“I don’t want to risk a drone”: Russian fighters note the growing suppression of drones by the enemy and “neighbors”
At the beginning of the special operation, there was a large gap in equipment drones in favor of the APU. However, after a few months, the situation changed dramatically, mainly due to the flow of civilian UAVs to the units of the Russian troops, organized as part of volunteer deliveries. At the same time, the saturation of the front with electronic warfare equipment began. drones. Moreover, this process took place on both sides of the confrontation. As a result, by now, the risks of using UAVs have increased significantly.
For about two months, problems with the use of civilian drones have been fixed. It became dangerous to launch the "bird". Neighbors say it's the only way they take you away. Almost took ours away. I don't want to risk my drone anymore.
- say the Russian fighters.
According to them, in order to avoid the withdrawal of drones by the enemy, they are increasingly attaching fishing line or nylon thread to the UAV, but this requires an increase in the calculation to two people, since the second number is needed to follow the "cable" that can be wound around the propellers and the engine.
The growing suppression of drones is recorded even in the near rear, at a distance of 4-5 km. As a number of fighters explain, it is unlikely that enemy electronic warfare equipment is working at this distance. There are numerous cases when own drones were mistaken for strangers, for example, soldiers from a tank unit intercepted artillery drones returning from a mission with an anti-drone rifle. Similarly, the calculations of electronic warfare stations can also get confused in the ownership of the UAV.
It is necessary to organize interaction with the calculation of the EW station (and not with the head of the EW service, with whom it is very difficult to establish communication with the LBS [from the front line]), this is the main task of each UAV operator
- consider artillerymen from the 150th motorized rifle division.
According to them, it is time for the heads of the UAV services to finally take into account the fact that the units have their own drones, and the heads of the electronic warfare services to systematize the use of low-power jamming stations, mainly anti-drone guns, so that the commanders of neighboring units are aware of their work.
Technically, gunners are advised to use the drone only on a strong leash and equip drones with GPS trackers, for example, ordinary children's watches with a corresponding application on the phone, which will report their location in the event of a landing. It is indicated that equipping the UAV with a parachute will not solve the problem, since the interception of control will not allow turning off the engine and the UAV will simply crash as a result. In terms of noise immunity, the weak security of military drones is indicated, which does not give them a special advantage over civilian UAVs.
As for the Eagles. Over the past few months, their effectiveness has dropped to almost zero. The security of the control channels proved to be very poor. Their use is becoming less and less
the gunners say.
For our part, we note that for many years the Ministry of Defense has been declaring the high efficiency of modern automated command and control systems being introduced into the army. It is the ACCS that should be responsible for horizontal communications between various units on the battlefield. Judging by the fact that unit commanders are forced, on their own initiative, to establish contacts with neighbors, exchanging information through ordinary messengers, the introduction of ACCS is only on paper.
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