The War in the Ukraine

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Soldier30

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Footage of two Ukrainian M113 armored personnel carriers attempting to break through near Kupyansk and being engaged by Russian FPV drones. The APCs are equipped with the homemade "Tsar-Mangal" armor and reinforced "Dikobraz" armor, also known as "Hedgehog." This same armor is used by the Russian army. M113 armored personnel carriers have been produced in the US since 1960; a review of them is available on the channel. The armor of the APCs withstood several strikes by Russian FPV drones, but the rear of the APCs was partially protected. As a result of the Russian drone attacks, the crews abandoned the APCs and attempted to hide behind the combat vehicles. The video was filmed by drones of the 6th Army of the Russian "Zapad" group.

 
plawolf

plawolf

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Temstar said:
You would have to get this glide kit to drop its bomb at low altitude and almost right on top of its target, or maybe even dive bomb or else the accuracy would be worse than WW2 era day time bombing with Norden bombsight. Raison d'etre for glide kit is they turn iron bombs into PGM by guiding it in all the way.

But on the other hand it may be worth experimenting, once the bomb is dropped the rest of the kit is very light and wouldn't take that much fuel to climb back to cruising altitude and fly back to friendly lines.

I would think a better alternative is to talk to Swiwin to get them to make a turbojet more fitted to UMPK requirement. SW800Pro has a service period of 25 hours, which probably works great for people who take their RC jet plane out on the weekend and fly them for an hour or two each time. But for UMPK use when you only need it to work for say less than 1 hour it’s probably overbuilt.
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During the Gulf War, the majority of bombs dropped were iron bombs. Iron bomb accuracy is actually really respectable when released by modern targeting computers as it’s basically just a giant ballistic slug. Once released, it will just continue to fly in a very stable and predictable ballistic trajectory, meaning it’s absolutely possible to get enough accuracy to be able to reliably hit GPS coordinates with a usably low CEP.
 
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