Russian Army Hit 54 Ukrainian Targets With Lancet Loitering Munitions Past Week (Videos)

ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS

The Russian military damaged or destroyed 54 different targets of Kiev forces using Lancet loitering munitions during the past week.

The Ukrainian losses between May 26 and June 1, all documented in video by Lostarmour.info, were:

• 10 Self-propelled howitzers, including one Ukrainian-made Bohdana;
• 11 Towed howitzers, including one American-made M777;
• Two multiple rocket launchers, all of which were Soviet-made BM-21 Grad;
• Seven Main battle tanks;
• Four infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, including one Canadian-made Roshel Senator;
• Two engineering vehicles, including one Soviet-made MTU-72 armored bridge layer and Soviet-made BREM-1 armored recovery vehicle;
• Two anti-aircraft guns;
• Five air defense systems, including three Soviet-made Osa, one Soviet-made Strela-10 and one Soviet-made Buk-M1;
• Two electronic warfare system, both were Ukrainian-made Bukovel-AD;
• Two radars, one American-made AN-TPQ-50 counter-battery radar and one Czech-made VERA-NG passive aerial surveillance radar;
• Six trucks and other military vehicles of unidentified types;
• One post used by drone operators.

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 a record 302 Lancet strikes during May. The number of documented strikes this month has already reached a record 11. It’s worth noting that many strikes remain classified, which means the real number of strikes could be much higher.

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