Same story everywhere , protest everything there is always something in a way. We couldn't build wind turbines in our country for 15+ years because of some birdwatchers NGO ,that by the way are 100% state-funded ,and we are not talking massive fields of turbines but like 3-10units. Now we have same story with hydropower , state funded NGO , issue is the influence of dams on the rivers. Unlike US here in Europe NGO's mostly run on state funds other financing is negligible . and NGO business model is booming its an industry in itself, and the number of people employed by xyz NGOs is huge .

American NGOs get a lot of government funding, too. Also, special tax privileges, although yours over there probably do too.

Some more DIY drone defense; thermal optics / cameras added to HMG's and Autocannons to improve their ability to spot drones. Also some retro style circular anti aircraft sights.

Rheinmetall to supply Skynex 35mm AHEAD system to an "international customer"

https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/press/news/latest_news/index_36480.php

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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-send-skynex-air-defence-systems-ukraine-handelsblatt-2022-12-09/

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This is something I think many of us had hoped for. Good for Ukraine, and for weapons nerds, a chance to see how the 35mm AHEAD performs. 

Here is a nice 20 page overview of the Skynex system:

https://www.rheinmetall.com/media/editor_media/rheinmetallag/events/medien_dvd_2022/air_defence_systems/Oerlikon_Skynex_Air_Defence_System_PBR_EN_B200e0721.pdf

Waiting for the Holosun dot version of the circular sights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt9E0zcFz8U

YouTube

Russian Su-25 Makes Emergency Landing After Landing Gear Fails -- Very Cool Footage

Russian Su-25 makes an emergency landing after its landing gear fails to deploy.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/suchomim...https://www.patreon.com/user?u=800325...

Someone is probably already trying with old K10-T  collimator sight from tank

We may get to see if the 105mm L7 cannon is still effective:

Twitter

Ukraine Weapons Tracker on Twitter

#Ukraine: The first video of Ukrainian soldiers training with recently delivered M-55S tanks, donated by Slovenia... https://t.co/kfJ9zokAVQ

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DIY 80mm Mini-MLRS on a Ford

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Ukraine Weapons Tracker on Twitter

#Ukraine: Another, improved "BM-8" light MRLS made by Ukrainian forces. A 12 tube launcher is mounted on a Ford F15... https://t.co/Z0xH74b8kH

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Switchblade 300 used to take out a camera surveillance tower:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/zipn77/previously_unseen_footage_of_the_destruction_of/

We haven't seen too many Switchblade videos, but this seems like a perfect application of it. 

Lack of videos from Switchblades might be down to low utility of the 300model , its a low yield assassination weapon clearly designed for GWOT , the much more potent 600 model has so far been orderd only in something like 10 units. Phoenix ghost trades lethality for endurance , but is still practically unseen on the battlefield. I havent seen any remains of these drones posted .Makes one wonder where 1500 of these drones ended up.