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The interceptor version of Russian Geran-2 drone has been spotted armed with a modified man-portable air defense system (MANPADS).
Ukrainian media revealed the existence of the Geran-2 interceptor last month, sharing photos showing the wreckage of one such drone which was armed with a top-mounted Soviet-era R-60M short-range air-to-air missile. Footage showing the wreckage of the new MANPADS-armed variant of the interceptor appeared online on January 4.
Just like the R-60M missile, the MANPAD was mounted on top to keep the belly of the drone clear for the take off, which usually consists of a rocket booster.
The custom mount includes a mechanism that opens the cover of the MANPADs before firing, and another that controls the trigger. Due to these features, any type of MANPADS can be mounted directly without going through much modifications.
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The interceptor seen in the new footage appeared to be armed with Russia’s latest 9K333 Verba MANPADS, which has a range of 6,5 kilometers when launched from ground.
The anti-aircraft missile utilizes a jamming-resistance three-channel optical seeker, with ultraviolet, near-infrared, and mid-infrared sensors. This seeker is far superior performance wise to the nitrogen-cooled infrared one from the 1980s installed in the R-60M.
The Verba also weighs just under 18 kilograms, far less than the R-60M, which weighs close to two and a half times as much.
The propeller-driven Geran-2, said to be a copy of Iran’s Shahed-136, has a range of around 2,500 kilometers with a cruise speed of 180 kilometers per hour.
The standard version of the drone is designed for one-way, or suicide, attacks. For that, it is equipped with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system and warhead weighting anywhere from 30 to 90 kilogram. The interceptor version, however, is equipped with an optical targeting system and a two-way data link.
The Geran-2 interceptor version is not meant to intercept other drones, but rather to take down slower Ukrainian aircraft used as drone hunters, like helicopters and modified architectural fixed-wing planes, over the special military operation zone.
Now armed with highly capable modern MANPADS like the Veraba, the drone could even take on fighter jets, at least in theory.
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this drone could make a dive bomber. they don’t have to lose it every time
that’s not like you that’s almost normal. are you ok? has ramses gone to sleep, is tom sawyers on sabattical?
bigger maggot spew made them sick
recent months saw a large u.s. military build up in the caribbean, with socom deploying assists in puerto rico and near trinidad and tobago…………………………… https://psee.io/8jqu9r
a nice toy.
an array of these could loiter to form a wall against incoming aircraft
head on shots are harder with simpler infrared seekers. but more advanced ones with multiple sensors could do it alright.
yup this 9k333 could do head on shots i’m guessing. quoting sf:
“the [9k333] anti-aircraft missile utilizes a jamming-resistance three-channel optical seeker, with ultraviolet, near-infrared, and mid-infrared sensors. this seeker is far superior performance wise to the nitrogen-cooled infrared one from the 1980s installed in the r-60m.”
nunca postei esse comentário o filho da puta se fazendo passar por mim vai tomar no seu ânus
you need a new geran variant with a rear firing aa missile to accompany this guy. it d have to be a dual prop pushprop with smaller props located at the wing edges.