Ground drones began to cover the artillery

Ground-based drones have begun to be used in artillery formations, sources in the military department told Izvestia. During combat operations, when howitzers are firing, they are guarded by robotic systems on a tracked chassis with electronic warfare (EW) on board.

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Drones block the frequency bands used by the operators of the enemy's FPV drones. This ensures the safety of the gunners. The complex is controlled remotely.

"This is a promising tactic, because it is a powerful electronic warfare complex, mobile, which can move with the battery and, accordingly, provide reconnaissance of devices that are in the air near the unit and threaten it, and besides, also extinguish them, influence, organize electronic suppression," he told Izvestia." military expert Dmitry Kornev.

According to him, electronic warfare systems can be placed on self-propelled artillery installations themselves, but they consume electricity and require space.

"In any case, it will be a definite ersatz. And if it is a ground drone, then it has maximum mobility, maximum protection and does not constrain the gunners, but only provides them with defense. It does not require human intervention and automatically provides an umbrella over an artillery battery," the expert concluded.

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Stable cover: ground-based drones began to be used to protect artillery