Oh look an unwieldy massive target with a monstorously large target profile, zero offensive capabilities, attrocious maneuverability with a suicidally slow reverse gear and absolutely catastrophically bad situational awareness.
Perfect target for a 155mm shell spotted in by a drone talking to fire control.
Also holy shit these are a main battle tanks wet dream of a target, armor design prioritizes having a low minimally exposed profile because otherwise tanks will eat them for lunch.
This is how a main battle tank is supposed to look, no the rules haven’t changed Russia/Putin is just desperate and high off their own supply of bullshit.
or any other arty, or any competent ATGM, or bomber drone, or mines (perhaps also laid by a drone), or FPVs detonated on command (with EFPs or something like segment of MON-100 mine)
They’re called cope cages for a reason!
There is a difference between adding a cope cage intelligently to armor and just completely undermining the basic function and usefulness of armor by letting go of all other design considerations except “Drone is bad”.
China has registered a patent for a foldable anti-drone protection system for tanks that closely resembles Ukraine’s so-called “hood,” according to Defense Express on September 30.
The development follows earlier reports that Russia had already adapted the Ukrainian design for its own armored vehicles.
The Chinese version was patented by Dragon Shield Intelligence Equipment and is expected to be marketed under the name Dragon Shield.
The non-bullshit version of this.
Interesting read, thanks! Nice to see that it can actually help when applied intelligently
Nice to see that it can actually help when applied intelligently
For the first couple of drones which detonate on impact. And not even those if you happen to encounter an FPV drone with a skilled operator who can just fly around that umbrella. However, traditionally tanks should be backed up by infantry and they can carry shotguns or whatever is the current best tool against drones, and in that case that Dragon Shield might actually be useful. But for a lone tank on recon mission or something similar it doesn’t do much.
This is not a cope-cage. This is what a cope-cages nightmare would look like.
It is doing a lot of effort in the coping department though.
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That’s not a tank - it’s Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s tour bus.
Do drones explode as soon as they feel resistance? I always thought it was more like kamikaze style where they fly into something completely and then the impact detonates the munition, not a bunch of sensors that trigger it as soon as it touches something like a landmine.
From the videos, it looks like there are two wires in the front that connect when they hit something. My guess is that’s what detonates it.
Interesting. I feel like this defence would be easily defeated if instead of two wires, it’s more of a cantilevered wire on a plastic/metal arm that requires a specific amount of force to bend, located on the nose of the drone, and the Secord contact point inset into the body of the drone, so when it crashes head on into something the two points connect but only if it really makes contact with something solid
Looks like everyone’s helmet during swooping season here! Fucking Magpies
