There will never be enough drones, there is always need for many more. They change course of war, - FPV operator of 10th SMAB "Edelweiss" "Markiz". VIDEO
A soldier of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, Markiyan (call sign Markiz) talked about the importance of FPV drones on the front.
The interview with the soldier was made public by the 10th SMAB "Edelweiss", Censor.NET reports.
"FPV (First person view) - it can be any drone, of any size and configuration. The participation in the war is colossal, you can already see a bunch of detachments where the "Solntsepek" is destroyed, TORs, and a bunch of various expensive equipment. Even in our company, we haven't done the calculations, but all those drones are already paying off," he explained.
The best hit Marquis calls the repulse of the assault in the middle of July.
"Technology came to our positions, they stormed every two days. With tanks, with cars, it was constant. Armored combat vehicles came directly to our positions. When FPV appeared, we had three FPV a week. Maybe even more. We were sitting and waiting for something really "fat" there. And then the landing party was leaving on a besi, 4 cars were approaching us. Two were blown up by mines, one shot back and, it seems, left. And on the fourth... seven men were sitting on the roof, they were inside. We were given the command to take off and we flew and destroyed. On the approach to Bekha, I saw that a paratrooper was sitting there, there were 7 people. After the first hit, there was no confirmation of what happened to Beha. We immediately gave the command to fly again, because we thought she was going forward. Then they saw that they all ran away. That is, there were four "two hundred" at once, and three more "three hundred". Those who were inside immediately got out and began to run to the landing. Then there was a second hit, thus stopping the assault," the soldier said.
He dispelled the myth that the FPV operator is supposed to sit in the back and control the drone. According to the soldier, the closer the operator is to the front line, the further he can fly into the enemy's rear. The minimum distance where he was - 700 meters from the enemy, the maximum - was about 4 km.
Marquis noted that the FPV drone pilot is a priority target for hackers.
At the same time, the soldier said, the Russians do not stand still and make a lot of drones, in particular, they already have night drones.
"There will never be enough drones, nor will there be enough shells for artillery or mortars. One round of artillery costs much more than an FPV drone. And it is much less useful. ... It is necessary to make sure that they (the occupiers. - Ed.) generally do not have logistics working either day or night in principle. This requires many more drones. In colossal sizes," Markiz emphasized.
