Russian soldiers use tree branches to shoot down Ukrainian suicide UAV

Russian soldiers picked up a tree branch on the ground and used it to knock down the Ukrainian UAV, just as it was about to dive in to launch an attack.

A Telegram channel dedicated to posting content about the Russian military on February 1 shared a video of a Russian soldier being chased by a Ukrainian FPV drone on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia front. In an attempt to escape the UAV, the soldier jumped into a bush and tried to crawl low, hoping that the Ukrainian pilot would not be able to guide the missile through the dense branches.

The Ukrainian UAV hovered outside for a while and then headed straight for the Russian soldier. The soldier picked up a tree branch from the ground and hit the aircraft with all his strength, causing it to fall immediately. The Russian soldier then went deeper into the bushes, apparently to avoid being chased by other enemy UAVs.

"Fortunately, the warhead on the UAV did not explode," commented Russia's Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.

Russian soldiers use tree branches to shoot down Ukrainian suicide UAV — The moment Russian soldiers used tree branches to bring down a Ukrainian suicide UAV in a video posted on February 1. Video: *Telegram/ RVvoenkor*

The FPV UAV's ammunition has two fuse wires that are interlocked but not touching. When the UAV hits the target, the two wires will touch each other and detonate the ammunition. This arrangement ensures that the ammunition will not explode when the UAV hits the target.

It is unclear why the UAV did not explode when hit by the tree branch, but it is possible that this is a defective product. Some Ukrainian soldiers on the Donetsk front have complained about the quality of FPV UAVs provided by the country's volunteers, saying that they used cheap materials and were assembled too hastily and carelessly, so they were not very effective in combat.

Russia and Ukraine have both recently increased their use of suicide UAVs to attack enemy targets. Both sides have lost many tanks, armored vehicles and personnel to this type of weapon, as well as deployed many ways to deal with enemy UAVs.

Pham Giang (According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, RusVesna, Reuters)

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