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Totally unreliable personal take of public tank busting videos: Stugna-P is the most common, then various drones dropping AT grenades. These two lead by a large

Totally unreliable personal take of public tank busting videos: Stugna-P is the most common, then various drones dropping AT grenades. These two lead by a large margin, followed by Javelin and NLAW, and finally a scattering of others like Panzerfaust. I'm sure the reality could be something quite different.

saiya-jin 4y ago
Considering I didn't find a single successful Switchblade drone video in 3 months (1 which missed quite a bit), I would say this output is heavily moderated and for good reasons. Ukrainians want to prop their technology for sales/morale (Stugna), US probably doesn't want to show off their latest technology marvel. The other option is, Switchblade drones are completely useless and thus unused by Ukraine. I don't believe that even if it may not be some wonder weapon to solve it all.
- distances 4y ago
  There may be secrecy too, but Stugna and drone hits are also the easiest to document so makes sense we have video material for those. Probably also at least one order of magnitude more widespread among the troops than the Switchblades.
- dredmorbius 4y ago
  Switchblades do seem curiously missing-in-action. From past and current online research: Switchblades seem to have only recently been announced for shipping to Ukraine. I've found one video claiming to be a strike (against a machine-gun nest), though that seems more probably to be mortar rounds. There is also a report of Switchblade remains reported by Russians, though again, only in poorly-sourced video. My read is that the munitions haven't entered active use at large scale. The Switchblade 300 is largely an antipersonnel / nonarmoured vehicle weapon, and may not be as telegenic as tank-busting Javelins and NLAWs.
- distances 4y ago
  There is now circulating a video of a claimed successful Switchblade attack: https://v.redd.it/7gu7hlbxod191 https://v.redd.it/7gu7hlbxod191
- dredmorbius 4y ago
  Switchblades have appeared: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/watch-the-seamless-launch-of-a-switchblade-300-drone-in-ukraine/ https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/watch-the-seamless-launc...

saiya-jin 4y ago

Considering I didn't find a single successful Switchblade drone video in 3 months (1 which missed quite a bit), I would say this output is heavily moderated and for good reasons. Ukrainians want to prop their technology for sales/morale (Stugna), US probably doesn't want to show off their latest technology marvel. The other option is, Switchblade drones are completely useless and thus unused by Ukraine. I don't believe that even if it may not be some wonder weapon to solve it all.

distances 4y ago
There may be secrecy too, but Stugna and drone hits are also the easiest to document so makes sense we have video material for those. Probably also at least one order of magnitude more widespread among the troops than the Switchblades.
dredmorbius 4y ago
Switchblades do seem curiously missing-in-action. From past and current online research: Switchblades seem to have only recently been announced for shipping to Ukraine. I've found one video claiming to be a strike (against a machine-gun nest), though that seems more probably to be mortar rounds. There is also a report of Switchblade remains reported by Russians, though again, only in poorly-sourced video. My read is that the munitions haven't entered active use at large scale. The Switchblade 300 is largely an antipersonnel / nonarmoured vehicle weapon, and may not be as telegenic as tank-busting Javelins and NLAWs.
distances 4y ago
There is now circulating a video of a claimed successful Switchblade attack: https://v.redd.it/7gu7hlbxod191 https://v.redd.it/7gu7hlbxod191
dredmorbius 4y ago
Switchblades have appeared: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/watch-the-seamless-launch-of-a-switchblade-300-drone-in-ukraine/ https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/watch-the-seamless-launc...