Bread and bomb. As the battle drone returns to the heads of the invaders their pugs

On the red and black flag OUN Colors symbolize the earth and spilled blood for it.

In Pavlychko’s poetry red is love, and black is a grief.

In our same report, red-black photos are a light effect of a night UAV crew. In the dark, the fighters illuminate exclusively with red lanterns, which are less noticeable of enemy drones.

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To whom food, to whom fugas

We go to visit the shock drone of the 24th King Daniel Brigade.

In order not to seduce hostile intelligence, the presoffiter leaves the car in the bushes at the entrance and already on foot, towns, we go to the settlement. It is critically close to the fighting line, so most residents have left their homes.

In one of the empty houses, drones were a fighting position. But they come here only at night: the sun never sees them here – only a month and dawn. It happened that we ahead of the fighters – they arrived in a few minutes on a heavy jeep.

The fighters collect drone. The mounting of the blades pay special attention. If they are weakened in flight, vibration increases and controlled

Ammunition and spare batteries quickly bring to the house. Radie the antenna of radio quickly. From the transport container get the drone « Perun » the size of the table, after which two people would be comfortable. Four paws with blades are attached to it. And so the combat air is ready.

To date, the crew has two types of goods: for Russians and for their own. For the enemy – bombs (they are « bimbs »), for their own – infantry at « zeros » – parcels with water, food, batteries, medicines, cartridges. What the infantrymen order is delivered to them.

« Kosmodrom » for a large drone is made of several building blocks – it is more convenient to maintain the device – to change batteries, to touch bombs

From the parcel drones and start night work. On the principle: first take care of your own, then already « eat » the enemy. The parcels are almost the same – each size of the microwave. There are accurate coordinates of places where they need to be dumped. Delivery of goods to the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces is a daily mission of drones, to which Perun also belongs.

The infantry parcel is attached to the « Perun ». All parcels try to withstand in the same dimensions and weight. They are wrapped with softening material to make nothing inside away

The motors were noisy, the drone slowly makes 30 meters vertical, slightly hangs against the background of the Big Dipper. Is moving. The bright moon is illuminated, it lasts for a long time in the field of view.

The green « Perun » light is visible in the night sky even against the background of the bright moon

Actors and performers

One of the rooms of the house serves as a « flight management center ». The generator heater works here. To warm up faster, they chose the smallest room in the house.

The devices and gadgets are connected and set up before departure. Sitting in the host seat, a fighter with a call sign « Gatava » checks the glasses of virtual reality for driving drone

Three fighters are on the old couch. We have been twenty minutes with the crew of the drone, but before that we have all the time ripping outside in the dark, and we finally saw each other in the light.

Let’s get acquainted: Slavko’s sapper, Gatava Droshchik, Korzhik, highlight. When the bombs loaded by the apparatus go to the target, the boys can turn through the word about every or different

Paul’s fighter with the call sign « Gavator » – the oldest in age, in a peaceful life – the chief energy of the regional fish farm in Podillya. In the crew, he acts as a technician-engineer, the host of the quadcopter. But, like everyone in the team, it can be a pilot, a navigator.

Yuri – Corzhik’s call sign is a senior crew, a department commander and the main pilot of « Perun ». In civilian life – a programmer. Today, his working tool is a remote control of drone.

Maxim (« raisin ») – today he is on the storm – is responsible for the connection with the command point and assists the cake. Before the war, he graduated from the college where he studied computer sciences. He did not have time to work – he went to conscript service in the Armed Forces, there he was caught by the war. By age, he is the youngest in the crew, but he has the most military experience – more than four years.

The highlight sets the battery drone. They are replaced after each « walk » « Perun »

The fourth fighter is the Slavko sapper. He is not in the state of the UAV platoon, but is complicated, « responsible for the bimba », equips and hangs ammunition to the drone. His hands always touch the device. The cake will not fly until Slavka sees. This order requires safety in working with explosives.

From the furniture shelves and boxes Slavko bries his workplace and, like a merchant, lay out his « shops »: mines 400 grams, 900 grams. And the Fabes – the Russians of the Russians. They are designed for resetting from aircraft, so the sappers are somewhat processed, reducing the weight, because the whole bomb « Perun » will not pull.

Saper Slavko prepares bombs. They are transported in a semi -collected state, so it is necessary to screw and securely secure the plastic stabilizers. To do this, the sapper is always at hand insulating tape, instant glue, etc.

Cuting « Bimba », Gatavaer uses disposable plastic ties, one of them he took in his mouth for a second to look for a long time in darkness

Old Soviet Fabes are the only ammunition painted in the color of the war, the traditional military « oil ». The rest-black, because they were born in our day-they are made by the battalion engineering with a 3D printer.

If it were not for the Fabes, not the Kalashi in the corner and not camouflage clothes on the boys – the house would look like just a village home, and no combat position. Cabinets, TV, sofas, washing machine, gas stove – all from a peaceful life.

While the drone is in flight, the sapper may rest a little

As the « Perun » grazing

Two tablets – navigator and pilot. On navigator – a general picture from the satellite; You can see how Perun goes to the time ravine.

