Soldiers of the Transcarpathian brigade hunted the third enemy “Orlan-10″/Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye region brigades shot down another Russian drone. We are talking about the multi-purpose Orlan-10, which tried to monitor our positions.
This was reported on the Facebook page of the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory. In addition, the defenders shared photos of the padded bird.
Ukrainians are breaking records in the destruction of enemy drones
In recent days, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been reporting a record number of downed Orlans per day. On May 9, our defenders destroyed 377 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level. And 17 – only for May 8.
Today is also rich in catch. Previously, the liquidated “Orlan” has already been told in OK “South”. Our defense shot down the device when it was conducting reconnaissance in the Odessa region.
Another downed “Orlan”/Photo by the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory
In the evening, attack aircraft of the Transcarpathian brigade shared similar news.
Attack aircraft of the Transcarpathian brigade were hunting for the third Russian UAV “Orlan-10”, which tried to monitor our positions and correct the fire of enemy artillery, they wrote.
There is no day without a shot down “Orlan”: the secret of the phenomenon
According to experts, a number of Russian drones were shot down from modern man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, such as the Martlet LMM, which use missile control in a “laser trail”, which turned out to be effective in destroying targets like Orlan.
How Martlet LMM works: watch the video
Orlans also suffer because of electronic warfare. As it turned out, the “anti-reb” protection of the navigation signals of Russian drones, in particular, the adaptive antenna array of the “Kometa” series, has low efficiency in areas where the EW APU is used. Another probable reason for the mass losses of Russians is the use of Ukrainian-made electronic warfare systems “Nota” by our military systems.
More about downed drones
- In early May, Ukrainian fighters managed to shoot down a drone in the sky over the Dnepropetrovsk region. Showing the photo, the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote that it was “another successful hunt”.
- In the Odessa region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the Forpost strike unmanned aerial vehicle.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Armed Forces of Ukraine in just a day 5 enemy tanks, 7 armored vehicles, 5 vehicles, 2 Su-30 aircraft, as well as 2 Orlan-10 and ZALA-421 unmanned aerial vehicles.
