First-person footage of a Yak-52 gunner shooting down an Iranian/Russian Shahed UAV in the southern part of Ukraine.



Posted by MilesLongthe3rd

26 Comments

  1. That’s insane. Though ngl I’d be scared about the shrapnel lottery if they flew close.

  2. I have so many questions. A normal rifle? Even with those new fancy drone rounds he’d have to lead the drone with his shots and even being slow, that is an immense feat. I can’t imagine that this is a reliable method but more of a lucky shot?

  3. non_standard_model on

    For those wondering: a Yak-52 is actually an old airplane rather than a helicopter. This guy is flying a plane like snoopy going after the red baron and leaning out the cockpit to shoot down the drone with a shotgun.

  4. Ok, I have so many questions. Like, the drone exploded 3 seconds after last shot. Since ARs have muzzel velocities 700 m/s, this drone is like 2 kms away ?

    Or this is some other kind of rifle, with much slower muzzle velocitiy…

  5. boobookittyfuwk on

    Sometimes I wonder what would happen if Ukraine sent up a bunch of ballons that can stay stationary with a couple guns mounted to the basket, if that would be effective?

  6. CapitalElk1169 on

    Ok I am officially convinced we are living inside someone’s Civilization game now

  7. blind_roomba on

    Seems too economic, did they try and throw a bunch of Patriot missiles instead?

  8. Two moving targets, ungaugable ballistic crosswind, winds ruining your aiming, no references to see where your shots land, hitting a fiberglass wing might do nothing.

    Either one hell of a shot or sheet luck after emptying 10 mags.

  9. Reasonable-Nebula-49 on

    Wow. I thought they were on the ground the first time I watched (on mute).