A popular meme features a Ukrainian soldier talking about Russian invaders: “We’re so lucky, they’re so stupid. “It seems with each new Russian setback. But while they are hit with a formula that is not only riddled with corruption, but also bureaucratic and ineffective, there are also clever Russians.
State industries move slowly, absorbing maximum benefit, however, Russian helpless with a more disruptive attitude can advance dangerously temporarily. This is especially true in the drone box, where even a small company can temporarily gather an avant -garde product.
A case in point: The Oko Design Bureau and their Privet-82 attack drones. These can hit targets at ranges in excess of 30 miles, far beyond the reach of FPVs, and with a heavier warhead than an FPV. And they cost a fraction as much as other weapons.
The Lancet, manufactured through Kalashnikov Repfload Zala, is Russia’s long escape. He has shown a significant risk for the Ukrainian artillery, air defense and other objectives. In fact, it was one of the maximum success weapons in Russia. If infantry men have a complaint with respect to Lancet, it is because the materials are limited, partly due to the upper cost: around 3 million rubles or $ 30,000. Zala enjoys a mixture with the Ministry of Defense and has little concern for competitors.
But these corporations do not offer quality products at speed or at a low cost. There is an explanation why Russia, with a giant aerospace defense sector, still had to import Iran Shahed drones.
Many brands of Russian drones take into account that they can do more and deliver undeniable and physically powerful constant attack drones. In 2023, we tried the Privet-82 attack drone that had just announced.
Oko’s considers that “a young design office of Saint Petersburg, which is executed in the principles of a PC startup. ” They are “enthusiastic professionals in the fields of microelectronics, IT, the design and structure of aircraft”, specialized in low -cost army air vehicles. In 2023, they had 10 full -time employees.
There are many groups like this in Russia, concerned with providing front-mounted FPV drones. These absolutely go through the army’s fountain formula and are funded through donations and the infantry men themselves. Even though Russia has struggled to adopt the startup culture, the big sellers have maintenance in maintaining the procurement process; Corruption is rampant and the military knows who to buy. New corporations with harmful concepts about affordable and effective formulas are regularly excluded. BUSTRING Budgets, and that’s how the company seemed to progress.
However, in January 2024, Oko announced through its telegram channel that they would not take new orders due to the “large and dramatic production scale” that “would completely load for a few months. ” In August last year, they announced starting with the mass production of their Privet-82xl drone with a payload of more than 20 pounds (three times more than a lancet). The company also controlled the official certification of the mod.
The construction is simple, using plywood that high -tech material or $ 1,000.
The planned advancements come with a reusable reuse of the Bombardier edition and machine navigation and vision vision systems as already noted in complex FPVs.
Privet works from other attack drones. Instead of being transported to the front lines, drone nutrition is maintained later. When an operator on the front wants a drone, it is introduced from a catapult and automatically flies into the specified area. Then, the operator connects to Privet -82, through necessarily connecting the drone with a spindle, and takes over, by addressing the target like any other FPV. The drone flies in “Dark Fashion” from launch to the collection, which means that there are no radio programs, and the launch point cannot be traced.
According to Ukrainian analyst Serhii Flash, these drones are making strikes at depths of up to 30 miles behind the lines. They are not particularly effective against moving targets; this is probably because the fixed-wings are not nearly as agile as FPVs and can lose a target at the last second.
Recent updates come with the simplification of the screen and an ignition / off transfer to the eyewalk. Privet-82 has a complex radio formula that aims to be very resistant to interference. It also has a stealthy mode: the operator can cut the engine and slide during the last loads of meters, giving the objective any warning.
For another 60,000 rubles ($ 600), you must have a night edition with a low light and thermal images
The new edition can be disassembled for transport.
The main replacement of the original design is that the Privet-82 is now broken down for transport. This brought technical challenges. The brands were discovered with a messy but effective solution: “The result is classic for our design office: it is absolutely another of the charming drones. [But] it works.
It is surprising that, in 18 months, the team has made primary adjustments to its drones, produced several versions and ended with a product that gives it what its users want, depending on the struggle experience. We do not know the price, but it did not move too far from the original.
This is not the only progression of this type. Recently, Ukranian has reported an expansion number of Molniya attack drones (“lightning”). This is a simple and constant plywood design. Again, a larger edition has been covered in reaction to the requirements of the requirements: of an original with a 7-pound eye, the newest Molniya-2 gives a TM-62 lead of 20 pounds. Lakraine even intends to copy the design.
Created Privet-82 drones ready for delivery in October 2024
Privet-82 seems like an awkward weapon, far from the six hundred Switchblade’s six hundred introduced through smooth, primitive tubes, even to the Lancet. It doesn’t look like an aerospace defense company’s product.
“It is very much that they can compete with state and specific societies with Zala,” said Samuel Bendett, an expert in Russian drones and CNA advisor and Cnas Thilltanks. “It is used with Molniya on a limited scale through the organization of the Spanish organization – Fight, the organization specialized in tests and the use of the air and floor robot system. “
That is good news for Ukraine. If the ‘mass production’ facility is only producing tens of drones a month, then the impact will be limited. But the simplicity of design and the use of readily available materials means that scaling up production might not be that difficult.
And Bendett points out that OKO’s realization is not underestimated.
“PRIVET-82 Other small-scale Russian brands that their generation can come to the front and can get official MOD certification for a later stopover,” says Bendett.
Privet-82 looks rude, but a 20-pound eye delivered in the target speaks for itself. And prices $ 2,000 consisting of DRON, compared to $ 35,000 for a lancet, or $ 200,000 for a plate.
As Stalin noted, quantity has a quality all its own.
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