Ukraine deploys drone equipped with MACHINE GUN to attack Russian troops for the first time

A DRONE equipped with a machine gun has been used for the first time to ambush Russian troops during a battle in Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops fitted a Wild Hornets drone with an AK-47 assault rifle and used it to fire on Russian forces during an operation last month.

Ukrainian troops have equipped a drone with a machine gun for the first time to ambush Russian troops
Ukrainian troops have equipped a drone with a machine gun for the first time to ambush Russian troopsCredit: Supplied
Troops in Ukraine have become innovators as they take the battle to Russia
Troops in Ukraine have become innovators as they take the battle to RussiaCredit: EPA
Ukraine's Bulava unit has also installed a grenade launcher on another drone
Ukraine’s Bulava unit has also installed a grenade launcher on another droneCredit: EPA

A successful attack occurred, causing Russian soldiers to flee in panic from the battlefield and seek refuge in a nearby forest in Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.

Video footage shows the drone firing on Russian troops hiding in a tree line after a failed attack.

Russian troops returned fire striking the machine gun drone several times.

But despite sustaining some damage the drone continued flying and attacking Russian troops, according to reports.

In video footage, it is evident that the drone was capable of managing the recoil of an assault rifle during burst firing, enabling the operator to take accurate shots.

This event marks the first known instance of an unmanned aerial vehicle being fitted with a machine gun. Kiev has stated that this weapon was created by the Ukrainian Army’s Bulava drone unit.

The Bulava unit has also installed a grenade launcher on another drone called the Queen of Hornet which has also been used successfully in battle.

The Bulava unit is part of Ukraine’s 3rd Mechanised Battalion of the Separate Presidential Brigade and it is leading the way in drone warfare innovation.

Colonel Philip Ingram, a former Army intelligence officer said that the drone demonstrated how innovative the Ukrainian military had become during the war with Russia.

He said: “The side that innovates more and more quickly than the other is the side that is most likely to win in the end.

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“The Ukrainians are giving the West massive lessons in innovation, especially with drones and this is being used to inform wider NATO.

Russia is innovating too but not as fast and not as competently as the Ukrainians – Ukraine is proactive – Russia is reactive but we have forgotten the utility of innovations and are having to relearn it.”

Russian troops were forced to flee when they were ambushed by the machine gun drone
Russian troops were forced to flee when they were ambushed by the machine gun droneCredit: Alamy
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