You know your army is in trouble when...

[Sgt Jasper]

Yeah, it's a weird little gizmo.
I always thought of it as the Austin Powers weapon.... You know, using sharks with lasers on them instead of something much, much simpler.
Throw the Russian mine-dogs, and the British Panjandrum into that category as well.

In action (more or less)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_dr0arBltU