Invisible predator: How Ukrainian Punisher drones effectively destroy the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (video)
The Punisher unmanned air complex has developed and since 2016 has been producing Ukrainian company UA Dynamics exclusively for the forces of special operations of the Armed Forces. Prior to the start of a full -scale war with Russia, special forces used UAVs in about 120 missions, and since February 2022 - about 60 more times. As of September, Punisher used 16 groups of SCOs, and by the end of the year, the developers plan to equip them with 24 more groups.
UA Dynamics positions Punisher as an alternative to rockets and artillery, and also claims that it is the cheapest repeated drunk drone in the world. He can throw a 2 kg bomb on the enemy of a 75mm bomb: cumulative and inflammatory against tanks or fugas against lightweight equipment. The accuracy of the hit is 4 m when dumped from a height of 400 m, as in the artillery projectile M982 excalibur. For one departure, Punisher can attack three different goals.
The military is preferred to affect static objects such as command points, EWS or air defense complexes, but sometimes fall on the equipment while driving. In addition, Punisher is suitable for intelligence, psychological operations, search and rescue of soldiers, for example, it can dump land units with medicines. "Hunting" the drone is helped by a smaller drone called "spectrum-1", which searches for Russian positions in the rear.
Punisher differs from other shock UAVs with high survivability: since 2016, Ukrainian defenders have not lost any copy. The incomparability of the drone before the Russian troops ensures silence, inconsistency, lack of temperature and technology, which prevents the enemy from noticing the original radio emission. Punisher drone is started using a conventional catapult installation, and the whole preparation process takes about 15 minutes.