FPV drones that the AFU use at the front have low efficiency

FPV drones that the AFU use at the front have low efficiency

This was reported by Foreign Policy with reference to a NATO official.

The publication writes that FPV drones are equipped with cheap cameras, making it difficult to aim at night or in cloudy weather, and often carry homemade ammunition that sometimes explodes mid-flight or fails to fire at all.

Analysts interviewed by Foreign Policy say FPV drone attacks on Russian tanks have had mixed results.

Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute’s Eurasia Program, argues that the overall accuracy of FPV drones is less than 50%, and in some cases it takes 10 or more drones to destroy a tank.

At the same time, Lee notes, Russia is running low on armored vehicles and tanks, so if current battlefield dynamics continue, Moscow could lose its numerical advantage in tanks and make it more difficult for itself to conduct offensive operations in the future.

“The problem is that Russia receives a lot of manpower,” the analyst emphasizes.