The Russian Federation already uses kamikaze drones of its own production based on Iranian Shahed for strikes on Ukraine: we will explain what is known about them…
At the beginning of July of this year, after one of the night attacks of the occupiers by Iranian kamikaze drones of the Shahed type, it became known that the Russians began to use a “new type” of these attack drones for attacks on Ukraine, which were assembled or even manufactured on the territory of the Russian Federation , on which, in particular, was hinted at by the combat part of one of the Soviet or Russian-made UAVs.
At the same time, Defense Express recently received a number of photos from its own sources that allow us to analyze, and what differences can be found, if we compare the “new” attack drone, probably manufactured in the Russian Federation (for convenience, we will call it “Geran-2”) and the Iranian sample (we will call it Shahed).
The first thing to note is that “Geranium-2” has indeed received a new marking (previously a photo with an atypical designation “Ы” was distributed on the network), which can be seen in the photo below and which differs from the Shahed marking with the letter “K”.
Markings of the “new” version of the kamikaze drone (top) and the “old”, the serial numbers are painted over for security reasons
Now let’s move on to the basic differences. A number of changes in the “new” kamikaze drone concern its body. Thus, the analysis of images of the Geran-2 kamikaze drone shows that the new version received a slightly different body, which consists of interconnected elements, while in Shahed it was one-piece.
Markings of the “new” version of the kamikaze drone (top) and the “old”, the serial numbers are painted over for security reasons
As you can see, one of the fragments of the kamikaze drone tail of the “new” Geran-2 drone (photo above) has holes for connecting parts of this drone, which were missing in the “old” version.
The type of material used in the body of these Kamchkadze drones has also changed – if in the old Shahed it was printed “honeycombs”, then in the new “Geran-2” something similar to “foam”.
“Foam” in the “new” drone (above) and “honeycomb” in the “old” version (below)
As we mentioned earlier, the new “Geranium-2” also received a new warhead, which is marked in Cyrillic instead of Latin and equipped with tungsten balls.
New combat unit of the Geran-2 kamikaze drone
The Geran-2 UAV has also changed its battery – previously it was made of Li-Ion 18650 batteries, while the “new” drone has a gel battery, and from the Russian brand Delta Battery.
After all, the “new” “Geranium-2” is also equipped with antennas with the “Comet” block, which provides protection against interference and was not used in Shahed before.
New helium battery in Geran-2 kamikaze drone
In view of the facts listed above, we once again record the fact that the Russian Federation really began to use kamikaze drones of its own production and with its own components for strikes on Ukraine. It is currently unclear whether we are talking about some individual samples or whether the occupiers managed to establish production on a larger scale.
Top Photo: Shahed
Source: Defense Express