74OA said:
China says it will be "impartial" about Ukraine, peace talks in Saudi a slap to Putin and other miscellaneous notes.
russian "Tornado-S", unboxing and discovering it was produced in 2023 with Chinese microchip inside. pic.twitter.com/M9r4jbr4PZ
— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) August 7, 2023
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Ukraine defense forces have tactical success at Mala Tokmachka - Robotyne direction
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The administrator got out of the landing in one piece and (relatively) healthy, but not everyone was so lucky, of course.
The situation on the frontline where yours truly had the good fortune to visit leaves much to be desired, despite the victorious statements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces press service.
The Katsaps have mastered the skill of unmanned aerial reconnaissance quite well.
While our "birds" are forced to interrupt their work by returning to recharge their batteries, the Katsaps fly in pairs and replace not the battery but the entire drone, rotating the unmanned pair in the air.
"For 90% of the time I was in the combat zone, I heard enemy drones flying overhead, and they saw our every move, our positions, our vehicles. A group of three or more people can be hit by artillery as quickly and accurately as possible, which is why we have to stretch ourselves to unrealistic distances.
In addition to reconnaissance, the Katsaps have mastered "drops" and FPV kamikaze no worse than we have.
And at this point I remember people who argued that drone drops were an ineffective means of destruction.
In the conditions of constant counter-battery fighting on both sides, no one wants to spend shells and expose their positions to destroy, for example, the advanced dug-in SPK, and the dug-in positions need to be worked out for quite a long time to ensure 100% destruction.
In this situation, a drone with a grenade on a hanger is the perfect solution.
Drones can hover over positions indefinitely, changing positions on the fly and dropping grenades at any movement.
The situation when a group goes to change the "watchmen" at the observation post and finds only a full trench of the 200th - has become commonplace, and all because they were quietly, without any haste (as is the case with the deployment and retraction of a mortar), thrown several boxes of "efok" during the day, which rolled into all corners of the position.
And there are no effective and widespread means of countering enemy birds.
One interesting thing to mention is Kadyrov's Akhmat unit. Kadyrov did find his niche, their aerial reconnaissance works very well and the horrors described above are, in many cases, their merit. So they are doing a great job of filming tik-toks directly from the drone and doing something useful for their ****** army.
In other aspects, nothing has changed, Akhmat did not put up a good fight and fled much faster than the Katsaps who held positions in front of them.
Finally, before the admin continues to sour from shell shock, it's worth saying that, as unfortunate as it may sound, it seems we have lost our advantage in drones.
Nevertheless, we are slowly moving forward, no matter how hard it is.
Glory to the Heroes who paid for it with their lives.
#Altfa_Oratio
V8Aggie said:
Consumer drones can go thousands of feet in altitude.
Watch out. Belarusian D-30 on the loose. pic.twitter.com/BU7tkjdwVJ
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2023
Impartiality to China means they will sell to both sides so you can't tell how heavy their thumb is on the scales.74OA said:
Chinese "impartiality" is a joke, but there's been myriad reporting of western--including US--parts similarly being found in Russian weapons. Unfortunately, sanctions are notoriously porous in that particular regard.
Drones carrying string, fishing line, wires, netting, whatever that could easily be detached once it's reached its target so that drone doesn't get knocked down too.V8Aggie said:
Max service ceiling for a DJI Mavic 3 is listed as 6000 meters. There's also a video of if flying successfully over Mount Everest 30k feet.
Don't think there's anything that can be done regarding the net idea.
Cool info on the Germans though.
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5 dead and 18 wounded as result of Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk
Not sure what Gepard/Skyshield/Skyguard's 35mm AHEAD air-burst round's radius is, but it can produce hundreds of fragments and has proven very useful vs drones in Ukraine. The US Army is going with the new 30mm XM1211 HEP for its SHORAD cannons and it's a true proximity round specifically built to take out drones.B-1 83 said:
How big of a "blast radius" and what size shrapnel/buckshot would be needed for an "anti drone round" of some sort? We're not trying to knock an A-10 out of the sky here……….just thinking out of the box.
Staff - if not relevant, please delete.
The exact type of target the Mossad was built for. Hopefully the Ukes bring them in to set up a similar unit with similar capabilities.Gilligan said:
I've seen snippets of that, but not all 20 minutes.
That woman and those who help her need to be on an international wanted list.
She should never sleep soundly for the rest of her life.
AGS-R-TUFF said:
In thinking out of the box…
What about developing a drone that could fire (or spray) a paint-like projectile, creating a huge mist or gaseous cloud that could target the camera system. It could be named PGD aka Paintball Gun Drone.
Funny as it may sound, but blind drone equals useless drone.
They can return to their launch locations autonomously so this would only disable them for a short period of time.AGS-R-TUFF said:
In thinking out of the box…
What about developing a drone that could fire (or spray) a paint-like projectile, creating a huge mist or gaseous cloud that could target the camera system. It could be named PGD aka Paintball Gun Drone.
Funny as it may sound, but blind drone equals useless drone.
Gilligan said:
They already have drone hunters that shoot what looks like a cast net.
US 155mm artillery shell production:
— Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (@ColbyBadhwar) August 7, 2023
Feb 2022: 14 000/month
Today: 24 000/m
Initial projection: 85 000/m by 2028
New projection: 80 000/m by FY2025
Although it's still less than what is needed, there are significant investments being made here to ramp up faster.
Waffledynamics said:
Who else manufactures it? It can't just be the US alone, right? Might not be the best way to meet the needs on the front.
Thread🧵 :The United States + just 6 of the many European artillery ammo makers will ramp up to over 2.5 million 155mm arty rounds per year. For reference this is a single country and 6 companies. (There are dozens of other company’s making artillery ammo that can go to Ukraine)1 pic.twitter.com/ZO94JGKFGM
— cameron (@cameron19460429) July 12, 2023
