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 24 different targets of Kiev forces using Lancet loitering munitions over the past two weeks.
The Ukrainian losses between August 20 and September 12, all documented by Lostarmour.info, included: three self-propelled howitzers, including one Polish-made Krab; eight towed howitzers, including two American-made M777;one multiple rocket launcher, a Soviet-made BM-21 Grad; three main battle tanks; two infantry fighting vehicles, both Ukrainian-made BTR-4; one armored personnel carrier, an American-made M113; three infantry mobility vehicles, including two Ukrainian-made Kozak; two pickup trucks and one aerial surveillance radar, a Soviet-made P-18.
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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 181 Lancet strikes during August. The number of documented strikes this month has already reached 19. It’s worth noting that many strikes remain classified, which means the real number of strikes could be much higher.
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