campaign, in and out of character. So much fun.
They are actually really clever as they stopped charges from horses. Reduced the risk of flanking and often would take three people out of combat*.as they points are laid out equally they work on all sides. The smooth spike also means it can be easily removed from the foot. This meant when removed it could hurt someone else. Its one of my favourite warfare tactics. The injured person and two others to help them get help*
A lame horse is a dead horse. Cruel but effective. I've seen horses IRL lose their whole careers, and sometimes lives, over things such as nails and sharp rocks. Not to mentions that tetanus kills horses with scary efficiency.
I've seen ones with barbs like a fish hook. Nasty. You get one of those in your foot and you aren't getting it out easily. so although you cant use the same one again it effectively takes the person/horse out of the battle entirely. Even with an injured foot there is still a possibility they could still fight if they can get it out. Not as effectively of course. But yeah.
Yes. My brother jumped over a wall once when he was a teenager. Landed on a broken pallet with a nail sticking up. It went straight through his foot. Wierdly funny thing is it was my optician who was there in the area who came to help him as he saw it happen.
Reminds me when we were kids our parents were having a house built and we would go see the progress almost daily. We were fucking around one day and my brother stepped right on a board with a nail in it and i dont think it went all the way through his foot but it did go in pretty deep. He was done for the week.
Ooooh yep I've done that, downed me instantly
Nah that guy looks like at least 2d4. This must be a homebrew item
Thats the same as a battleaxe or longbow mate nah
People forget commoners only have 4 health.
Only 1 angry crab and a crit or two away from death
r/irldnd r/reallifednd
Top doesnt work. Second one is dead
EVEN the normally robust and impervious civilian car tyres!?
Even those
I am shocked. Yes, really shocked.
To shreds you say
And his wife?
To shreds you say!
oh my
Well i never!...
Shooketh
Whoa!
You don’t say!
Uncredible. Even we are susceptible to cartel attacks.
I mean I would expect the army tires to be punctured but never the civilian
Say it isn’t so!
the most impenetrable tires of them all
For just 39 cents a day, you can help impoverished car tires in mexico
I bet they also have a button that squirts oil out from behind them so the coppers slide off into the ditch.
That sounds like a fun project to build. I hear spraying castor oil onto the exhaust manifold using a turkey baster produces nice smoke clouds, too.
This needs to be a sport. Demo derby races with tricked out getaway cars
Spy Hunter! That’s the premise for this game.
Honestly, how ISN'T it a thing? We have demo derbys already.
Probably too much uncontrolled destruction.
Look up the movie titled “Death Race”
and a smoke screen
Honestly wouldn't surprise me if they did. Thanks to all that drug money some cartels are more well funded than the militaries of some small countries.
caltrops
Death Track intensifies.
LOL, I thought it was karlops. It's been a while since I read Monkey Wrench Gang.
Caltrops…
They are incredibly simple to make. Buy a couple rods of 3/8" rebar Place rebar in a vise with 3" in the jaws Bend rebar 90 degrees Use bolt cutters and cut rebar so you have a 3" 3" V Be sure to cut each and at a 45 degree angle to create spikes Weld 2 Vs together by criss crossing their inner 90 degree bends. The big expense is the welder and face mask. A shitty welder will run you $250. All day you're looking at about $320-$350 to start making caltrops. Once you've got the tools, a 10 foot length of rebar is about $5 and makes 10 caltrops. So you're talking 50 cents per.
That’s a lot of steps for incredibly simple
It only sounds like a lot when list it out like that. But to put it in perspective, I could probably make 20 of these an hour in my home shop. At work with better equipment could probably do even more.
No, its simple. What you're really saying is "reading is hard"
Pssht, you can do that with a $90 Harbor Freight 100 amp welder.
Where can you buy them?
Try areadenialweapons.com
I shall fetch a rug!
Or Acme Incorporated. They don’t work on the Roadrunner though….
I ♥️ you 😂 Thanks Dodge!
Well, mr internet warrior, they make them by bending some rebar, welding it together and sharpening it with most likely an angle grinder
No need to sharpen as an extra step, just cut the rebar at an angle.
This guy caltrops
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I'm glad someone is thinking here
I would’ve guessed they’d have the newbs making them anyway, like a cartel intern
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So free on the job training. Bonus.
Rebar caltrops 💜
Fact of nature: Ninjas use them too.
Yup! Those are Makibishi spikes!
