Drones are now being armed with S-5 rockets to fight against Russian AA.
>>65161854Caliber: 57 mmWingspan: 230 mmLength: 830 mmRange: 1800-3000 mAltitude range of use: 100-15000 m (30 km ballistic)Maximum speed: 590-600 m/sEngine operating time 1.1 sCircular probable deviation: 0.35% of rangeStarting weight: 3.86-5.1 kgWarhead weight: 1.08 kg.
>>65161859>in one of the directionsOf which there are several, i should add
>>65161854I like how the pilot just casually snipes a tower from long range with unguided rockets that have a spiral trajectory.
Its ww2 footage idiots, you can tell because it's black and white
>>65161854I feel like this is just one or two steps removed from a CAS plane..
>>65161865WT experience applies to drone pilots too, not just Chadley gunners.
>>65161898The US was using MQ-9s like this in Iran, forced to fly this low because of the low clouds. I think it's actually a good idea, you remove that whole 'nonsurvivable' issue when the drone is cheap enough.
>>65161902For instance imagine patroling these highways and shooting rockets into any trucks you see. You just 4x-8x timed the amount of targets you can prosecute with every drone. https://x.com/azov_media/status/2052638206189814258
>>65161854any idea how big these drones are and how many rockets they carry?
If they can raid the Black Sea fleet that is hard stuck in port with this, then a lot of squishy expensive equipment will be damaged or destroyed
>>65161917Those Drones can carry at least 65 kilo bomb, this configuration carries x4 S-5 rockets on each wing
>>65161918They are destroying active Russian fleet in Caspian Sea with them
>>65161854Drone teams in that area are quite busyhttps://litter.catbox.moe/n4axf6n9vl6aqofl.mp4
>>65161959holy fuck a working ak-630>fails to shoot down one drone and diesmany such cases
>>65161898>>65161902S-5s are pretty small, they have been using on things as small as Po-2s.
>>65161942Probably means rockets being used on things like radomes, sat coms and anything near a ship's bridge
>>65161959>hitting loading craneshuh never thought about it before but yeah that's actually a smart target to hit if there is no high value ships in the harbor
>>65161909>You just 4x-8x timed the amount of targets you can prosecute with every drone.I genuinely don't know and haven't been able to find unit costs for S5 rockets but I suspect they're not much cheaper than FPV drones.Rocket motors are generally not particularly cheap and I suspect that a pack of four S-5s probably cost only a little less than four FPVs with significantly lower accuracy.The drone that would launch the rockets is instead hosting the starlink/repeater that extends the FPV range to that far behind the LBZ.
>>65162577>huh never thought about it before but yeah that's actually a smart target to hit if there is no high value ships in the harborThere isn't really such a thing as a freighter-in-being, put a pier out of action and they're not running freight through it for a while.
>>65161854As per Madyar the purpose of those is to fuck up the mobile fire groups that shoot down the drones.
>>65161854that's such impressive shooting to me, am i wrong? god dam this reminds me of og battlefront
>>65162670>unit costs for S5 rockets but I suspect they're not much cheaper than FPV drones.I don't think it's about the cost as much it's about the stockpile of S5 rockets they already have that are just sitting there doing nothing.Cheaper to strap them on a drone then send a plane to shoot them.
>>65161854Ukranians are weapon magicians at this point#improviseadaptovercome
>>65161959just how powerful are these drones?that building pretty much got knocke down
>>65162841yeah they're impressive
HK-Drones from Terminator 3 are upon us
>>65161962Wait I thought those were shotgun pellets flying around the drone, lol. This crap can't hit anything in 100m range holy fuck, literally CoD bullshit with bullets flying in a 60° arc from the barrel.
>>65162577They were a tasty target in JC2.Same with oil refineries and tank farms too lmao
>>65161854>that tower hitniiiice
