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Off the shelf $300 FPV drones are outgunning this https://gagadget.com/en/170708-aerovironment-received-206-million-to-supply-switchblade-300-barrage-munitions-
by rasz 3y ago
Off the shelf $300 FPV drones are outgunning this https://gagadget.com/en/170708-aerovironment-received-206-million-to-supply-switchblade-300-barrage-munitions-to-the-us-army/ https://gagadget.com/en/170708-aerovironment-received-206-mi... $6000.
This is how this works: https://twitter.com/M0nstas/status/1657270184338497537 https://twitter.com/M0nstas/status/1657270184338497537 https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1658906844167905284 https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1658906844167905284 https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1658533018288414728 https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/16585330182884147...
Switchblade 300 has small anti personnel warhead. DIY UKR drones are carrying hilariously big mortar shells with equally oversized batteries, here one that failed to detonate https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1658962434235801605 https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1658962434235801605
As for DJI drones for observation duty, russian sources estimate average drone lasting a week when operating by Arty units and ~one day in infantry. Drones like Matrice are >$10K.