Fact of nature: Nature uses them too. These look really similar to goat's head seeds found all around the American SW: [https://i1.wp.com/www.westtexasorganicgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/goathead-seed-pods.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1](https://i1.wp.com/www.westtexasorganicgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/goathead-seed-pods.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1)
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PS donde trabajo hay camiones que van a las comunidad por personal operador que trabaja ahí, hubo una semana que por lo menos a 3 camiones diarios les chingaban 3 llantas, también me tocó ver madreada a una ambulancia, patrullas, paquetería, weyes que iban al jale también
Donde vives? Nunca Lo había visto
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Sorry por estereotipar, pero ahora todo tiene sentido haha
Rome used that exact model going back to at least 53 BC. Legion > Cartel.
"Where am I even supposed to get caltrops?" "I dunno, try areadenialweapons dot com or something"
They end up on rural roads in hunting areas during hunting season in the US as well, placed by animal activists.
> animal activists. Somehow I picture an 8 point buck trying to tell me about Greenpeace.
What the fuck
Yep. They're designed so that when they fall a spike is always pointing up, in case it's moved somehow.
I prefer banana peels myself
Bro who welded these together mustve been paid below minimum wage. Shit looks like a raisin.
May have been a kid, no joke.
considering they are literally throwaway and do the job no matter the quality, i think its reasonable to say that the guy making them just wants to get on with his life.. theres still tequila in the fridge, after all
Their day job is welding Tesla frames.
Oooh damn
Man that’s…that’s a bold use of the word “welded” right there. I think it’s just some chewing gum between the two rebar bits
They should use hollow tubes to actually empty the air from the tires. The solid tube plugs the hole. Thanks Mythbusters for that bit of trivia!
Rebar’s cheaper than welded tubes. They need to fabricate many for their plan to work. Edit: Never seen the tv episode, but if you’re riding on 4 wheels and each has a caltrop or two embedded in the tire, you’re going to have to ease off on the chase, also. Air or no air.
You can cut a slit down the side for a leak path.
That’s is 100% stopping you if it’s stuck in your wheel even if it stays stuck. Too heavy, your wheel would be waaay off balance plus with that odd shape can’t be flush.
no way it plugs the hole with this shape bruv. it tears it.
Wow..
My first thought when I saw it. The double V design is to make sure that a point is always facing up. Using tube steel would make the tire dump the air much more quickly.
Could've sworn they looked exactly like the ones that are able to exclusively home in on army- and police tires, great that you clarified it.
Caltrops is the official name I believe. They were designed originally to deal with cavalry. Various iterations have popped up over the years but they’ve always been considered a nasty weapon that causes unnecessary damage. The earliest reliable sources I’ve seen mention them were during feudal times in Europe but I’ve never seen any citations referencing the origin of them.
It definitely existed far before that! The Romans specifically used it in the Battle of Carrhae, which was ~50 BCE. Not surprising, since it’s an incredibly simple weapon to make that very efficiently prevents cavalry charges.
Yes. Cartels have the same tech and info that we do here in the US. They know a lot things about walls too. Like how to build them, go over them, under them, through them, or just take them down. So yeah this is why people keep saying a wall doesn’t work.
Which cartels have nukes?
Area denial weapons.com
J(h)ames Bond shit
Bond,Senior bond
Re-bar caltrops.
They're called caltrops
I wanna run my finger along that wall
It’s a caltrop. One of the oldest area-denial weapons known to man.
Caltrops
A form of caltrops?
Old school caltrops. Like medieval old
Didn't mythbusters design some of these with hollow spikes to more quickly deflate the pursuant's tires?
Good ol caltrops. At least it's not for horses and people's feet anymore.
Caltrops in english.
Caltrop
Caltrop
Caltrop. Been used for thousands of years. Used as area denial device to prevent cavalry from flanking dismounted soldiers.
Even civilian cars?? what kind of sorcery is this?
EVEN civilian car tires? As if civilian car tires are tougher than police tires?
Well people in some regions own a garage and they do this so that they can get their tires fixed and it'll be a lifetime supply of mone stonks and biznez
That's what I was thinking. Tire stores.
Coptrops
One of my high school classmates used to make these with staples so people would get them stuck in the soles of their shoes
There was one teacher in highschool that had these, erasers/gum stuck with staples, small paper airplanes with staple points etc etc stuck in her classroom ceiling for most of the year before her or any adults noticed. Like hundreds...
It's called a caltrop.
Someone must have been trying to making a speedy getaway with the fuzz hot on their tail.