The RF Armed Forces began using the Geran-2 UAV in two new modifications against Ukrainian Armed Forces targets

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The Russian military began using Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicles in two new modifications against Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the western regions of Ukraine. Ukrainian sources report this. It is emphasized that with the help of modernized “Geraniums” rear logistics communications are attacked.

The first modification has a forty-kilogram thermobaric warhead, which allows you to actually burn out temporary deployment points for personnel, as well as warehouses for missiles and artillery weapons and fuels and lubricants.



A distinctive feature of the second modification is a small-sized turbojet engine. It provides the Russian drone with a maximum speed of up to 600 km/h. At the same time, the cruising speed of a kamikaze drone can be 470 km/h.

Ukrainian resources emphasize that the new power plant significantly increased the thrust-to-weight ratio of the kamikaze UAV and was able to provide the Geranium with a high rate of climb and angular speed of turn in the pitch plane when performing anti-aircraft maneuvers.

The modernization of the Geran-2 UAV has led to the fact that the Ukrainian air defense system, which is already not very reliable, will now have three times less time to intercept. In addition, the modernized kamikaze drone has the ability to carry out dive strikes from high altitudes at a speed of 750 km/h. This makes it almost impossible to capture it with AN/MPQ-64F1 target designation radars, which have a much smaller angular field of view.
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  1. Joker62
    Joker62
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    10 December 2023 15: 18
    An excellent toy against ukrovoyak!
    1. Flight
      Flight
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      10 January 2024 04: 06
      It would be kosher to use something like this against the Jews...it would be kosher.
  2. zzdimk
    zzdimk
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    10 December 2023 17: 22
    This is a real New Year's gift!
  3. Sergei Fonov
    Sergei Fonov
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    10 December 2023 20: 17
    If they started using it in the Western regions, does that mean we can reach the borders of Poland? This is good. But in order for UAVs to have a significant impact on the course of the air defense system, you need to have hundreds, or even tens of thousands of them; these are precision weapons, for the effective combat use of which you need to have accurate intelligence data. Essentially this is a rocket, if cheap and mass production is organized it will be great.
  4. Artificial Intelligence
    Artificial Intelligence
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    10 December 2023 23: 50
    good progress. it was a simple Iranian clunker, but with the help of the Russian military-industrial complex it has already become a serious high-tech weapon