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Judging by /r/CombatFootage/ you can't really do anything against them unless you wear a full EOD suit. Once you hear it you are already dead.

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I don’t know how you would actually defend but there is probably some selection bias too. The videos are published by the drone operators, they probably have an interest in publishing videos of successful strikes.

We produce drones in Ukraine, yes, hit-rate is lower, but still worth it given cost.

I heard of Ukrainian drone operators that had +500 kills and that was a couple of years ago...

Small arms fire can take out small drones.

I believe both Russia and Ukraine train some soldiers via shooting target/dummy drones and skeet.[1]

And there are videos out there of Ukrainians and Russians successfully shooting down fpv drones. [2][3][4]

(Content warning: war videos but there shouldn't be any gore in them)

[1] https://xcancel.com/RALee85/status/1948675201983553864

[2] https://xcancel.com/RALee85/status/1920365175766483080

[3] https://xcancel.com/RALee85/status/1936508342622437560

[4] https://xcancel.com/RALee85/status/1923488508015956341

We're not likely to see the footage where someone destroys the drone

There's a lot of footage where incoming FPV drones are destroyed by different means.

r/ukrainewarvideoreport has been full of it for three years, but mind the survivorship (well, opposite of that) bias - the Ukranian war propaganda / media machine only publishes successes, the Russian one is suppressed or simply not posted on Reddit. Just because you don't see failed strikes doesn't mean they don't happen. The vehicles have drone shields, the roads have nets, and there's heaps of electronic countermeasures in place.

That said, if you're out in the field and there's one above you, you're boned. Can't imagine the horrors of vibing, then having a grenade plop down next to you.

> the Ukranian war propaganda / media machine only publishes successes, the Russian one is suppressed or simply not posted on Reddit

They are literally posted there, stop spreading fud.

Wouldn't a flame thrower be crazy effective against a drone ?

at a distance close enough to hit the drone it's shrapnel and explosives could probably hit you. and you're sitting on a big tank of flammable material.

it's like the dudes that throw their rifle at the drone 6 feet away, hit it, cause it explode... but they still take shrapnel to the head and neck anyway because it's only 6 feet away.

plus what happens if you miss?

and the ammo is big, heavy, and requires special tanks. non-starter of an idea.

You dont need to burn the drone but the fiber cable.

The sub is biased towards the successful attempts though

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