Small and explosive, FPV drones prove effective in destroying the pontoon crossing of the russian army across Seym, a river flowing through the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk Region in russia. A video of such a strike was posted by Ukrainian activist and FPV drone crowdfunding manager Serhii Sternenko, as he noted, this attack was carried out by the Requiem Group military unit of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces.
The footage first shows an FPV strike on a PP-91M (PP-2005) engineering vehicle; this mobile pontoon bridge entered service with the russian army in 2008. On top of being able to transport the pontoons, these vehicles can quickly deploy them across a water obstacle.
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Та сама понтонна переправа росіян через річку Сейм на Курщині. Оператори Сил спеціальних операцій підрозділу Requiem group допомогли порізати російську логістику вашими дронами, уразивши пару одиниць інженерної техніки. Щоб росіяни дохли при спробах втекти, закиньте на новий… pic.twitter.com/ANyCYBb3PE— Serhii Sternenko (@sternenko) August 20, 2024
Then, another explosive quadcopter finds an engineering vehicle that looks similar to the ÈOV-3521, a military excavator. Several pontoons already deployed across the river also appear in the video. Lastly, it shows satellite images of the area around the Seym River, provided earlier by the russian office of RFE/RL. The images highlight locations where a few pontoons were destroyed over August 18–19, in this way, Sternenko hints at who was responsible for the disappearances of russian crossings there.
On a note from Defense Express, even if the featured engineering equipment is merely damaged, it still creates necessary pressure because, with all three full-time bridges destroyed, pontoon crossings remain the only means for the russian forces to transfer both combat and logistics support vehicles to the southern bank of Seym, supply and reinforce the group of forces encamped in the area.
Each strike by Ukrainian Armed Forces, whether with FPV drones or heavier weapons, on these pontoon crossings undermines russian attempts to upkeep this group of forces and cuts it off the main force on the northern bank, effectively locking the russian troops between the river and the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Earlier Defense Express reported that due to rapid development, FPV drones are actively becoming more versatile in combat application. Recently, the Wild Hornets workshop presented their newly developed high-speed FPV drone that accelerates to 260 km/h.
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