Drone operators destroy rare Russian anti-aircraft gun
Drone operators destroy rare Russian anti-aircraft gun
Soldiers from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Shylka anti-aircraft gun with the help of drones. — Ukrinform.
Well it didn't do its job very well then did it. It's designed to shoot flying things, and drones fly.
There's only two breeding pairs left in the wild, give generously...
It belongs in a museum!
To me it seems like WW2 style close support anti-air is idealy suited for slow flying smaller drones. Given the low altitude, size and no armor I would think the way to go was to use even smaller calibres to increase the "bullet density". Chain fed linked 5.56 machine guns in an array perhaps?
I was reading some article that stated the effectiveness of Ukrainian anti-drone defenses had decreased because Russian drones, most notably their Shahed variants, are flying at higher altitudes.
The machine-gun type defenses don't have the altitude range to hit higher flying drones, so the interception rate went down to 80%.
A quick google returned this article from today: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/29/why-cant-ukraine-stop-russias-shahed-drones-anymore/
Gotta collect them all!
Ah, memories of Operation Flashpoint.
Lmao, they made it sound like a treasure hunt!
On the plus side, the collectors value of the remaining Shylkas went up.
They should be shipped to PSA for grading.