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    UAVs in Russian Armed Forces: News #3

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    Post  PhSt Mon Oct 28, 2024 12:18 am




    Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" began to be used in Ukraine with direct control by operators. A built-in 4G modem and a Ukrainian SIM card are used to communicate with the operator. A drone in such equipment is capable of operating over the entire territory of Ukraine and any neighboring country where mobile communications operate. The video shows the first footage of the attack of the Russian drone "Geran-2" on an electrical substation with transformers in the area of ​​the city of Belopolye in the Sumy region of Ukraine.

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    Post  william.boutros Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:37 am

    PhSt wrote:


    Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" began to be used in Ukraine with direct control by operators. A built-in 4G modem and a Ukrainian SIM card are used to communicate with the operator. A drone in such equipment is capable of operating over the entire territory of Ukraine and any neighboring country where mobile communications operate. The video shows the first footage of the attack of the Russian drone "Geran-2" on an electrical substation with transformers in the area of ​​the city of Belopolye in the Sumy region of Ukraine.

    When will Russia have enough satellite communication?
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    Post  lyle6 Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:52 pm

    william.boutros wrote:
    When will Russia have enough satellite communication?
    Satellite internet is wholly inferior to fiber internet and 5g (soon 6g) mobile networks.

    Leave it to Americans to have fun wasting money on inferior crap. Razz

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    Post  Hole Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:25 pm

    If Russia would use her own satcom it could be jammed. By using Banderite mobile phone networks the only way to counter it
    would be to shut down the system (at least partly), which would hurt the Banderites as well.

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    Post  Isos Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:45 pm

    Hole wrote:If Russia would use her own satcom it could be jammed. By using Banderite mobile phone networks the only way to counter it
    would be to shut down the system (at least partly), which would hurt the Banderites as well.

    That still wouldn't work. For guidance it uses russian glonass. The internet connexion is used for image transfers. Even if they cut the internet, the drone will still keep going towards its target but they won't have the images, the same as it was doing till now.

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    Post  PhSt Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:14 am

    This is pretty interesting, it looks like the NATzO quadcopter drones are only able to catch up with Russian recon drones in a straight path, so when evasive maneuvers are done the quad drones lose momentum and sight of their target



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    Post  PhSt Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:41 pm

    Looks like this Gerbera drone is smaller than the Geran, but comes in 3 different versions, Attack, Reconnaissance, and Decoy

    https://twitter.com/distant_earth83/status/1817647678223949911/video/1

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    Post  franco Fri Nov 01, 2024 11:46 am

    The Russian military has significantly increased the number of long-range drone strikes against enemy targets deep in the rear of Ukraine.

    According to data recently announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in October alone, the Russian Armed Forces deployed 2,023 Geran-2 drones , which the Kiev regime still calls "Shaheds," for air strikes. Only 1,185 of them were shot down.


    As stated by the Ukrainian command, the above-mentioned number is a record for the entire duration of the current conflict. In general, according to the announced report, since the beginning of 2024, the Russian Armed Forces have launched 6987 UAVs at the territory of Ukraine.

    It is worth noting that in this case, not only the number of drones launched by the Russian military attracts attention, but also the percentage of their downing by Ukrainian air defense . Based on the above data, it turns out that today the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shooting down just over half of air threats, although relatively recently they announced the destruction of 80-90 percent of drones.

    In turn, this trend indicates that the tactics of the Russian Armed Forces, discussed by many experts, are working. Constant massive attacks using relatively cheap UAVs greatly deplete the Ukrainian air defense, which in the future will allow more effective use of high-precision and expensive weapons such as cruise and ballistic missiles .

    https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/252993-genshtab-vsu-v-oktjabre-rf-zapustila-po-ukraine-rekordnoe-kolichestvo-dronov.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

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    Post  Isos Fri Nov 01, 2024 12:14 pm

    That would be 66 drones used per day. Not matching the reports in open source. Ukro trying to get more Patriots.

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    Post  lyle6 Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:31 pm


    And here it is. The man portable anti-drone system has arrived.

    Its funny. I actually recognize that drone design from somewhere...

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    Post  thegopnik Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:59 pm

    https://iz.ru/1783534/2024-11-01/neiroset-protiv-vsu-kharakteristiki-drona-rusak-s?main_click

    Rusak-S" is one of the drones of the "Rusak" family of unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by "Stratim" . It is currently being mass-produced . The prefix "S" in the name of the device means homing technology, Maxim Kondratyev, founder of the International Training Center for Unmanned Aviation, explained to Izvestia. According to him, this drone is interesting because when approaching a target at a distance of 500 m to 1 thousand m, the operator directs the "Rusak-S" to the designated object, and control becomes autonomous.

