It seems first Challenger 2 up in smoke  , Leopard 2 particularly A6 models seem to be by far the best at taking punishment. Very few totaly burned out even after repeated FPV strikes on the abandoned husks

It is reported that the tank was hit by the crew of the Kornet ATGM.

FPV activity on the Russian side seems to be absolutely off the charts previous month there were 241 recorded/posted hits month before 123 , now 5 days into the month they are already at 93 drone hits , either someone started uploading his backlog or this month is going to be absolutely swarming FPV drones.

Might need to update the claim on UK MOD 

"Challenger 2... has never suffered casualties at the hands of the enemy."

Mi-28 chasing and gunning down an Ukrainian Kamikaze drone.

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Here's a drone development I never expected:

Videos of use and more info:

https://twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1699447536887509150

Its not about drone growth per se its more about buying of the shelf Chinese agricultural drone with payload capacity, only problem is 10k$+ drone is as easy to hijack as 500$ FPV drone. Unlike 30mm grenade-tossing drones or FPVs that fit in a backpack, these things need a team in a van that is why neither side is using much of these heavyweight drones

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Would it be difficult for a drone to utilize a directional antenna that stays homed into and pointed in the direction of the controller on the ground?

Tracking directional antena is typicaly on the ground station , as its a bit to much weight and size to use on small drones.

Meawhile it seems Russians will be fielding 'Breakwater' drone jamers on tanks soon, as the jamming range is between 600-1000m it could protect from FPV drones not just individual tank but a groups of vehicles.

That's why I am wary of "DRONES ARE THE FUTURE!!!" hysteria. I wouldn't be surprised if the Russians can make and field this jamming system. If so, you'll need home-on-jam weapons, probably something like an updated SIDEARM. Which will be most likely launched from a manned platform.

Sword and shield in constant battle, jammers will shut down FPV and other remote-piloted drones very effectively,an this is not energy demanding EW is using about 70W per effector( it can easily drown out 2w transmission that is good for 100+km FPV are not even on 1W they are in 0.6 Watt transmitting power, but next-gen drones with AI will not care about jamming as they will not be under manual control when they enter jamming field,

The problem is how much do you allow AI to kill on its own , ethical limitations, not technological. As at one point AI might kill a lot of blue force on its own , then what? 

Not so wild guess? GPS + INS recon drones, keep the range short, download pictures with Best Estimated Coordinates of Enemy Forces, fire lots of dumb or preferably DPICM at those coordinates.

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

The problem is how much do you allow AI to kill on its own , ethical limitations, not technological

I suspect at least in the West, the limitation will be AI is allowed to target military vehicles autonomously, but not individual humans. 

Similar to the capability the Brimstone missile has now, as well as other past weapons that could distinguish from civilian vs military vehicles/ships. 

That said, this would need some sort of geofencing for Ukraine, as it fields a number of basically identical systems to Russia. 

Brimstone has no capability of IFF , particularly in Ukraine where both sides use much the same gear brimstone is of limited use. You would actually need IFF systems built into every platform to enable AI work past very narrow coordiantes. Even with IFF Western Ad shot down more blue force aircraft than the enemy in wars so far ,Ukraine AD vs aircraft ,more than 30+% of the shutdowns are blue on blue, 

Currently and for some time to come AI will locate targets, inform a human operator, who then decides the course of action an AI is only free to act on the command given by a human operator, but i wouldn't count on much ethical restraint once things get going, its easier to just spin the narrative to fit the desired effect propaganda machine is still unrivaled.