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Russian T-90 tank is destroyed by an FPV drone from the 68th Jaeger Brigade. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Soldiers of the reconnaissance company 68 of a separate hunting brigade destroyed a Russian T-90 tank with your drones!

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really is!

Unit cost: 4.5 million $ (T-90MS) https://armedforces.eu/compare/tanks_T-90_vs_T-72 (Plus crew training, maintenance, logistics, etc)

Vs one fpv drone, maybe $2000 ... https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/01/ukraines-one-million-fpv-drones-will-be-outnumbered-by-5-million-russian-drones.html

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not even, they're closer to $450

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not the ones they're using. These drones aren't the size of the ones at best buy. The explodey bits on em cost a fair price.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They're just 7" analog fpv drones. I fly them

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still needs a few hundred of ammo to do any damage. Can’t just crash the drone by itself.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah, but we're talking about the drone itself.

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You're correct, thermal camera equipped drones cost much more.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Thermal cameras in general are so expensive even at low resolutions. I've wanted to try mounting my flir to one of my quads but I can't justify the risk.