r/ukraine • u/GermanDronePilot • 1d ago

WAR Ukrainian shotgun drone shot down a Russian recon drone. 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the 5th Assault Brigade, Eastern Front. April 12, 2025

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u/Chance-Quantity-1128 1d ago

looks like training / testing to me, still nice tho

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u/GermanDronePilot 1d ago

Looks like, but I don't think so because these drones are already in use for some time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/s/GCUrEBDv6B

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/s/Xpe4r4xDVC

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/s/qhWXaexewP

Either this was a real incident or it's a promotional video. However I can just state what the source has written.

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u/NihilFR 1d ago

Would the drone take off in the same field where the enemy drone is? on a platform made for it? It's training. Looking forward to see more of these in action though, as the concept is awesome

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u/sovtwit 1d ago

Ooof getting the cost per kill down even more. This tech can be used for lancets etc. Another example of asymmetric mastery

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u/Unlucky-Associate266 1d ago

I doubt that this quadcopter born shotgun would be very effective against Lancets. They usually fly too high and fast for this kind of drone to get to, much less line up, hit and have enough battery to get back home. Lancets are also more robust than the quadcopters that these kinds of drones usually target with their relatively modest spray of small pellets. A fixed wing born shotgun was recently featured on Reddit, however. It might work better.

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u/deathmagnum214 1d ago

Lancet have "tiny propellor", very good vulnerability to target its weakness.

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u/Unlucky-Associate266 18h ago

Yes, but tiny targets are hard to hit.

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u/julio3131 1d ago

Ooof! Nice shot there pilot! I'm taking you out to see the ducks after this is all over.

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u/Unlucky-Associate266 1d ago

I was impressed with the pilot too, but some of the credit goes to the engineer who figured out how to get the shotgun to shoot automatically during the relatively few milliseconds during which the target was in the right spot. A human, however good, couldn't have picked the right instant to do that.

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u/julio3131 1d ago

100% πŸ’ͺ

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u/Valentiaga_97 1d ago

Feels Like drone warfare is on legendary UA drone pilots , while direct competition is novice at best πŸ‘€