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Aren’t they using guns to fight cheap drones, at least for cities in Ukraine ? Eg Gepard.
by richardw 3y ago
Aren’t they using guns to fight cheap drones, at least for cities in Ukraine ? Eg Gepard.
- murkt 3y agoGepard is a specialized anti-air vehicle with a radar and pretty expensive shells. Very effective and cheaper than Patriot/NASAMS/IRIS-T missiles, but not really cheap. It’s mainly used on the outskirts of big cities, AFAIK. When intercepting drones and rockets in a middle of nowhere, what’s often used is a regular machine gun that’s mounted on a pickup truck.
- 15155 3y agoWhat goes up must come down, including the unexploded ordnance these systems produce. Not ideal for use in populated environments.
- m4rtink 3y agoThe better AA autocanon shells actually have a timed airburst fuze (set at firing time!) so only small fragments should be raining down (for non-dud shells).
- Maxion 3y agoUkraine is using everything that they can get their hands on - regardless of how effective it actually is. Gepards have pretty short range in comparison to any missile system.