These kamikaze Switchblade drones are going to be hard for Russia to stop

[WizardofSoda]

The long range ones the 40km range is huge, although you probably limit that to like 15 km so you can turn it back if you don't find anything. So what you do is at night, and in the rains and clouds you have small drones that scout out where the positions are like artillery. Then you send these S600 drones skimming over the trees and then crashing down into the artillery position when they get there.

 

[JayGoptri]

So they are like remote controlled drones with switch blades? No..

What kind of weapons do they carry exactly ? They are very tiny.

 

[based_meme]

So they are like remote controlled drones with switch blades? No..

What kind of weapons do they carry exactly ? They are very tiny.

All relevant info is in the diagram. The 300 model is infantry portable.

This tech could be a game-changer for infantry combat. Ground tactics would need adjusting to account for a soldier using a 300 model to flush out an entire holdout position.

 

[JayGoptri]

All relevant info is in the diagram. The 300 model is infantry portable.

Actually, it isn't.

This tech could be a game-changer for infantry combat. Ground tactics would need adjusting to account for a soldier using a 300 model to flush out an entire holdout position.

Ahh yes, this is what I was looking for..

Should be interesting indeed. How many did they get and how? This can not be because of Ukraine's resources..must've come from NATO like most of the high-tech stuff !

 

[based_meme]

Actually, it isn't.

It tells you what weapons each model carries. The 300 carries anti-personnel munitions i.e., a bomb designed to kill fleshy targets, and the 600 carries an anti-armor warhead i.e., a weapon to destroy tanks and APCs.

How many did they get and how?

The number is unknown. The how is easy: supply lines set up in Poland and other surrounding NATO countries east of Ukraine.

This can not be because of Ukraine's resources..must've come from NATO like most of the high-tech stuff !

Once again, if you check the figure, it clearly says US-manufactured, hence NATO supplied.

 

[kaan]

i see.

russia has nukes

 

[JayGoptri]

It tells you what weapons each model carries. The 300 carries anti-personnel munitions i.e., a bomb designed to kill fleshy targets, and the 600 carries an anti-armor warhead i.e., a weapon to destroy tanks and APCs.

Ahha! Thanks. But who flies them? Are they remote controlled by operators in the Ukrainian army, how much U.S. intelligence training and aid is being given to Ukrainian special teams I wonder?

The number is unknown. The how is easy: supply lines set up in Poland and other surrounding NATO countries east of Ukraine.

Looks like they have a strategy to push Russia out further then.

Once again, if you check the figure, it clearly says US-manufactured, hence NATO supplied.

Didn't see the top left corner. Lazy me.

 

[Racial-Identitarian]

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The long range ones the 40km range is huge, although you probably limit that to like 15 km so you can turn it back if you don't find anything. So what you do is at night, and in the rains and clouds you have small drones that scout out where the positions are like artillery. Then you send these S600 drones skimming over the trees and then crashing down into the artillery position when they get there.

I will go ER with that drone if the vaccine does something harm to me.

 

[WizardofSoda]

Ahha! Thanks. But who flies them? Are they remote controlled by operators in the Ukrainian army, how much U.S. intelligence training and aid is being given to Ukrainian special teams I wonder?

Looks like they have a strategy to push Russia out further then.

Didn't see the top left corner. Lazy me.

The big one is reported to use the same warhead as the Javelin missiles.

Something I wasn't sure about is if they are remote controlled or self driving once they are going into a target. Ideally they would be self driving right from launch. But they might not have that technology yet in these drones.

The reporting is I think the US has ordered 130 launchers with 1300 of the S600 drones, not sure out the smaller ones.

Then yesterday the US package had 300 of a kamikaze drone called the 'Phoenix Ghost', which is classified but the Pentagon said it will be similar to the Switchblade 600. General Kirby was claiming it was rapid prototyped with input from Ukrainians.

All relevant info is in the diagram. The 300 model is infantry portable.

This tech could be a game-changer for infantry combat. Ground tactics would need adjusting to account for a soldier using a 300 model to flush out an entire holdout position.

I was thinking how this type of thing with AI or good remote pilots could fly through windows or doorways or around concrete walls.

When I read about warfare in Syria, it was remarkable how the main part of it a soldier from WWI would be right at home. Artillery of various kinds, machine guns, trenches, tunnels, sand bags and concrete and bricks, mortars, grenades.

 

[based_meme]

I was thinking how this type of thing with AI or good remote pilots could fly through windows or doorways or around concrete walls.

I wouldn't trust software with this weapon yet. Flying that thing (the 300) through windows and doorways is not going to be feasible in optimal conditions, let alone high stress combat situations. There's just too much room for error. If you're aiming for a doorway or a window, the door or window should be your target point. The explosion should take care of whomever is behind the door or window.

When I read about warfare in Syria, it was remarkable how the main part of it a soldier from WWI would be right at home. Artillery of various kinds, machine guns, trenches, tunnels, sand bags and concrete and bricks, mortars, grenades.

