Russian Army Hit 41 Ukrainian Targets With Lancet Loitering Munitions Past Week (Videos)

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS

The Russian military damaged or destroyed 41 different targets of Kiev forces using Lancet loitering munitions during the past week.

The Ukrainian losses between July 28 and August 3, all documented in video by Lostarmour.info, were:

• Eight self-propelled howitzers, including two German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000, one American-made M109, one Czech-made ShKH vz. 77 DANA and one Polish-made Krab;
• 14 towed howitzers, including three American-made M777, three M119 and one M189;
• One multiple rocket launch system, a Czech-made RM-70 Vampire;
• Six main battle tanks;
• Two infantry fighting vehicles, both American-made M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA;
• One mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, an American-made Oshkosh M-ATV;
• One air defense system;
• One counter-battery radar, an American-made AN/TPQ-36;
• One electronic warfare system, a Ukrainian-made Bukovel-AD;
• Five unidentified military vehicles;
• One warplane, a Soviet-made Su-25.

The Lancet was developed by the ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s defense giant Kalashnikov Concern. The company produces two versions of the loitering munition, the Izdeliye-52 with an endurance of 30 minutes and a one-kilogram warhead and the larger Izdeliye-51 that has an endurance of 40 minutes and is armed with a warhead weighting three kilograms.

The loitering munition flies towards the designated area with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system. After arriving in the area, the operator utilizes an onboard electro-optical system via a two-way data-link to detect, track and lock on the target. A laser-ranging system then controls the detonation of the warhead.

Ukrainian attempts to stop Lancet loitering munitions with air defense fire, electronic warfare or countermeasures have so far been mostly unsuccessful.

Lostarmour.info documented 170 Lancet strikes during July. The number of documented strikes this month has already reached 20. It’s worth noting that many strikes remain classified, which means the real number of strikes could be much higher.

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