50s grenade meets drone and transforms into ‘Russian tank nemesis’

Successful sniping by dropping ‘clown bullets’ from 300m high
Taking advantage of Russian tank design weaknesses… Cost-effectiveness of destroying 1 billion won with 130,000 won

Ukrainian military drones have emerged as a natural enemy to catch Russian tanks, the British Telegraph newspaper reported on the 6th (local time).

The Soviet-made RKG-3 grenade developed in the 1950s is dropped from a height of 300m, and it accurately hits the vulnerable top of Russian armored vehicles.

The Ukrainian Army’s drone special unit, Aerozvidka, recently released a video on YouTube of detonating a Russian tank with a grenade.

Another video circulating on social media shows a grenade dropped from high altitude sucked into the sunroof of a Russian military car and exploded.

The grenade used in this attack can penetrate regarding 20 cm thick armor. The BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle mainly used by the Russian army in this war has only regarding 10cm of upper armor thickness.

Also, Russian tanks store ammunition under the turret inside the hull, and if a high-temperature grenade attack is applied to the top, the possibility of the ammunition exploding inside increases.

This is why there are many scenes of Russian tank turrets turned upside down as if their lids were open in this war.

This club-like grenade was originally a method of approaching near enemy armored vehicles and throwing them by hand, but its use has been limited recently because it is difficult for soldiers to get close to tanks and armored vehicles with their bare body.

However, the Ukrainian Army greatly improved the accuracy by attaching a ‘tail wing’ to the grenade handle to increase fall stability. The ‘winged’ grenade got a new name ‘RKG-1600’.

The Ukrainian Army’s drone operation unit is using the camera of an ‘Octocopter’ equipped with eight rotor blades to accurately aim at an enemy target from a distance on the battlefield without exposing its location.

The altitude is so high that the Russians might not hear anything and might be attacked without knowing English, The Telegraph reported.

The ‘cost performance’ (price-to-performance ratio) of drone attacks is also very good.

A self-developed octocopter by Aerorosevidka costs regarding $10,000 (regarding 12.7 million won), and a grenade costs less than regarding $100 (127,000 won) per shot. The Russian military BMP-3, the target of the drone attack, is worth regarding 800,000 dollars (regarding 1 billion won).