The Ukrainian army would use a VTOL drone, with vertical take-off and landing, to target Russian armored vehicles. Its particularity: light weight, a maximum load of one kilo and the possibility of hitting targets independently, day and night.
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” Burning ammo “. This is the name given to kamikaze drones, and some models are made available to the Ukrainian army to strike Russian troops who also have them. The best known of them is the phoenix ghost of which the United States sent about a hundred copies to Ukraine.
Although the term “kamikaze” is not appropriate since it refers to the Japanese pilots of the Second World Warthese are drones equipped with an explosive charge, programmed by a soldier, and their particularity is that they are able to fly autonomously before hitting their target.
Vertical take-off and landing
Novelty, according to the knowledgeable account Ukraine Weapon Trackerit is the appearance of suicide drones of the type VTOLon the model of aircraft vertical take-off and landing. This is only a photo, but according to several Russian sites, it could be the drone Pholos II, developed by the company Czech Defense System, in collaboration with British and American companies. There is no official communication, but it could have been delivered by Great Britain.
The size of a grenade when its propellers are folded, it destroys targets by striking them vertically. It is particularly designed to destroy armored vehicles and, according to its manufacturer, no modern tank can withstand it. In its most advanced version, it would be less than 4 kg, and can carry ammunition weighing up to 1 kg and with a size of up to 30 cm. Its autonomy in tunes is 25 minutes, and it can reach 50 miles per hour. For images and tracking, it is equipped with a thermal camera to strike day and night, and a GPS chip.
Demonstration in 2018 of the Pholos I and II during a trade show in Poland. © YouTube / Gunsmiths
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