Official footage of the use of FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with the UMPK module in Ukraine by a Russian Su-34 aircraft. The video was filmed near Krasnoarmeysk in Donbass. The Su-34 attacked the temporary deployment point of the 155th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army. FAB-250 M-62 high-explosive bombs were adopted into service in 1962, and are now actively used by Russian aviation.
The War in the Ukraine
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Another Russian attack on Pokrovsk seems to be in progress, this time with regular army units instead of DRG.
Footage of the use of the X-39 LMUR guided missile in combat in Ukraine by a Russian Ka-52 helicopter. The X-39 missile, also called LMUR, can also be used by the M-28NM helicopter. The video was filmed in the Petropavlovka area, in the Kupyansk direction. The X-39 missile was fired at an abandoned building, with drone operators from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army.
An episode of the battle between Russian FPV drones and the 3rd Army Corps of the Ukrainian Army. The Ukrainian Corps counterattacks the positions of the Russian 20th Army of the "WEST" group. The battle took place near the village of Novomykhailivka. Ukrainian units landed troops from armored vehicles, but were attacked by Russian FPV drones. As a result of the battle, two Ukrainian M113 armored personnel carriers, four armored vehicles, an ATV and a T-72 tank were lost. About 20 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. The video has been shortened, the dead servicemen and some moments of the battle have been removed from the video.
Footage of five Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drones striking a group of Ukrainian military equipment. The video was filmed in the village of Butovka in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. The military equipment, according to some sources, MLRS installations, were located in an old collective farm hangar. The MLRS camouflage was not carried out properly and was noticed by a Russian drone. As a result of the drone attacks, all military equipment was destroyed.
Seems the Gerans are replacing the Lancet in some front line strikes roles?
Footage of the destruction of a mined Ukrainian bridge by Russian FPV drones. The bridge was mined near the village of Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Reconnaissance units of the 1452nd MRR discovered the fact that the bridge was mined and reported the coordinates for destroying the object.
Not. Lancets are rarely used for location destruction. Lancets are basically used to destroy vehicles and artillery pieces. Vehicles will also include boats on sea and planes on an airfield field. You don't see Lancets used against temporary deployment points, UAV control points, ammunition depots and fixed sites like houses. We have seen Lancets hit radars and EW systems though, but I suppose they might be considered vehicular.
Gerans didn't replace anything. They merely filled a gap instead between glide FABs, Iskanders, Moliniyas, ground and rocket artillery in tactical strikes.
Molniya winged FPV drones don't replace Lancets either. These drones are mostly used against fixed sites, like small bunkers and strongholds. However, Molniya are rarely, if ever, used against vehicles and moving targets.
Similar to Moliniyas, Gerans lack the ability to target a moving vehicle. They are only programmed to hit an X,Y location via GLONASS.
In contrast to those two, a Lancet is capable of following and hitting a moving target.
A Lancet only holds a 5kg warhead. That's similar to a 120mm mortar shell, a 122 artillery or 125mm HE tank shell in filling. A Molniya can hold a TM-62 antitank mine. Each of these mines have a 7kg explosive filling, similar to a 152mm or 155mm shell. A Geran has about 90kg of explosive filling. So no comparison in the bang.
So they each have their niche.
There's also a huge increase in the use of LMUR lately. In contrast to those drones, a LMUR has a 30kg warhead size.
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There are several winged glide strike drones. You have the Gerbera for example.
Some drones have cameras and can do optical target matching.
Using the regular Geran to hit a moving vehicles would make little sense. It's slow and long range by the time it even reached the target it could be long gone.
Some drones have cameras and can do optical target matching.
Using the regular Geran to hit a moving vehicles would make little sense. It's slow and long range by the time it even reached the target it could be long gone.