In Singapore, demonstrated a prototype quadrocopter, armed with a machine gun

Singapore-based ST Kinetics has announced the development of drone, which will be armed with small arms weapons, writes "Warspot" with a link to the janes.com portal.

New development called Stinger Unmanned Aerial Multi-Rotor Gunship. The first full-featured prototype in ST Kinetics plans to be released as early as 2019. We are talking about 60-kg quadrocopter, equipped with all-weather reconnaissance module and mount to install a machine gun.

It is planned to use the Ultimax 100 Mk8, the world's best machine gun, as the main armament. The weapon has a mass of about 5 kg, caliber - 5,56 mm. Food comes from special interchangeable stores with a capacity of 100 and 200 cartridges. In addition, the machine gun is compatible with the "NATO" magazines rifles caliber 5,56 mm (M4, M16 and others). The Ultimax 100 Mk8 can be equipped with 508, 457, 330 mm shafts and has an effective firing range of the order of 800 m for SS109 and 460 m sockets - for М193.

Representatives of ST Kinetics said that the first tests of the "Stinger" took place in 2017 year, and the combat system was very successful. Now the company intends to proceed to the refinement of prototypes and the creation of full-fledged combat models, the autonomous time of which will be at least 30 minutes

Comments

[Dimontius]

Tricky engineering thought!

[siberalt]

What will this quadrocopter "cling to" when giving a machine gun? Although, there were already shotguns offered to shoot their brothers.

[Shurik70]

What? The "prototype" ?? !! Yes, these quadrocopters just do not catch. Here I do not believe that the "first". And the return to him does not need to be extinguished, he is not on the ground, you think, it will fly off several meters.

[K-50]

Something he is lightweight for a machine gun.
Will recoil not disrupt the control and stability of the device?

[aszzz888]

On this turntable, you can attach everything that the imagination allows, only how it will telepath at best.

[K-50]

Quote: aszzz888

On this turntable you can attach everything that fantasy allows

I remember Winnie the Pooh and his experiments with the pot: "you can put anything in it ..."

[san4es]

Quote: aszzz888

On this turntable you can attach everything that fantasy allows

Russian guy lights
Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun!
Apr 2012

[KVU-NSVD]

And where is his place and mass with such a working time? On the front end? I don’t know .. For me it’s not a toy for widespread use .. although of course small series can find a buyer for specific conditions and situations. I wonder how they coped with the impact of recoil on the flight? ..

[Revolver]

America will come in handy to patrol the southern border, because when the wall is still being built. And even when they build it, mexes and other Latinos on this wall will do one-way climbing, well, or dig under the foundation.

[Cxnumx]

somewhere there was a video with a hitched chainsaw ... so far from this series, in my opinion.

[Ace Tambourine]

but it was also like a katana drone rafigachili ..

[garnik]

Cool thing. A dozen such devices on the contact line can solve the problem.
The location of the screws and the mass of the machine will compensate for the return of the machine gun.

[afrikanez]

And the accuracy of the defeat will also be "the best in the world" ???

[Revolver]

The first to the goal, the rest where God sends. So it’s better to shoot solo, and even save ammo, because there is no one to change the store in the air.

[Xscorpion]

Quote: Shurik70

What? The "prototype" ?? !! Yes, these quadrocopters just do not catch. Here I do not believe that the "first". And the return to him does not need to be extinguished, he is not on the ground, you think, it will fly off several meters.

After each shot? That is, after the shooting of a magazine of 200 rounds, it will be at a distance of about a kilometer from the starting position? The recoil affects the accuracy of the fire, that is, the maximum that it is capable of is random and aimless firing from the air at square or group targets, that is, to distract the enemy. wondering how this copter will recharge in the air? 200 rounds for a machine gun is a couple of minutes of battle at best.