As already mentioned, FireAnt is designed to be readily reconfigurable for different missions using modular payloads. The anti-armor configuration, which arms the UGV with an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead, has received the most attention to date. In this role, FireAnt has to get close to its target to be effective. Swarming capability would be very beneficial here for overwhelming defenders, as well as just launching attacks on large groups of tanks and other armored vehicles across a broader area.

https://www.twz.com/land/bradley-fighting-vehicle-lugging-load-of-swarming-ground-drones-is-a-sign-of-whats-to-come

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[–] 6 points 4 days ago

if i squint i can kind of imagine what you mean but the proposition of these being easy to hide /hard to target is in contradiction with use as a rapid weapon, if these are moving fast enough to make mining/demining the slower option, they're going to be conspicuous (i expect that's why they're using the word swarm) and take heavy losses---while being much more expensive and harder to deploy than mines.

like if you solve the logisitics of bringing 100s of these things for your breakthrough and can keep up with losing a heap for every armored vehicle you take out--sure. but that's where the grift comes back to bite.

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