The Armed Forces was shot down for the first time the rare Russian drone "Eleron T28ME": that can be the unit for $ 100 thousand.

UAVs can fly up to 130 km/h in automatic mode and transmit video for a distance of 40 km. For the first time since the start of a full -scale war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shot down by a rare Russian T28ME. This was reported on Twitter by blog analysts in Ukraine Weapons Tracker and posted a photo from the Ukrainian military. According to the authors, this is the first documented loss of "Eleron T28ME" from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The model is a variation of the most common UAVs "Eleron-3", from which it is characterized by a higher ceiling of height (5 km instead of 4 km), more flight (180 minutes instead of 100 minutes) and the ability to raise the useful loads up to 1. 5 kg. against 1 kg. According to the "militaristic", the drone was knocked down by the fighters of the brigade of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the knights of the winter campaign.

"Eleron 128me" is a reconnaissance drone with optical equipment that allows you to conduct round -the -clock observation of the enemy. The manufacturer, the Russian enterprise "Enix", for the first time presented the UAV at the exhibition "National Security Week" Forum "Army-2018" under the name "Eleron-7" as a modernized version of the apparatus "Eleron-SSV". Compared to the previous version, it received a new glider design, power installation, battery and payload.

Eleron 128me is equipped with an electric engine, can move in air in automatic and semi -automatic modes. The device is started with a pneumatic or rubble installation and land with a parachute. Withstands a temperature from -30 to +40 degrees. The cost of such a drone is about $ 100,000. The Ukrainian military also managed to knock down the Russian high-precision drone Kamikadze "Lancet". It is capable of flying at a speed of 110 km/h in patrol mode and cut into a target at a speed of 300 km/h.