    The expert said that this allows bypassing the enemy's "trench" EW zones, because the drone no longer needs communication with the operator, it "sees" the target itself. In addition, autonomy speeds up the work of the military - send one drone, capture the target, you can send the next one without worrying about the first

    the press service of the Stratim design bureau reported in its Telegram channel, the drone has a single-board computer that captures the selected target and takes control, issuing commands to the flight controller. The functionality is similar to the Javelin homing head, while the cost is much lower.

    "A neural network on a single-board computer is responsible for recognition. We trained it on terabytes of video, which allows it to find artillery, armored vehicles, and transport with high accuracy right during the flight. Recognized objects are highlighted with frames for the operator's convenience," the manufacturer's press service added.

    Inaddition to other advantages, expert Kondratyev shared, "Rusak-S" switches off the camera during launch. This eliminates the operator's unmasking - the enemy will not be able to intercept the video signal and find out where the drone was launched from.

    "This is a very promising weapon, because less experienced operators can be allowed to perform serious combat missions. The homing system ensures that the weapon hits the target," the source summed up.



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    Post  GarryB Sat Nov 02, 2024 5:32 am

    And here it is. The man portable anti-drone system has arrived.

    Its funny. I actually recognize that drone design from somewhere...

    It is not rocket science... these drones have cameras in the noses so making the bodies fat is obvious and the four motors externally located around the body is a design solution too... it means you don't need fins... which just generate drag in this situation... steering is by engine thrust variation...
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    Post  PhSt Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:27 am

    In this footage, a Russian FPV drone is chasing NAziTO Ukrainian cannon fodders somewhere in the frontline,

    in most videos that I watch, like the one below, the FPV operator has to land the drone close to the ground near its target to trigger the FPV explosion,

    I was thinking if they can just include a trigger function to detonate the drone in mid-air without having to hit something, that way the blast from the FPV drone can be directed towards its intended target, rather than having the drone face down to hit the ground close to the target  Idea


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    Post  Big_Gazza Thu Nov 14, 2024 1:02 pm

    lyle6 wrote:
    william.boutros wrote:
    When will Russia have enough satellite communication?
    Satellite internet is wholly inferior to fiber internet and 5g (soon 6g) mobile networks.

    Leave it to Americans to have fun wasting money on inferior crap. Razz

    Satellite internet has crappy latency unless you orbit your birds at very low altitudes, and that shortens their lifspan. You could add electric engines but them you need mass for fuel. Regardless, its a non-permanent solution that requires endless launches to replenish the constellation, and IMHO its better to invest in terrestrial fibre and mobile hubs.

    Satellite is however useful for global maritime use, but thats a relatively small niche and doesn't significantly alter the pro/con balance.

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    Post  Isos Thu Nov 14, 2024 5:26 pm

    For military tasks, they would help a lot. You can easily destroy terrestrial nodes of internet destroying the access to the web in a large area. Much harder to hit in space.
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    Post  PhSt Mon Nov 18, 2024 1:23 am

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    Post  franco Tue Dec 03, 2024 1:17 pm

    Flying drone flamethrower "Gorynych" launched into production

    The Gorynych fire-destroying complex has been launched into serial production in Russia. This was reported by the Telegram channel " War Engineering ".
    The development uses tanks with an incendiary mixture. During remote activation, a stream of fire begins to shoot out of a special nozzle, like from a conventional flamethrower....

    https://warfiles-ru.translate.goog/260949-letajuschij-dron-ognemet-gorynych-zapuschen-v-seriju.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

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    Post  franco Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:06 am

    Regular units with Lancets significantly increase the combat capabilities of artillery regiments and artillery brigades of the Russian army, Dmitry Kornev, editor of the Military Russia portal, told Izvestia.

    This is how the expert commented on the news that new reconnaissance and strike units equipped with Lancet loitering munitions have been formed in the artillery regiments and brigades of the Russian Armed Forces.

    They are already being deployed in the SVO zone - they are destroying enemy guns, self-propelled artillery units (SAU) and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

    Dmitry Kornev recalled that in terms of range and a number of combat properties, the Lancet occupies an intermediate position between artillery and operational-tactical missile systems of the ground forces.

    "Loitering munitions are good when used against artillery tactical missile systems and air defense systems. Depending on the modification, the range of the Lancets is up to 80 km. This allows them to reach and destroy enemy targets quite far in the rear. Counter-battery warfare is now one of the important components of combat. The defense of the Ukrainian forces largely depends on artillery. But the Lancet works well against armored vehicles, infantry concentrations, supply points, headquarters fortifications, air defense systems, and even against enemy UAV crews when drones are used. They destroy HIMARS and MLRS missile launchers well," he explained.

    https://iz-ru.translate.goog/1802645/2024-12-06/v-artpolkah-i-artbrigadah-sozdany-podrazdelenia-s-boepripasami-lancet?main_click&_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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    Post  caveat emptor Sat Dec 07, 2024 4:07 pm

    Very interesting video that shows work of various "people's" or grassroots military manufacturers that are developing drone industry.
    https://smotrim.ru/video/2905123

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