A popular meme presents a Ukrainian soldier who speaks of Russian invaders: “We are very lucky, they are so stupid. ” It seems with each new Russian setback. But although they are beaten with a formula that is not only full of corruption, but also bureaucratic and ineffective, there are also smart Russians.
State industries move slowly, absorbing maximum benefit, however, Russian helpless with a more disruptive attitude can advance dangerously temporarily. This is especially true in the drone box, where even a small company can temporarily gather an avant -garde product.
An example: the OKO design and its Privet-82 attack drones. These can achieve objectives at levels greater than 30 miles, far beyond the diversity of FPV, and with a heavier eye head than a FPV and charge a fraction as much as another weapons.
The Lancet, manufactured through the Kalashnikov Zala branch, is the popular ammunition of Russian long -range leaks. Arms. If the army has a complaint about the lancet, it is that the materials are limited, in a component due to the upper cost: around 3 million rubles or $ 30,000. Zala enjoys a Cushty dating from the Ministry of Defense and has little concern for competitors.
But such companies do not deliver quality products at speed or low cost. There is a reason why Russia, with a large aerospace defense sector, still had to import Shahed drones from Iran.
Many Russian drone brands believed they could do more and deliver undeniably and physically powerful fixed-wing attack drones. In 2023, we looked at the Privet-82 attack drone that Oko had just announced.
Oko’s website escribes them as “a young design bureau from St. Petersburg, working on the principles of an IT startup.” They are “enthusiastic professionals in the fields of microelectronics, IT, design and aircraft construction,” specializing in low-cost military unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2023 they had 10 full-time staff.
There are many groups like this in Russia, worried about providing FPV drones mounted on the front. These absolutely go through the formula of the Army Fuente and are financed through donations and the infantry men themselves. Although Russia has struggled to adopt the start culture, large sellers have maintenance in the maintenance of the acquisition process; Corruption is unbridled and the army knows who to buy. New corporations with harmful concepts on affordable and effective formulas are excited regularly. Bustring Budgets, and thus seemed to be how the company progressed.
However, in January 2024, Oko announced through its telegram channel that they would not take new orders due to “the giant and impressive production scale” that “would completely describe for a few months. ” In August of last year, they announced that starting mass production of their DronT-82xl drone with a payload of more than 20 pounds (three times more than a lancet). The company also controlled to win the official certification of the mod.
Construction is simple, using plywood rather than more high-tech materials, but the drones seem to have performed well in combat tests through 2024. According to Russian news source Sputnik, the basic Privet-82 cost about 100k rubles or $1,000.
The planned advances come with a reusable reuse of the Bombardier edition and the machine navigation systems and vision of vision as already noticed in complex FPVs.
Privet works from other attack drones. Instead of being transported to the front lines, drone nutrition is maintained later. When an operator on the front wants a drone, it is introduced from a catapult and automatically flies into the specified area. Then, the operator connects to Privet -82, through necessarily connecting the drone with a spindle, and takes over, by addressing the target like any other FPV. The drone flies in “Dark Fashion” from launch to the collection, which means that there are no radio programs, and the launch point cannot be traced.
According to the Ukrainian analyst Serhii Flash, those drones make movements at depths of up to 30 miles of the lines. They are not effective to mobile objectives; It is probably because the constant wings are not as agile as the FPV and can lose a goal in the last second.
Recent updates come with the simplification of the display and an on/off transfer to the warhead arm. PRIVET-82 has a complex radio formula that is intended to be highly resistant to interference. It also has a stealth attack mode: the operator can cut the engine and glide during the last few meter charges, giving the target any warning.
For another 60,000 rubles ($ 600), an edition must have an edition in the middle of the night with a camera with little light and thermal images
The new edition can be disassembled for transport.
The main replacement of the original design is that the Privet-82 is now broken down for transport. This brought technical challenges. The brands ended with a messy but effective solution: “The result is classic for our design office: it is absolutely another of the charming drones. [But] it works.
It is striking that in 18 months the team made major modifications to their drones, produced several versions, and ended up with a product which delivers what their users want, based on combat experience. We do not know the price, but likely it has not strayed too far from the original.
This is not the only progression of this type. Recently, Ukranian has reported an expansion number of Molniya attack drones (“lightning”). This is a simple and constant plywood design. Again, a larger edition has been covered in reaction to the requirements of the requirements: of an original with a 7-pound eye, the newest Molniya-2 gives a TM-62 lead of 20 pounds. Lakraine even intends to copy the design.
Creation of Privet-82 drones that will be delivered in October 2024
The Privet-82 looks like a clunky weapon, a far cry from the slick-tube-launched SwitchBlade 600s now being acquired by U.S. forces, and primitive even compared to the Lancet. It does not look like the product of a defense aerospace company.
“It’s very unlikely they can compete with state corporations and especially with Zala,” Samuel Bendett, an expert Russian drones and adviser to the CNA and CNAS thinktanks, told me. “It is used with Molniya on a limited scale by Espanola group — combat group that specializes in testing and using air and ground robotic system.”
This is smart news for Ucrania. Si the “mass production” facility only produces dozens of drones consistent with the month, having an effect on which it will be limited. But the simplicity of the design and the use of easily to have fabrics means that production production might not be that difficult.
And Bendett points out that OKO’s realization is not underestimated.
“Privet-82 other small-scale Russian brands that their generation can pass to the front and can download the official certification of the MOD for a later scale,” explains Bendett.
Privet-82 seems rude, but a 20-pound eye delivered for the target conversations about itself. And possibly charged $ 2,000 consisting of Drone, compared to $ 35,000 for a lancet or $ 200,000 for a plate.
As Stalin pointed out, he has his own quality.
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