A mysterious Ukrainian-made drone was found in the rear of the Russian armed forces (photo)
The drone is quite large and has a powerful warhead and a V-shaped tail, but it was badly damaged in the crash.
The Russian military found an unidentified Ukrainian attack drone that had crashed in a field. Canadian physicist and drone expert DanielR analyzed on his Twitter page the photos that appeared on the Russian Telegram channel “One foot here, one foot there!” (combat_engineer).
“Colleagues dropped an enemy kamikaze UAV, which fell, was found and neutralized by them. The UAV is an airplane-type, built around a combat unit. The wingspan is about 4 meters and the length is about 2.7 meters. The warhead is of the cumulative fragmentation type, weighing about 14 kilograms,” the Russian blogger notes.
1. Another interesting #drone landed in a field. The engine looks small, perhaps a DLE111, but it is hard to be sure. Curiously, the “front” and “back” of the prop are labeled in English.https://t.co/Ybb0tHzaiu pic.twitter.com/sUSMcFo2Dz
– DanielR (@DanielR33187703) February 23, 2024
DanielR has roughly identified the engine: it is probably a DLE111 or Great Power GP178 model. The front and back of the screw are labeled in English.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The drone is equipped with a relatively large (14 kg) high-explosive fragmentation munition that did not explode. Next to the warhead, the photo shows a detonator and a copper plate of unknown purpose.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The drone hit the ground quite hard, making it difficult to identify. The wings have foam plumage. The fuselage has several aluminum parts and two antennas.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The fuselage is made of carbon fiber. There is an aluminum bracket, possibly for launching from rails or a trolley.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The drone uses a ready-made Cube Orange Plus controller. The main board could not be identified.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The drone probably had a V-shaped tail, but it is unclear which side of the fuselage is the upper side. It is not easy to identify the engine in this photo.
Photo: X (Twitter)
The expert notes that it can be difficult to identify a drone from fragments: “Some of the photos are marginal, which increases the difficulty.”
