β² 92 βΌ [Combat] The 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an FPV drone near Kotliarivka, Donetsk Oblast. (i.imgur.com) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz NSFW 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mirror https://t.me/robert_magyar/1404 https://youtu.be/fcIcIM34F2U
[β] zabadoh@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago (6 children) Is the crew safe? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (3 children) That door gunner almost certainly isn't. And, at least one of the pilots lived at least long enough to land it. Past that, hard to tell from the video. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Looks like a heat round. Door gunner is very messed up at the least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] The_v@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It looks like the mi-8 had external fuel tanks installed. Thats the tank just behind the door gunner. In this video you can see the tank on fire. https://kyivindependent.com/fpv-drone-destroys-russian-mi-28n-helicopter-military-says/ And it was a PG-7M https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/downing-of-russian-mi-8-by-predators-of-the-heights-details-from-the-unit-and-the-pilot/ permalink fedilink source parent [β] BennyInc@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago "land it" permalink fedilink source parent [β] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago Itβs an unmanned system, there is no crew. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I hope not permalink fedilink source parent
[β] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (3 children) That door gunner almost certainly isn't. And, at least one of the pilots lived at least long enough to land it. Past that, hard to tell from the video. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Looks like a heat round. Door gunner is very messed up at the least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] The_v@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It looks like the mi-8 had external fuel tanks installed. Thats the tank just behind the door gunner. In this video you can see the tank on fire. https://kyivindependent.com/fpv-drone-destroys-russian-mi-28n-helicopter-military-says/ And it was a PG-7M https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/downing-of-russian-mi-8-by-predators-of-the-heights-details-from-the-unit-and-the-pilot/ permalink fedilink source parent [β] BennyInc@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago "land it" permalink fedilink source parent
[β] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Looks like a heat round. Door gunner is very messed up at the least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] The_v@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It looks like the mi-8 had external fuel tanks installed. Thats the tank just behind the door gunner. In this video you can see the tank on fire. https://kyivindependent.com/fpv-drone-destroys-russian-mi-28n-helicopter-military-says/ And it was a PG-7M https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/downing-of-russian-mi-8-by-predators-of-the-heights-details-from-the-unit-and-the-pilot/ permalink fedilink source parent
[β] The_v@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) It looks like the mi-8 had external fuel tanks installed. Thats the tank just behind the door gunner. In this video you can see the tank on fire. https://kyivindependent.com/fpv-drone-destroys-russian-mi-28n-helicopter-military-says/ And it was a PG-7M https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/downing-of-russian-mi-8-by-predators-of-the-heights-details-from-the-unit-and-the-pilot/ permalink fedilink source parent
[β] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago Itβs an unmanned system, there is no crew. permalink fedilink source parent