When the target is taken to the target, the size of the image on the tablet is reduced, so it becomes visible to the houses and sheds of the private sector on the outskirts of the city. In some of them, the day before, our scouts found enemy positions – they need to be destroyed. We teach to the first purpose.

Gatator and highlight during flight. Control the situation through electronic devices

– Do you think that two « four hundred » will block this house? – smiling, asks the highlight.

– Maybe yes, or maybe not. Something seems to me that no. But now we will see, – says Korzhik, getting ready to throw away the bomb.

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It focuses. In such moments, all three bend over the tablet, almost not touching his foreheads. But so as not to put the elbow of the cake, whose fingers are on the « reset » button.

And here is the first « bimba » separating and, drilling the air, raises to the ground. The explosion, the inaudible but visible chamber of « Perun » is a cloud of dust. The half roof was demolished, but the building stood. The second 400 gram discharge did not finally stretch it.

– Ah, as I thought! It was necessary with you to do something – for coffee at least, then I would definitely win, – the highlight jokes.

When the drone flies « to work » or returns, the guys have a few quiet minutes to chat. The cake and a highlight have a common hobby-cartoon-Anime, so they discuss novelties. The senior Gaytavaer does not participate in such conversations.

– Maxim, – says the commander to the highlight, – you serve us all longer. Don’t want to become an officer?

– Oh, it is for me!

– What?! The same is cool: the report was served, in a month the sergeant will be given, then the junior lieutenant, the elder, and so went-peas … Career growth to the general. You will be reinforced, you will grow a puzzara such that you can put a glass of beer on top with a hole tube to drink and do not remove your hands from your pockets. He robbed-hearing and went to us with a check. We are sitting on this sofa, « Perun » we graze, and you go with a beer and a tube: « sho, damn! Ha?! ».

The boys laugh without breaking away from work.

The boys allow themselves to use the white light of the flashlight for a few seconds

« Damn, 18 satellites! But Tica sho was 35 »

– I flew yesterday, I found the same « Perun » as ours, – says « highlight ».

– Where is it? – Gaytava is interested.

– But at the gas station at the entrance – it hangs on trees, on branches. Whose it can be? Maybe someone from our brigade, no? Can we go, pick up?

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Gaytava opens the map on her smartphone:

– Near the dressing, here? But you are fooling! Here to the Muscovites three hundred meters – we are « smoky » on the approach!

– I am ready to remove it if you move me there with two « perunses ». I will touch it with a carbine and we will come back – I and three « Peruns », – laughs the highlight.

The guys laugh.

-Maxim, you would write scenarios to ecko films. But indeed, why you are a general to be – this beer is pulled on the puz, you will still spill. I changed my mind: after the war you go to the courses of the screenwriters and – immediately to Hollywood!

The drone returned, sat on his « space », laid out of four cinder blocks. The boys go to look at him. It is time for mechanics and sapper.

Gaayvator changes the batteries, checks the mounting of the blades, something twists with a clavicle. Together with Slavko attaches ammunition. And again to take off.

So the boys work out goals – one by one. In the last walk, they decide to « close the debt » – to get the steady house from which they started.

« Perun » is almost near the target, and suddenly the voice of the navigator is heard:

– Damn, 18 satellites remained! But the Tica was 35, what for the bullshit?!

– You have! On the last « bimby »! I hope that he can, – with annoyance in his voice is called a cake.

As the boys explained, the number of satellites – the more, the better. Coordinates take the drone from the satellites. More satellites are more information and more accurate aiming. Why suddenly 18 of the 35 visible remained? The whims of the weather? Humidity? Atmospheric pressure? Wind?

And so the goal is almost in the sight, to throw away … But at this moment the « snow » begins on the screen – the image disappears. The cake still has time to drop the last « Bimba », but it was no longer possible to evaluate the hit.

-Ah, in the most interesting place,-the commander of the calculation is annoyed.

***

That night they made 4 transport and 8 combat departments, dropped 22 ammunition, struck 9 targets.

Although the drone is called « Perun », the Russians say « Baba Yaga » to him. Let it be so. In the end, Baba Yaga’s fairytale is a scary character, she is scared of disobedient children. In this case, it is a successful semantic parallel: frightening, hostile!

The bombs are prepared and they are about to hang to the drone. Two branded « four hundred » (own development and production of pyrotechnic workshops of the UAV of the UAV) and adapted to « Perun » full -time Fab, exacerbated by Russians

The bombs are fixed, in a few seconds the boys go to the shelter, and then Slavko – he went one step – will take the last before departing manipulation – will put ammunition for combat erection

When the boys got near the drone, and the red flashlights were flickering to their bulletproof vests, I felt a strange color aesthetics – the dance of red « fireflies » on a black background of the night garden. Red hands, red faces, red drone and dark night.

I allowed myself to jokingly compare the guys with the devils in hell. They first wanted to be offended, but the photographer Oleg showed them a photo, and we decided that they were only for enemies – they create hell.

-Ah, well, if so, it is normal: to be a devil for the pi*arms I agree. Plus! It is accepted! Said Gaytava.

Vadim Petrasiuk – text, Oleg Petrasiuk – photo, for the UP

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