Ukrainian anti-aircraft drones have begun to be equipped with guns to counter enemy drones. Published videos show such drones shooting down Russian UAVs in mid-air and confidently compensating for the recoil.
Ukrainian anti-aircraft drones have begun to be equipped with guns to counter enemy drones. Published videos show such drones shooting down Russian UAVs in mid-air and confidently compensating for the recoil.
This is reported by «Military» with reference to a video of the charitable organization «Foundation for Assistance to Defenders of Ukraine», which was founded by Lesya Hryhorovych, wife of the founder of the GSC studio, Serhiy Hryhorovych.
«For the first time on video, hard drive drones shoot down other drones with shotguns. Defenders of Ukraine are testing #LesiaUAtechnology developments,» the post says.
The video shows armed Ukrainian UAVs approaching enemy drones, firing shots from close range, after which the enemy drones fall.
The details of this platform are currently unknown, but Military notes that it confidently withstands the recoil of a gunshot, so it is possible that it is a heavy multicopter-type drone.
«The type of rifle and its ammunition are also not specified, but it is likely that a light automatic rifle available on the civilian market, such as the Hatsan BTS, Hatsan Escort SD12 or Typhoon F12, was used. Although it is quite possible that the installation is designed for only one shot,» the publication suggests.
The video shows that the drone is equipped with a specialized dynamic optical module and has an interface with a special sight adapted for the use of small arms.
Recall that in the spring of 2024, one of the founders and developers of the Sky Destroyer project — an unmanned platform based on a quadcopter with increased payload — shared details about the drone. The platform will be able to use a wide range of small arms: assault rifles, machine guns, and even light grenade launchers.
Earlier, the founder of GSC Game World, Serhiy Grigorovich, showed a mock-up of a high-precision bomb with machine vision that can be dropped from a drone, and the development of which was supported by programmers who worked on the games STALKER and «Cossacks».
