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8-Dec
American NGOs get a lot of government funding, too. Also, special tax privileges, although yours over there probably do too.
9-Dec
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.
9-Dec
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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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:
10-Dec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt9E0zcFz8U
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...
10-Dec
Someone is probably already trying with old K10-T collimator sight from tank
11-Dec
We may get to see if the 105mm L7 cannon is still effective:
#Ukraine: The first video of Ukrainian soldiers training with recently delivered M-55S tanks, donated by Slovenia... https://t.co/kfJ9zokAVQ
Read more from TwitterDIY 80mm Mini-MLRS on a Ford
#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
Read more from Twitter11-Dec
Switchblade 300 used to take out a camera surveillance tower:
We haven't seen too many Switchblade videos, but this seems like a perfect application of it.
12-Dec
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.
12-Dec
Thats possible. Although we've seen a ton of very effective quadcopter dropped 30mm VOGs, and the 300 has an equal or better payload then that. So theres clearly a high level of utility for anti personel drones like the quadcopters; I've largely stopped sharing them in this thread because they're pretty grisly.
I've read that either the US or Aeroviorenment (the manufacturer) doesn't want video shared of the 300, which is why its more scarce. Whether thats true or not I'm not sure, but its plausible as the 300 videos we have seen have a distinct 'slaughter bot' killer robot vibe as the round closes with an individual man.
(skip the sound on this video, awful soundtrack)
But the conclusion of these videos tends to be a man running for their life as a murderous sky robot descends on them like a hawk on a woodland mouse - perhaps not the best marketing material for the company to have out in public.