Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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this will be a very useful drone if produced cheaply, they are fairly tolerable to landing in austere conditions. a ton of material is also a lot for army. should be enough food, water and ammo to support an infantry company for a few days.
I'm not sure drones will be useful for logistics, at least in high intensity campaigns against a near peer.
Witness the current war where hundreds, if not thousands of trucks are needed to maintain operations.
The Kamaz 4350 which is the Russian army's most common truck carries about four tonnes with a10 16 tonne version available, IIRC.
In other words, almost triple the capacity of this drone.
Plus trucks can tow artillery, mortars and other vehicles.
Witness the current war where hundreds, if not thousands of trucks are needed to maintain operations.
The Kamaz 4350 which is the Russian army's most common truck carries about four tonnes with a
In other words, almost triple the capacity of this drone.
Plus trucks can tow artillery, mortars and other vehicles.
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It is important for sending high value assets to hard to reach places, like sending life-saving medicine or spare parts to a remote location not accessible by road.
There are several reasons to use a drone for logistical support. As @siegecrossbow mentioned, hard-to-reach places is one of the advantages, trucks depend on roads and can be targets of IED putting soldiers and the logistical load itself in danger or can be frequently attacked by infiltrators as we saw russian trucks in the first months in Ukraine, in addition to among these advantages there is the time factor, a drone will deliver supplies much faster than a truck regardless of distance, this is vital in the field of logistical support.
Very few military drones are solely battery powered. Most have drone engines have a generator which can keep any on board batteries topped up.
Laser designators aren't big anymore and are passively cooled. The Russian Orlan drone has a laser designator.
Some close up pics of CH-5 with emphasis on the rivet work.
I see your IEDs and raise you jamming plus widely available short range SAMs (Tor and Strela type systems). I take the point, but logistics drones will be more of a niche thing in my view rather than mainstream.
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