Drone-mounted grenade launchers have entered the fight in Ukraine

[Rogue Valley]

Drone-mounted grenade launchers have entered the fight in Ukraine

Wild Hornets, a Ukrainian drone maker, released footage on Tuesday of a mounted grenade launcher firing at enemy targets from a quadcopter.

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5.14.25

A Ukrainian drone maker released footage on Tuesday showing what's believed to be the first time a grenade launcher was fired in combat from a first-person-view uncrewed aerial system. The Wild Hornets firm published the clips on its Telegram channel, crediting the "Bulava" drone unit of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion in the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Separate Presidential Brigade. The footage shows two instances of the mounted grenade launcher firing over open terrain. In the first clip, a soldier can be seen caught in the resulting explosion and being knocked to the ground. Their fate was unclear based on the footage, but the Wild Hornets said the target was a Russian soldier who died. The target in the second clip was not clearly visible. The drone maker said both clips featured one of its designs, the "Queen of Hornets" drone, as the platform for the grenade launcher. With a 15- to 17-inch frame, the quadcopter is among the largest FPV drones commercially produced for combat in Ukraine, and it's typically used as a bomber. "From now on, an ordinary rocket launcher can work at a distance of 5+ km. This opens up new opportunities for the military," Wild Hornets wrote at the time of testing in September.

Ukraine is now utilizing grenade launchers on its drones. This eliminates the need for a drone to be "on top" of a target.

Bulspike AP is a Bulgarian disposable recoilless anti-personnel (AP) weapon

 

[Rich2018]

Drone-mounted grenade launchers have entered the fight in Ukraine

Wild Hornets, a Ukrainian drone maker, released footage on Tuesday of a mounted grenade launcher firing at enemy targets from a quadcopter.

www.businessinsider.com

Ukraine is now utilizing grenade launchers on its drones. This eliminates the need for a drone to be "on top" of a target.

Bulspike AP is a Bulgarian disposable recoilless anti-personnel (AP) weapon

"Drones" or UAVs have long since carried stand off weaponry.

 

[Girlpower]

Not sure how effective this really is.

Grenade launchers are notoriously inaccurate when a human fires them unless you are shooting into a room or something.

These are the type of drones that are far more deadly.

 

[CaughtInThe]

If Russia stops fighting, the war is over.

If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine is over.

Ukraine doesn't have a choice but to fight the invasion/murdering in any way they can.

 

[Girlpower]

If Russia stops fighting, the war is over.

If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine is over.

Ukraine doesn't have a choice but to fight the invasion/murdering in any way they can.

Putin doesn't have a choice at this point either.

So, looks like no end to the war until someone runs out of people, I guess.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Putin doesn't have a choice at this point either.

Well that's a lie.

 

[Girlpower]

Well that's a lie.

He will be out of power if he gets nothing for his effort.

More than likely a bullet in the head.

 

[CaughtInThe]

He will be out of power if he gets nothing for his effort.

More than likely a bullet in the head.

Or he'll claim victory.

Fascists lie all the time and dumbasses believe them all the time.

 

[Rich2018]

If Russia stops fighting, the war is over.

If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine is over.

Ukraine doesn't have a choice but to fight the invasion/murdering in any way they can.

Plus if Ukraine gives in, the Baltic states are next.