Milan – The Lithuanian Army has avoided heavy machine guns and Swedish air-to-air missiles against advanced drones, as more fighters test the power of guns as a drone coupmeasure for a drone counter of last resort.
In a video released this week by the Lithuanian armed forces, air defense units were seen training with large caliber machine guns and launching SAAB’s 70 NG 70 NG missiles against target drones.
Armored vehicles equipped with machine guns can also be seen in the footage, which was taken at a training range located less than ten kilometers from the border with Belarus.
“Testing of weapons systems (heavy machine guns, RBS, FPV drones) against drones in General Silvestras pukaukas to train the ground,” without testing and what we can say.
This drive comes just a few weeks after the Baltic state adopted a new law that gives the military the authority to shoot down drones, agreeing to respond quickly in the event of an AirSpace violation.
The President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda said on the evening of Oct. 23 That Russian military aircraft briefly violated Lithuanian aircraft in what he called ‘a flagrant violation of international law and national integrity.’
In Ukraine, long guns have a heavy defense against small drones
The use of light weapons such as rifles against drones in Ukraine has received a lot of attention in recent months, catching the curiosity of some western militaries.
One of Ukraine’s Drone Countermeasures involves a new round of guns simultaneously firing five projectiles in a cloud-shaped pattern to hit the target. Launched in the summer, Ukraine’s government-backed defense system, Brave1, reports that it can successfully engage drones at distances of up to 50 meters.
It is designed so that small soldiers will not need to carry two different weapons; Instead, they may reduce the magazine’s speed depending on whether they engage an enemy drone or crew.
Another military organization testing Shotguns to defend against Drones is the British Army’s Army and Group, which is responsible for testing operations in the service across the service.
A recent report published by a European policy analysis center points out that guns paired with intercepror drones, rather than missiles, will be a cheap answer to the fact that the military wants to win the masses with low costs.
“What happens if Russia has the ability to deploy 1,000, 2,000, or even 4,000 drones overnight?
It suggests that the alternative will be “today’s Flak, married to Intercepror Drones,” revealing that systems such as the German Gepard Flakpanzi, or that the Rheinmetall Skyreng 35 can recapture.
