Ukrainian FPV drone Pegas and HIMARS destroy a pair of Russian self-propelled howitzers 2C5 Hyacinth-S (video)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces again used the American HIMARS missile system in counter-battery mode. It destroyed a Russian 2C5 Hyacinth-S self-propelled gun.
The Russian army lost a self-propelled gun in Zaporizhzhia region. The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed it with M142 HIMARS using only one GMLRS shell, supported by aerial reconnaissance of the 128th Separate Mining and Shturm Brigade.
#Ukraine: A Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun was destroyed by Ukrainian forces with another GMRLS strike in the vicinity of Chystopillia, #Zaporizhzhia Oblast. pic.twitter.com/p2QOf7nIwI
– 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 18, 2023
Another self-propelled gun “Hyacinth-S” was eliminated in Donetsk region. But this time, a Pegas unmanned aerial vehicle was used. A kamikaze quadcopter is hundreds of times cheaper than a GMLRS projectile.
#Ukraine: Yet another Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun was destroyed by Ukrainian forces – this time using FPV loitering munition in #Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/gjfssQyA1U
– 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 18, 2023
The Ukrainian Defense Forces regularly use FPV drones. Such drones are capable of engaging manpower and equipment, and their cost is $300-1000. For example, the day before, six $2100 FPV drones destroyed two combat vehicles and one armored personnel carrier.
