The armed forces of the Russian Federation, as part of a special operation in Ukraine, began to use modernized mobile ammunition “Lancet”, reports DEA News”citing a knowledgeable source.
According to the source, we are talking about the “Lancet”, which has an increased flight time of 1 hour and a more powerful warhead with a mass of more than 5 kg, at least 2 kg more than the basic version of the drone. .
According to him, the latest “Lancets” with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead are used to defeat enemy manpower and lightly armored vehicles.
The source also noted that in order to defeat positions, where manpower and equipment are concentrated, the Lancet has a pre-contact detonation function – “the drone’s high-explosive fragmentation charge is detonated in the air away from the target or above the target so that the shock wave and fragments are as wide as possible. will cover the area “. In particular, according to howitzer crews, unmanned aerial vehicles are used as part of counter-battery warfare by Ukrainian military personnel located in open fortifications, hiding in forest fields or in houses.
The upgraded version of the Lancet drone reportedly features new aerodynamics. So, now the device has a large X-shaped wing and X-shaped feathers on its tail.
The basic version of the Lancet, created by ZALA AERO, has two symmetrical X-shaped wings. It also has a smaller warhead – it weighs 3 kg. According to the developer, the duration of the drone flight is up to 40 minutes, the maximum flight speed is 110 km per hour.
Previously at Rostec State Corporation declarationHe said that the Russian KUB and Lancet kamikaze drones were actively used in Ukraine as part of a special operation and successfully showed themselves in combat conditions.