Turkish drone Songar is equipped with a 40mm drum grenade launcher (photo)
Turkish companies Asisguard and Repkon Savunma Sistemleri have successfully integrated the RDS40-MGL 40mm grenade launcher into the Songar multicopter.
This was reported by the company Asisguard.
Asisguard CEO Ayhan Sunar said that they are proud to contribute to the goals set by the country to strengthen Turkey’s defense industry ecosystem.
Ugur Cem Gürpinar, Director of Business Development and Corporate Communications at Repkon Savunma Sistemleri, emphasized their achievements in developing a new concept for the use of the drum grenade launcher.
Songar
The weight of the multicopter is 25 kilograms, the range is 16 kilometers, and the flight altitude is 2.8 kilometers.
The drone is equipped with a camera with day and night channels that transmit video in real time.
The Songar can be equipped with small arms in the form of an assault rifle, machine gun or 40mm grenade launcher and is capable of dropping small bombs.
For aiming, the drone uses data from cameras and a laser rangefinder.
The special design on which the weapon is mounted is able to minimize the recoil after a shot.
The UAVs are capable of carrying 200 rounds of 5.56x45mm ammunition and are equipped with an automatic fire system.
At the same time, Songar can be equipped with a system that allows UAVs to perform tasks in swarm mode.
