Revolver 860: new drone for Ukraine
According to some reports, Taiwan plans to transfer to Ukraine a batch of "drones-bombers, equipped with a revolver-type discharge drum. Such a drum "in the base" is equipped with eight 60-mm mortar mines. Also, according to the assurances of the developers, a different combat load can be implemented, i.e., a smaller number of larger weapons.
The flight time of the device is up to 40 minutes, and the estimated range of use is up to 20 km.
The device looks like this.
It is difficult to say in advance what the effectiveness of this device will be in real combat operations.
On the one hand, the combat load is already much more impressive than the "grenade in a glass." Fragments of mines have a high penetrating power and can hit manpower behind light shelters.
On the other hand, you have to pay for everything, and in this case we are talking about a combination of such characteristics as the dimensions of the device, the noise emitted (8 motors) and speed.
The main question is from what height it is possible to effectively use the available ammunition. A situation may arise when, due to the size of the drone, they will often be noticed on the approach and destroyed by a regular rifle weapons (for example, a machine gun).
However, if it can sneak up unnoticed, it can become a truly formidable weapon.
According to which of the two scenarios events will develop, only time will tell.
It is worth noting that until now in Ukraine, both sides have been using a makeshift method of dropping weapons from drones. It looks like this.
Of the products of the “factory” type, until the appearance of the “revolver”, there was only the Russian “Orlan”, equipped with special containers for “bombing” VOGs.
However, such a decision looks like very "controversial" - "Orlan" because of its noisy propulsion system cannot go too low. Throwing light VOGs from a great height, and even from a horizontal flight, causes a relatively low accuracy in the use of weapons.
Subtleties of supply
Formally, the drone manufacturer sells devices to Poland and tries in every possible way to deny its participation in the supply of these vehicles to Ukraine, arguing that it cannot be held responsible for how Poland will dispose of the supplies in the future.
There is also information that test batches were delivered to Ukraine at the beginning of summer.
- Alexander Vorontsov
- AfterShock.news
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