Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Struck 44 Ukrainian Targets Over Past Week (Videos)

ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS

The Russian military damaged or destroyed 44 different targets of Kiev forces using Lancet loitering munitions during the past week.

The Ukrainian losses between July 14 and 20, all documented in video by Lostarmour.info, were:

• Ten Self-propelled howitzers, including three Polish-made Krab, two Ukrainian-made Bohdana and two American-made M109;
• 17 Towed howitzers, including eight American-made M777, one M198 and one British-Italian-made FH-70;
• One multiple rocket launchers, a Soviet-mae BM-21 Grad;
• Ten Main battle tanks;
• Two armored vehicle, including one American-made M113;
• One air defense systems, a Soviet-made Tunguska;
• One radars, an American-made AN/TPQ-50;
• One signal intelligence system, a Ukrainian-made Plastun-RP3000;
• One drone control and command post.

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.

The small radar cross-section and minimal infrared signature of the electric-powered loitering munition makes it very difficult to detect and intercept.

Lostarmour.info documented 181 Lancet strikes during June. The number of documented strikes this month has already reached 109. It’s worth noting that many strikes remain classified, which means the real number of strikes could be much higher.

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