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"Kwacha game" with the participation of the Russian occupier and the Ukrainian FPV drone.

☠️ But you cannot escape from fate. Especially if the operator of the 4th Mehbat of the Presidential Brigade is at the remote control.

#4МБ #Лиман #FPV #Дрон

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It depends on how common guys like this are. Literally mind bending maneuverability is possible with quadcopters... For a price; It comes down to how much you want to spend killing one soldier though. I've been reading some things about the Ukrainian ones, and I get it now.

Their mindset is more focused on price performers, detonating more than 100 commercial off-the-shelf drones daily, without even bothering to harden them against EW. This has hampered their range significantly, but they don't mind. Under normal circumstances a quadcopter can range a few km, but in this warzone it's closer to 500m.

Pilots like the one above are rare enough that you need a great reason to put them in a warzone. Quadcopters like the ones he uses aren't cheap, either. I think Ukraine is doing incredible work and approaching their task correctly, on review. I come at this from a hobbyist perspective, which sees higher skill levels but is currently a lot less practical in warfare terms.