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Dramatic mid-air battle footage captures the moment Ukrainian Helicopter gunner blows up a Russian Freelancer Out of the sky with the minigun mounted on the plane.
First-person view clip shows a soldier taking aim We-manufactured M134 minigun – which can fire ammunition at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute – at a $20,000 drone, before it is downed in a hail of bullets.
The comparatively cheaper Geran-2 ‘kamikaze’ drone, which is a Russian-made clone of the Iran-made Shahid 136, and similar models have been used extensively by Russia to attack Ukrainian targets, Drone attacks have increased by 300% from last year’s figuresAccording to data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Inexpensively produced minigun rounds are a cost-effective way to shoot down drones compared to the use of surface-to-air missiles.