In the past two days, Russia said that Ukraine used drones to attack Russian troops and hit residential areas. It can be seen that in this conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine particularly likes to use drones to fight. Of course, this is also a shortcoming of the Russian army that they have identified.
According to Russian defense reports, in the past two days, the Zaporozhye area controlled by the Russian army was attacked by two Ukrainian drones. The two drones went straight to the city of Enelgodar, where the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located, intending to attack the nuclear power plant. But one of them has been intercepted by Russia's air defense system , but the other one fell into a residential area and may cause casualties.
However, after investigation, the Russian side stated that the current status of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is not abnormal and is still operating normally. Although this time it did not bring much substantial damage to the Russian army, this is not the first time that Ukraine has used drones to deal with the Russian army, and it is enough to show that the Russian army is still in the prevention and control of drones. Something is lacking.
In late June, Ukraine sent drones to attack Russian oil refineries in the early morning, causing an explosion. Fortunately, no one at the refinery was injured. In addition, when Ukraine and Russia were fighting fierce battles on Snake Island , Ukraine also used drones to launch air strikes against the Russian army.
Therefore, it can be seen from many incidents that although the Russian army has advanced air defense missile systems such as S-500, which can effectively intercept long-range missiles, it is not suitable for low-altitude flying small equipment such as drones. , but many problems were exposed in terms of defense. Ukraine also seized on this small shortcoming of Russia and carried out multiple raids.
In this battle, Ukraine used drones extensively in combat. The drones used for attacks were mainly
"Switchblade" tactical unmanned systems from the United States, "Phoenix Phantom" drones and drones from TB-2 Bayraktar for Turkish . In addition, there are many drones provided by European countries for reconnaissance and intelligence.
The drone tactics used by Ukraine this time are also a major attraction in the war. Ukraine knows that advanced military drones like the American "Gray Eagle" can be easily discovered by the Russian air defense system, so they are very A large number of civilian drones and commercial drones were cunningly selected to coordinate.
Therefore, it is difficult for the Russian air defense system to detect these non-militarized drones, and it also suffered some losses in the early days. For now, Russia's main short-range air defense system uses " armor-S1". This equipment is also the most widely used short-range defense system in Russia.
It is understood that the data released by the Russian military now shows that the probability of "Armor-S1" hitting the target is about 70%, the reaction time is 4-6 seconds, and there is an acceleration period of several hundred meters after launching the missile. , so there will definitely be situations where targets are missed and cannot be intercepted.
In addition, the "Armor-S1" also has some defects in the detection angle of the radar , which will cause a certain blind area of vision at the top, and the scanning height and distance are also limited, so it often misses those small Drones and low-speed equipment. It can also be seen from this that Russia has limitations in preventing and controlling these low-speed and small drones and equipment.
However, when it comes to this type of equipment, China happens to have a weapon that can restrain them. Different from the "Armor-S1", the People's Liberation Army's SA2 76mm caliber vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft gun was developed specifically for this kind of low-altitude drone. This equipment is actually relatively unpopular, and it happened to be the one used by Ukraine in this battle. After using drones frequently, I just thought of its effectiveness. The special thing about the
SA2 76mm caliber vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft gun is that it is equipped with a photoelectric fire control system on the left side of the turret. The artillery also has an elevation angle of about 60 degrees. In this way, this weapon has the ability to accurately detect and track low-altitude targets. In addition, the SA2 76mm caliber vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft gun shells also have a correction command mode.
This means that the command fire control system can continuously detect the trajectory difference between the artillery shell and the target, thereby conveying correction instructions to the artillery shell until it can hit the target. Moreover, the radar system it is equipped with can track and lock small aircraft in medium and low-altitude areas, making it perfect to use it to deal with Ukrainian drones.
Not only does it have high accuracy, the speed at which the cannon is ejected from the chamber is also quite fast, reaching a speed of 980 meters per second. Even if it fails to hit the target, it will not leave them much reaction time before they will suffer. to the next wave of attacks. In addition, its strike range is very wide and can cause damage to a space around the target. In this way, even swarms of drones can be restrained.
Therefore, the SA2 76mm caliber vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft gun can largely make up for Russia's lack of low-altitude defense. Of course, the reason why this weapon is not popular is that it has certain limitations. Medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns have never been favored by the international community, mainly for these reasons.
is very particular about the choice of ammunition. If you use ordinary ammunition, it will not be able to exert its own effect. It is almost equivalent to using a 35mm anti-aircraft gun. However, using expensive guided ammunition not only doubles the cost, but the effect is not worth it. Missiles, so how to choose ammunition is a big question.
Secondly, when it is used to attack ground targets with horizontal fire, it can only be used as howitzer , but its armor-piercing power and grenade power are not as good as the 105mm anti-aircraft gun. That is to say, it is currently in a state of neither superior nor inferior. It is not suitable for using large materials with small uses, but it cannot match the effectiveness of large materials.
The last and most important problem is that the price of this anti-aircraft artillery system is very high. Generally, no country is willing to buy this weapon, because it will be idle after buying it, and a lot of money will be wasted. Unless they really need it, no one would make a special trip to buy this unpopular equipment.
Of course, in addition to this China's SA2 76 mm caliber vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft gun, drones also have a big nemesis - electronic pulse weapons. Electronic pulse weapons can directly destroy enemy electronic equipment, with a maximum range of up to 10 kilometers, and the cost is not too high. Small electronic pulse weapons are difficult to be discovered by the enemy, so they can be killed with one move.
At present, the research on electronic pulse weapons has become mainstream internationally, and future aircraft carriers will bow to it. Some experts even call it the "second atomic bomb." The Russian military is also currently actively developing electromagnetic pulse cannons. There will only be more and more such high-tech weapons in the future. After all, the principle of one thing reducing another applies to any field.
