The War in the Ukraine

Soldier30 said:

The first case of the destruction of the Ukrainian MLRS M142 HIMARS by the Russian FPV drone "VT-40" has been recorded. The video was filmed near the village of Rusin Yar in the Donetsk direction. For an unknown reason, the Ukrainian MLRS M142 HIMARS came close to the front line, according to some sources at a distance of 10 to 30 km. Naturally, the HIMARS MLRS firing was immediately noticed. The Ukrainian MLRS HIMARS launcher was tracked on the march and hit by a drone. The M142 HIMARS MLRS was developed in 1996 by the American company Lockheed Martin, the cost of one installation is about 5 million dollars.

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Discovered another detail. Not only was the HIMARS taken out by a VT-40 of the experimental Rubicon unit, but it took place around 30km from the front, assuming if this number is correct. The VT-40 is your typical quadcopter type drone originally introduced by the Sudoplatov unit and as a crowd funded project, and it's not a winged drone which is the type that would get better range. This is going to up things a bit if cheap quadcopter FPV drones would now reach 30km from the launch point. Typically such drones have a range of about 10km.


Also interesting that the Rubicon unit, which used to operate on the Kursk area, is now operating in South Donetsk.

Footage of five Ukrainian Kozak armored vehicles being destroyed by Russian FPV drones. The video was filmed in the vicinity of the village of Velyka Pisarevka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. A temporary underground garage was set up in this location. Judging by the video, all the Kozak armored vehicles were new and had no crews. Since the underground shelter had no doors, the military equipment was spotted by drone operators and all of it was destroyed one by one by drones.