On the plus side, the collectors value of the remaining Shylkas went up.
They should be shipped to PSA for grading.
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Well it didn't do its job very well then did it. It's designed to shoot flying things, and drones fly.
Gotta collect them all!
It belongs in a museum!
To me it seems like WW2 style close support anti-air is idealy suited for slow flying smaller drones. Given the low altitude, size and no armor I would think the way to go was to use even smaller calibres to increase the "bullet density". Chain fed linked 5.56 machine guns in an array perhaps?
I was reading some article that stated the effectiveness of Ukrainian anti-drone defenses had decreased because Russian drones, most notably their Shahed variants, are flying at higher altitudes.
The machine-gun type defenses don't have the altitude range to hit higher flying drones, so the interception rate went down to 80%.
A quick google returned this article from today: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/29/why-cant-ukraine-stop-russias-shahed-drones-anymore/
I was refering to the "quad rotor type" I dont follow the war so close that I watch much of the combat footage, but I get the impression that they are extensively used for taking out single targets like the Russian vehicle in OPs post.
I agree that againsr a high flying missile drone what I suggested would be useless.
Ah, memories of Operation Flashpoint.
There's only two breeding pairs left in the wild, give generously...
Lmao, they made it sound like a treasure hunt!