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The Russian military continues to expand the use of improvised ground suicide drones in the special military operation zone.
Video footage posted to social networks on June 27 shows one such drone equipped with an adjustable V-shaped hydraulic dozer blade at the front opening a road for Russian military vehicles by sweeping away several TM-62 anti-tank blast mines, some of which were camouflage. Each of these mines has a7.5 kilograms explosive charge.
Heavier engineering vehicles usually remove such mines by detonating them. However, because the drone used was too light to apply enough force to trigger the mines’ pressure and vibration fuzes it was able to just sweep the mines away without damaging the road.
The Russian military began using improvised ground suicide drones with the start of the special military operation, but the development of these systems saw much progress over the last year.
A ground drone is typically built around a tracked or a wheeled chassis with one electric engine or more. Most types are controlled via a first-person view system made up of a camera and wireless two-way data link. However, some were spotted in the past using fiber optic cables as a more secure way to transmit data.
The Russian military has been using such drones for all sorts of tasks, from delivering supplies, to evacuating wounded troops, removing mines and even to attack Kiev forces with machine guns and rockets, or target their fortified positions in one-way, or suicide, attacks.
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