Iranian drones ShahED-136 will be a serious threat to the military and equipment of the Armed Forces-WSJ

According to the commander of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade, the UAV Shahd-136 in the deployment area of ​​his brigade was destroyed by 4 self-propelled howitzers and 2 armored personnel carriers. These drones are small and fly low, so it is difficult for Ukrainian air defense systems to track them. SHAHED-136 drones purchased from Iran can cause serious damage to the personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal wrote with reference to several Ukrainian commanders. Iranian UAVs repainted and renamed by Russian invaders in "Gerani-2" began to often notice Ukrainian armored and artillery positions in the northeast of Kharkiv region.

Commander of the Artillery of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade Rodion Kulagin in communication with journalists noted that only in the area of ​​deployment of his brigade did these drones destroy 2 self-propelled howitzers of the caliber 152mm, 2 self-propelled howitzers of the 122-mm caliber and 2. "in other districts artillery, they cope there without UAV. They have no advantage in artillery, so they started using these drones, "Colonel Kulagin explained.

SHahd-136 drones, according to the military, are very small and fly low. It is difficult for Ukrainian air defense because of this. The colonel hopes that the US and their allies will provide Ukraine with more advanced technologies for counteraction to drones or interfere with the supply of Iranian drones to the Russian Federation.

The founder and executive director of the Consulting company Red Six Solutions Scott Krett said that Shahd-136 could give Russia a powerful counterweight to high-tech weapons, such as long-range HIMARS RSSD systems. The military specialist of the Washington Institute of Middle East Policy Michael Knights is a different opinion. The Ukrainian military, according to him, will be able to quickly resist the threat of UAV Shahd-136.

"Iranian drones look chic in Yemen, Syria and Gas, but they began to beat them more and more," the expert said. We will remind that volunteers transferred the Armed Forces in the Zhytomyr region 2 complexes of Antidron KVS G-6 for the fight against UAV, they were made in Ukraine. It is worth noting that the Armed Forces began to use rifles from Lithuania against drones in the Donbass last year. For the first time, the destruction of the Iranian shock drone was recorded on September 13.