Ukrainian drones R18 destroyed the occupants' tanks and BMPs in the Donbass (video)

They are shown how drones are dumped by bombs, affecting the equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donetsk region. For example, UAVs were struck from the air BMP-2, BMP-3, BTR-80, tanks T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90A near the village of Novoselivske, BMP-3 in the village of Volodymyrivka, BMP-1 and T-72B3 In the village of Kuzemivka. Aeroconic engineers collect R18 drones themselves using domestic and foreign details, the cost of each of them is about $ 20 thousand.

Tactical and technical characteristics developers are kept secret, but have revealed that UAVs can fly for 40 minutes and keep communication with At a distance of up to 4 km, that is, the operator has to work very close to the war zone. Due to the eight motors, the R18 load capacity is about 5 kg, so it can lift several anti-tank grenades RKG-3 or RKG-1600 bombs.

The drone runs at an altitude of about 300 meters and drops the ammunition, hanging over the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Built -in thermal imaging equipment allows operators to attack the occupiers day and night, noticing even the masked equipment. As they wrote earlier, the Armed Forces have been used by R18 percussion drones since 2019, but they are especially appreciated after the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia.

Drones serve groups of three people: pilots, equipment and ammunition specialist. In December, the drone R18 destroyed the Russian T-90M tank with the help of cumulative RKG-3 grenades. As a result of an accurate blow to the ammunition, an explosion that washed away the tower occurred. In August, it became known how the Oktocopter R18 destroyed the military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the front line.