💥 Historic strike - GUR soldiers destroyed an air target for the first time in the world using the Magura V5 naval drone
🫡 On December 31, 2024, soldiers of the special unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Group 13” for the first time in history hit an air target using a Magura V5 naval strike drone equipped with missile weapons.
✔️ During the battle in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut in temporarily occupied Crimea, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by the use of R-73 “SeeDragon” missiles.
❗️ Another similar enemy helicopter was hit by fire and was able to reach its base airfield.
⚔️ The fight continues!
🎉 Happy New Year 2025!
🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine!
If you don’t want your Helis to get shot down there’s an easy solution: Piss off to your own country and stay there.
Nice shot, by the way.
Helicopter gets hit
“I’ll try firing off flairs and spinning into the water! That seems like a good trick!”
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Would the drone have the advantage here?
It seems like trying to target a small object bobing around in the sea is harder than a locking onto a aircraft that will be moving predictably?
The drone doesn’t look stabilized here and the missile lock needs to be acquired by directly pointing the missile at the target.
There’s plenty of angle though something like 40 degrees, this isn’t like a video game. It can also take a designated target from the pilot, in this case the drone controller.
Someone below says that isn’t really needed with the tracking missle?
This missile has 40 degrees off bore tracking and can take information from the vehicle it’s mounted on. Basically that helicopter never had a chance.
Depends on the missile
I heard about discussions of such capabilities earlier in the year. Seems like this is the first confirmed successful hit.
I wonder why they don’t use a stabilized turret. Seems really hard to aim with the constant bobbing and turning.
The seeker on the missile can track targets up to 40° off the missile’s centerline. A turret would have to be pretty large and it would add extra cost, complexity, and point of potential failure. It’s easier to just turn the boat.
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Missile impacts at 0:50 and the helicopter crashes into the water at 1:03.
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That was the second helicopter, but it was only damaged.
Here is intercepted audio from that helicopter:
PRINCE 482 (MI-8) AT A RANGE OF 40, MAKING A LEFT TURN, MAINTAINING KAZBEK ZERO SIX. 482, I’M GOING DOWN! 482, I’M GOING DOWN! 482, TAKING COURSE TO KIMBU! KEEP TRACK OF ME, I’VE BEEN HIT! 482, CONTINUING FLIGHT, THERE WAS A BANG, THEY HIT ME. ENGINES ARE NORMAL FOR NOW, HOLDING OUT, HEADING TO KIMBU.
LAND ON THE EMERGENCY STRIP, DAMN IT! 482, DESCENDING TO BEACON 24. OBSERVED FROM THE SURFACE: IT WAS FIRED FROM THE LEFT OVER WATER, FLYING STRAIGHT ON TARGET. STARTED MANEUVERING, AND IN THE AREA OF THE ROTOR, THERE WAS A BANG. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE PARAMETERS WERE, DAMN IT. AUTOPILOT SHUT OFF, NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE PARAMETERS ARE NORMAL.
482, WE’VE DISPATCHED AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND A FIRE TRUCK.
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In case you didn’t read the post.
Another similar enemy helicopter was hit by fire and was able to reach its base airfield.
The DIU, not the SBU, never claimed the second helicopter made an emergency water landing. They also didn’t claim it was a Mi-8.
