Urgent: Mustard guns chase drones "Suicidal
According to Forbes, Russian military experts commented as of 2023 that mustard rifles would help the country’s military effectively deal with suicide drones.
Now this statement has become a reality as many Russian soldiers in Ukraine have called on their compatriots to send every assault rifle they have to the battlefield.
In A video clip recently spread on the Internet, a Russian soldier shouted, “Give us sniper rifles.” Any kind will do.”
The rifles, also known as a mustard gun, are a solution to help Russian soldiers deal with the hundreds of thousands of drones flooding the Ukrainian battlefield.  ;
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Russian soldiers on the front lines are asking commanders for more weapons to deal with drones, while portable jammers It is hardly effective.
Russian and Ukrainian soldiers use portable electronic warfare equipment to jam enemy drones, but operators constantly change the control frequency and use anti-jamming systems.
Therefore, the device Electronic warfare that can work effectively one week becomes useless the next.
Former Russian Colonel Andrei Koshkin said last month that when electronic warfare systems cannot neutralize drones, mustard guns can be An alternative solution.
Koshkin said: “Even a simple mustard gun that people use when shooting birds can shoot down drones more effectively than a machine gun.”
He received A number of Russian units recently used mustard rifles to shoot down Ukrainian drones, including soldiers tasked with protecting mine-clearing engineering teams and air defense complexes. They have their eyes on the skies ready to use rifles to shoot down enemy drones.
Some Russian soldiers are also equipped with Vepr-12 semi-automatic cannons with a 5-round magazine and an effective range of about 100 metres.
p> Others use a GP-25 bullet conversion kit mounted under the barrel of an AK rifle to shoot down drones. This design allows Russian soldiers to use AK-74 rifles to fire a single shot to destroy drones 30 meters away.
Ukraine is also implementing the solution of using weapons to shoot down drones like Russian forces.
The Ukrainian army may have purchased 4,000 Escort BTS12 rifles from Turkey.
The semi-automatic rifle model features a Bullpup “ammo box behind the trigger”, and it is considered one of the cheapest and most reliable bullpup rifles.
In addition to providing weapons to soldiers, Ukraine also offers training courses on how to use this weapon To deal with drones.
A Ukrainian magazine commented that since handling drones requires fast operation and wide visibility, ultra-precise viewfinders become obstacles rather than Support soldiers in combat. In addition to practicing shooting down targets flying at high speed, soldiers participating in the training course must also learn how to ensure their safety.
Ukrainian experts said: “Do not run after The drone to confirm that the target was successfully shot down.
And do not pick up the drone that has been shot down, this is no different from playing with fire,” he said, referring to the danger posed by aircraft. Unexploded drone or enemy trap strategy.
Firearms can shoot down explosive drones or suicide drones "FPV", giving soldiers better Chance of surviving enemy attacks compared to fleeing. However, mustard guns are not a universal solution in dealing with drones. Many soldiers did not hear or see the drones when they arrived.
Both Russia and Ukraine are also equipping drones with thermal imaging cameras for night raids. Without a specialized camera lens, the gun would be useless when encountering drones in the dark.
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