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"Gepard" AA gun downing a "Shahed" UAV this morning. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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"Cheetah" is faster than "moped" 💨

This morning, one of the air defense units, which received over 10 million hryvnias of aid from us, successfully shot down an enemy drone. That's how it works - we help, they protect 🫶

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[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This gun is also incredibly effective against lightly armored vehicles and infantry.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Most autocannons are. Soviets took the guidance radars off their Shilkas (older equivalent to Guepard but with quad cannons) and called the radarless AAA vehicles "Afghanis".

[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You need to overclock them to have a microwave weapon for crowd control... Or a cancer gun.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I've updated my comment to clarify they, it's the vehicle with the cannons they've kepted. Not much need for the radar against the Taliban air force.