Ukrainian forces claim to have destroyed a Russian 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer with a highly maneuverable racing drone rigged with explosives.

Shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) by civil rights activist Serhii Sternenko, a video showing a Russian 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer which was destroyed by a Ukrainian First-Person-View (FPV) racing drone laden with explosives.

In dramatic footage, the Russian self-propelled howitzer is being blown to pieces in a huge blast.

Ukrainian Soldiers are strapping rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and self-made bombs to cheap racing drones and using them to attack the Russian armored vehicles and trenches.

https://twitter.com/sternenko/status/1712764228837224856

The inexpensive racing drones are apparently so effective that Ukrainian forces can quickly locate and destroy enemy heavy armored vehicles with minimal cost and risk to themselves.

    • Ooops@kbin.social
      41·
      1 year ago

      Of course it would have helped. If I move from a secure hiding position to any forward firing position, start shooting at a target 15-30km away and drive back some minutes later then no FPV drone will even reach the position before I’m gone again.

      But when you got spotted 30+ minutes ago, then a FPV drone flew out to line of sight and is already waiting in position to go the moment you move out of the tree line to fire, then it’s simply a failure. That’s not shoot and scoot but screw up and find out too late.