That's still going to be the bulk of infantry warfare even in today's wars with drones etc. The way fighting is done between soldiers is not going to dramatically change anytime soon, because the technology of weapons on the ground haven't changed all that much in absolute terms. The biggest notable change in the history of warfare was going from the sword to the gun.

I don't think we're going to see another huge change in how infantry warfare is conducted, until small-scale energy weapons technology is developed e.g., plasma or ion rifles.

 

[WizardofSoda]

I wouldn't trust software with this weapon yet. Flying that thing (the 300) through windows and doorways is not going to be feasible in optimal conditions, let alone high stress combat situations. There's just too much room for error. If you're aiming for a doorway or a window, the door or window should be your target point. The explosion should take care of whomever is behind the door or window.


That's still going to be the bulk of infantry warfare even in today's wars with drones etc. The way fighting is done between soldiers is not going to dramatically change anytime soon, because the technology of weapons on the ground haven't changed all that much in absolute terms. The biggest notable change in the history of warfare was going from the sword to the gun.

I don't think we're going to see another huge change in how infantry warfare is conducted, until small-scale energy weapons technology is developed e.g., plasma or ion rifles.

Ya basically with these drones you still need all the same infantry dug into positions with their usual equipment, and behind the infantry the artillery of different types, and then the whole supply system and mobile units to reinforce.

 

[JayGoptri]

The big one is reported to use the same warhead as the Javelin missiles.

Something I wasn't sure about is if they are remote controlled or self driving once they are going into a target. Ideally they would be self driving right from launch. But they might not have that technology yet in these drones.

Yes, this is what I was wondering about also. I would figure they are fully piloted from start to finish.

The reporting is I think the US has ordered 130 launchers with 1300 of the S600 drones, not sure out the smaller ones.

Damn. How much tax payer money?

Then yesterday the US package had 300 of a kamikaze drone called the 'Phoenix Ghost', which is classified but the Pentagon said it will be similar to the Switchblade 600. General Kirby was claiming it was rapid prototyped with input from Ukrainians.

While this all sounds great, I almost wish the money and resources was being put to fighting off an impending Alien attack instead of helping Big Z and his cuckoldry. But it's okay.

I was thinking how this type of thing with AI or good remote pilots could fly through windows or doorways or around concrete walls.

Yes. Talking with you about this makes me feel like spending the money on the next CoD Modern Warfare ...

When I read about warfare in Syria, it was remarkable how the main part of it a soldier from WWI would be right at home. Artillery of various kinds, machine guns, trenches, tunnels, sand bags and concrete and bricks, mortars, grenades.

The good ole days ? Then I hear WWII & Jazz music. I see Stacies with fancy curls and nets over their faces. (Warning: Foid worship)

 

[WizardofSoda]

Yes, this is what I was wondering about also. I would figure they are fully piloted from start to finish.

Damn. How much tax payer money?

While this all sounds great, I almost wish the money and resources was being put to fighting off an impending Alien attack instead of helping Big Z and his cuckoldry. But it's okay.

Yes. Talking with you about this makes me feel like spending the money on the next CoD Modern Warfare ...

The good ole days ? Then I hear WWII & Jazz music. I see Stacies with fancy curls and nets over their faces. (Warning: Foid worship)

Sad thing for this war stuff is it doesn't cost the US much to fund this, or China to fund Russia.

For example the first authorization for funding was $14 billion or so in the USA. Thats a lot of money, but not to these superstates of the USA and China.

For Iraq and Afghanistan I believe the USA was spending ~$100-150 billion a year on each of them. A lot of that is for the building the country up in non-military things. That is what will happen in Ukraine too, where the money is already starting to flow for civilian projects in Ukraine.

Russia will need to do the same in the areas of Ukraine it controls, although I estimate the Ukraine government controls about 31 million people area an the Russians and DPR and LPR control a 10 million people area.

 

[JayGoptri]

Sad thing for this war stuff is it doesn't cost the US much to fund this, or China to fund Russia.

For example the first authorization for funding was $14 billion or so in the USA.

I don't know man. I feel like that 14 billion should be going toward trying to undo at least some of the damage the Leftist in Europe and U.S. have created over the last 2.5 years or so.

 

[Mecoja]

It tells you what weapons each model carries. The 300 carries anti-personnel munitions i.e., a bomb designed to kill fleshy targets, and the 600 carries an anti-armor warhead i.e., a weapon to destroy tanks and APCs.


The number is unknown. The how is easy: supply lines set up in Poland and other surrounding NATO countries east of Ukraine.


Once again, if you check the figure, it clearly says US-manufactured, hence NATO supplied.

They can now test prototype weapons there.

 

[based_meme]

They can now test prototype weapons there.

That's what the military industrial complex loves about war, in addition to the obvious profit opportunities. They can have real-world test cases to collect data on for their R&D.