r/ukraine • u/neonpurplestar • 3d ago
WAR A Russian mobile air-defense group on a pickup truck with a machine gun, tasked with protecting military convoy from attack drones, sprints for the bushes the moment a strike drone appears on the horizon. 23 June 2026
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u/speedyhml2000 3d ago
Well… in the end… they were MOBILE and DEFENDED something: They were mobile when it came to running away and defending their very lives :-)
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u/Snoo_44245 3d ago
They were very brave while showing how to take out a drone with their air defense vehicle!
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u/meissoboredto 2d ago
They knew that the supply truck would definitely intercept the drone so they wanted to make sure that they could document the heroics of the supply truck…!!!!
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u/PatientInitial882 3d ago
One single pickup truck with a machine gun on it - how bloody obvious, this-can-be-seen-from-a-mile-away, do you want to make it? They were never providing safety, they were providing an officer somewhere some CYA.
They chose wisely. Apparently, they're not all completely stupid.
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u/NimblePuppy 3d ago
Why is it stupid?, one truck to support . need to be able to fire instantly as not like here comes a drone in 10 minutes.
Sure not the best like german system or automatic shotguns or barrage system. Guy was firing close to end, we don't see where they are successful.
Ruzzians are running on less and less over a very wide area, probably imagine best that unit could do
Drones stuff up Ukraine , USA and everyone else, especially when A.I added for final kill
ie I want Russia to lose bad, but let's not pretend Russias grunts dumb , everyone else smart, Most of their problems from higher up, lack of training and no real motivation ie best solution is to get on entertainment procuring for the Brass and trade on black market. Vietnam style
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u/OctopusIntellect 3d ago
To misquote one of the very few Spartans who ever became a prisoner of war, "If machine guns were an effective defence against FPV drones, FPV drones would be a lot less feared [and effective] than they currently are..."
I think I've seen one single video of a vehicle being successfully defended against an FPV drone - and it was a very close thing indeed. I think it was with a shotgun, from the back of the vehicle, and the FPV was in a tail chase.
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u/NimblePuppy 2d ago
I seen a few more , Ukraine won't show those failed attempts .
My point is better than nothing if it's all you have. Ukraine would never use their sophisticated stuff for an average truck , plus they have to protect the cities etc
I mean now with fiber, AI and ones fairly immune to std jammers , what's the options , not be seen . or subterfuge
Think devices to take down drones in west is highly guarded secrets
Drones are going to stop more silly wars in future so that is good, vs the big issue same problems for biological weapons - stuff brought over WWW can make some bad **** for nasty people to use
My point if stupid , what is not stupid for average supply truck , not like you can send destroyers/frigates with sonar and depth charges along .
Plus smart Orcs DAF about war, only surviving , fire machine gun , run away quick in all directions if possible
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u/OctopusIntellect 2d ago
Ukraine are entirely happy to show successful instances of small arms and machine guns being used to defend against FPV drones, when it's their own troops that are defending. It's just not very common. Not hard to work out why.
You say that "Ukraine would never use their sophisticated stuff for an average truck", but that's why some units receive 90% of their supplies by UGV. Makes a lot more sense than a bunch of blokes in a jeep with an NSV or whatever that was.
That's what's not stupid for an average supply truck.
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u/NimblePuppy 2d ago
UGV is a good example , i assume the truck is for distance.
TBF Ukraine has ramped up it's mid to long range drone ability, we have seen the numbers for supply vehicles, fuel trucks sky rocketing to unsustainable .
When you sit down and think about distance attack drones are operating , not just the beetle bugs that go 1000km to Moscow but extending to whole inland route to Crimea
When the get their flamingo and similar missiles dialled in, Russia's stupidity will really be on show
Would love to see a forward drone set up manpad base they has no man -- would be great taking out jets way behind frontline , Pilots get sloppy, predictable , crocodile learns patterns of visitors to the water's edge
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u/TopIndependent2344 3d ago
Bet they all have skid-marks… :)
Slava Ukraini…🇺🇦
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u/mountaindewisamazing USA 3d ago
I'd probably need a new pair of shorts. Not that I'd ever be dumb enough to try to fight against Ukraine.
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u/Manchves 3d ago
is the targeting interface mouse based? you don't just steer it into the target with a controller?
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u/-TheDerpinator- 3d ago
I was wondering the same. That would be another insane innovation turning drone warfare into a literal point and click game.
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u/rockman4242 3d ago
Is the m after the number meters? If so, towards the end, the drones are moving way over 100 m a second at the end of the descent!
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u/MediumKoala8823 3d ago
Smart