Why a Ukrainian mobile air defense unit isnt ready to give up its nearly centuryold machine gun
News Source : Business Insider
News Summary
- Ukrainian mobile air defense crews have long used.50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns.
- Now they are learning to use high-tech interceptor drones alongside the Browning.
- Russia modified its drones to fly faster and at higher altitudes, well beyond machine-gun range.
- Interceptor drones account for "the majority" of drone kills, Ukraine's first deputy defense minister says."We believe the more advanced we are, the better chances of our victory," Mykhailo Fedorov says.
Ukrainian mobile air defense units historically operate heavy machine guns mounted on trucks.
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