Example: How Drones have changed trench warfare .. ( drone )

[mat200]

Example: How Drones have changed trench warfare ..

 

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[Griswalduk]

BBC coverage today has mostly been about trench warfare. There is a video showing trench conditions posted at 17:45. It was filmed some time ago when Kyiv was under threat.

The drones obviously complicate matters for those in them

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61701807

 

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Drone bomblets .. changing the wars of the world ..

 

[mat200]

walking right into the drop ..





looks like a secondary explosion ..

and fire now ..




looks like many were able to walk away from that ..

ref:

 

[tigerwillow1]

My first thought is if you're in a trench, it might be handy to have a 12-gauge.

 

[mat200]

Looks like 2 were hit ..
both were able to crawl away ..

 

[mat200]

Drones capturing combat footage as I never imagined possible ..

 

[Griswalduk]

Drones capturing combat footage as I never imagined possible ..

Ouch

 

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[mat200]

"Liquidation of another batch of katsaps"

on target hit .. not a good day for these soldiers ..






Ref:

 

[Griswalduk]

Kherson offensive assisted by drones

Ukraine war: Drone pilots mark targets for new offensive

Small units play a key role in targeting Russian armour as Ukraine attempts to retake Kherson.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mat200]

we are probably only seeing the best of the drone videos online .. the ones were the drops are the most successful, I am certain there is a lot of missing until an operator gets good at this ..

 

[Mike A.]

we are probably only seeing the best of the drone videos online .. the ones were the drops are the most successful, I am certain there is a lot of missing until an operator gets good at this ..

Nailed that one.

 

[Griswalduk]

What technology is out there? E.g is it possible yet to put cross hairs or a laser dot on the target to guide the bomb / missile to said target? Or is it just a drop and hope job?

Maybe I've been watching too many movies lol

 

[Gargoile]

What technology is out there? E.g is it possible yet to put a cross hairs or a laser dot on the target to guide the bomb / missile to said target? Or is it just a drop and hope job?

Maybe I've been watching too many movies lol

A visible laser will give the drone away. The camera quality is OK but IR laser would work, but they would have to change the camera to see the IR light. They also have to take in the windage factor from 200-300 feet.

These are lost cost drones so you have to deal with what you have.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Given the weight limitations of a drone, they're just drop and hope.

 

[Griswalduk]

A visible laser will give the drone away. The camera quality is OK but IR laser would work, but they would have to change the camera to see the IR light. They also have to take in the windage factor from 200-300 feet.

These are lost cost drones so you have to deal with what you have.

Good point I never considered the visibility aspect

 

[mat200]

I suspect there's a lot of this, near misses ..



Juicy target for drone operator .. column of enemies ..






Looks like a good line up ..



and .. a near miss ..





soldier scramble out of the target zone .. drone probably only had one droplet ..

and they abandoned their pal ...