Drones and how to kill them?

Sineva said:
The other option would be the 30/40 mm auto grenade launchers firing frag rounds,or something even simpler like the split breech hand cranked version of the 40mm grenade launcher
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~30-40mm GMGs with VT fuses seems to be the European standard at the moment.
 
Scott Kenny said:
The problem is that medium sized drones (professional quadcopters and Shaheds) aren't easily damaged by flak. At least not damaged enough to knock them out of the sky.

Yes, there's always the golden BB to the control circuit boards, but general damage to props or wing surfaces is basically not going to stop one. You need a hit solid enough to break the airframe. Break the main wing spar, blow the rudders off, break the rotor support arms.




By jamming the cellphone network, which also announces an attack. And the jammer is actively emitting for your artillery to smash.
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Flak has been doing that sort of damage to targets built a lot sturdier than a quadcopter for a long time. As always you just need to get the explosion close enough to the target.
Considering just the huge variety in drone size and capability there is no one-size fits all solution, but I think autocannons with airburst ammunition are going to have to play a very important part.
 
Regarding infantry protection against sUAS, I think one item as old as the times has been discarded way too easily: the shield.

Ballistic resistant ones can be improved and trade the extra weights that burden soldiers with a bit of fancy gimmicks that would benefit the integrated force structure.

Here are some of the plausible benefits (some are exclusives):
- Ballistic
- Thermal shielding (anti-IR)
- visual/adaptive cammo
- HUD
- Radio antenna
- GMTI Shielding
- Direct Energy attack protection
- Emergency Stretcher (think at the expected causality rates of modern warfare)

Hence, Protect, Assist, Conceal.
 
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