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[Combat] The 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Kherson" demonstrated how the crew of a Yak-52 destroys Russian drones. (imgur.com)
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[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Shooting out of an airplane? Instead of using mthe mounted guns, wtf?

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's a Yak-52 trainer. It doesn't have mounted guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-52

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Handguns are more lightweight and maneuverable. And are totally OK for small drones. Machine guns are needed for only big ones.