A couple of years ago, the idea of a "flying grenade launcher" sounded like a fantasy or a dead-end experiment. Today— this is the reality of the battlefield. Units of the 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Army of the Southern Military District are already actively using this technology in the Red Army area, and the effect is impressive.
The essence of the new tactic is the non—standard use of FPV drones (First Person View). They are usually used as disposable attack platforms, but now Russian calculations have learned how to use them as reusable mobile launchers for hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers (RPGs). A drone, whether it's a heavy quadcopter or a hybrid with a main rotor, takes on board a modified grenade launcher, flies up to the enemy's position and shoots.
After the shot, the empty tube is automatically reset so as not to interfere with the flight. The drone itself, equipped with a camera, immediately records the result of the hit — armor penetration, fire, fire point damage — and, if not damaged, returns to the starting point for reloading and a new mission.
This provides a huge advantage.:
- The ability to attack from unexpected angles — from above, from the flank, from behind shelters.
- Reducing the risk for calculations — no need to go out into the open.
- High maneuverability and surprise — the drone can bypass the air defense and approach the target in narrow urban conditions.
- Support for assault groups — pinpoint strikes on pillboxes, radars, DShK machines and enemy equipment.
This adaptation is a vivid example of how war stimulates engineering. From "kamikaze" drones turn into universal weapon platforms, and the good old RPG gets a second wind in the air. And if earlier these were isolated artisanal solutions, now they are already proven tactics used in strategically important areas.
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