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The Russian military continues to expand the use of improvised ground suicide drones in the special military operation zone.
Video footage posted to social networks on June 27 shows one such drone equipped with an adjustable V-shaped hydraulic dozer blade at the front opening a road for Russian military vehicles by sweeping away several TM-62 anti-tank blast mines, some of which were camouflage. Each of these mines has a7.5 kilograms explosive charge.
Heavier engineering vehicles usually remove such mines by detonating them. However, because the drone used was too light to apply enough force to trigger the mines’ pressure and vibration fuzes it was able to just sweep the mines away without damaging the road.
The Russian military began using improvised ground suicide drones with the start of the special military operation, but the development of these systems saw much progress over the last year.
A ground drone is typically built around a tracked or a wheeled chassis with one electric engine or more. Most types are controlled via a first-person view system made up of a camera and wireless two-way data link. However, some were spotted in the past using fiber optic cables as a more secure way to transmit data.
The Russian military has been using such drones for all sorts of tasks, from delivering supplies, to evacuating wounded troops, removing mines and even to attack Kiev forces with machine guns and rockets, or target their fortified positions in one-way, or suicide, attacks.
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great work comrade! 1 alah aki bar point for yoy
more orc fertilizer on the way!
that’s a terrible way for you to refer to the hapless ukrainians.
okay expert
russia is returning outdated t-62 tanks to service due to mounting equipment losses in its full-scale war against ukraine and a shortage of modern military equipment
and soon russians need t-34 tanks. unbelievable how lousy russian military is.
and yet. and yet eleven years on and the russians are sitting on a quarter of the territory that made up the failed ukrainian cia project at the time of the us coup in kiev in 2014. and the ukrainian armed forces move ever westward, forfeiting more land each day. how dat happen against “lousy russian military”? i mean, what does that say about the ukrainians and their nato handlers?
the russian strategy and tactics are strange looking when compared to western shock and awe. combine that with constantly being caught off guard and its all adds up to a bad look.
many things in russia are strange and odd. the lack of domestic industry the slavish desire to be in western organizations like the wto when all russia does is sell raw materials, weird pro western priorities of russian boomer generation politicians.
hehehe quarter of ukraine and russians are being ground down and cannot advance further. for russia it is now near the end. even new russian budget reduced military spending because of russian financial pain due to sanctions and it’s getting worse. only way is russia retreats and faces eu tribunal for criminal activity and pays compensation for all the death and destruction in ukraine.
sure bro, whatever you say. reality says otherwise, but keep the dream alive 😂
and putin wants to decrease military spending, the oligarchs need new yachts.
this argument has been peddled since the beginning of the conflict, yet it is never been the case. meanwhile, ukrainians almost lost all of the “game changer” bradley and leopard vehicles…
yep, russia getting destroyed many aircraft, many s400, recently driven back strategic oil reserves, refineries. advance in ukraine is at a standstill. russia are slowly being ground down by attrition and will have to surrender or retreat back to russia. they are literally begging in the news to get the usa to listen to their pleas but noone is interested in russian demands. soon nato control russian skies.
ukrainian drones struck four su-34 fighter jets at the marinovka airfield in russia’s volgograd oblast overnight on june 27
while the ghost of kiev rode shotgun. what’s the end game now for the failed ukrainian cia project? think the russians are going to be dislodged from the forfeited ukrainian territories any time soon?
and? ukraine’s airforce got hardly 4 jets left
yep and many s400 taken out. russia is feeling the pain. look at russian leaders he does not know what to do.
paskaryssien taloudellista romahdusta onkin nautinnollista seurata. 🤣
a remote-controlled toy, nothing more. but it’s useful. this “drone” propaganda is ridiculous. these things should be called by their name. they’re nothing more than remote-controlled vehicles.
that’s the literal definition of a drone, you spoon