Small drones are everywhere all the time all along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s 34-month wider war on Ukraine. They surveil for enemy movements, feed target coordinates to artillery and warplanes, drop supplies, mines and bombs and, in the case of explosive first-person-view drones, ram themselves into enemy troops and vehicles.
With Russia and Ukraine each producing around 100,000 small drones a month, defeating these drones is an urgent priority for both sides. Radio jammers can ground them. Screens and netting mounted on vehicles can catch them before they explode. Shotgun-armed soldiers can blast them from the sky.
Increasingly, Ukrainians are attacking Russian drones with drones. We have noticed Russian Ukrainian Ram Ram drones in the air, or drop nets from above. The new contrary innovation can be the most impressive. To quote analyst Andrew Perpetua, “the Ukrainian drone has two hunting rifles. “
Russian and Ukrainian technicians have been fitting guns to drones for a while now. But the dual shotgun armament seems to be a new development. The Foundation for Assistance to Defenders of Ukraine has been raising funds to buy more “Winchester” drones for Ukrainian brigades.
The design makes sense. Shotgun pellets lack the stopping power of, say, a rifle round. But drones tend to be flimsy—and nimble. The wide spread of a shotgun blast increases the chance of a hit. And it might take just a few pellets to catastrophically damage a drone.
It’s not for no reason that, during a recent panic over U.S. drone sightings, Wyoming state senator Charles Scott mused that “maybe a shotgun would be an appropriate legal weapon to take a drone with.”
It is not wrong. Ukrainian and Russian infantry balls walk more and more in the war with at least one position hunting rifle. When the hunting rifles issued through the government are rare, some troops implore so that the supporters are in the house to send civil models. “Please, help us with bomb hunting rifles,” a Russian soldier with a shocking Shell in a video message and a circle of relatives in spring. “Any shit will do the trick. “
The challenge of drone infantry is proximity. Even when they are properly armed with hunting rifles, they would possibly have a few seconds after detecting an incoming drone to aim and shoot it. By mounting dual dual hunting rifles, Ukrainians can track Russian drones into the air, long before putting danger to troops on the floor.
Sources:
1. Foundation for defenders of Ukraine
2. Cowboy State Daily
3. Cat Kherson Special
4. Andrew Perpetua
5. Wartranslate
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