Russia Preparing to Give Hell to German Helsing Drones

As Ukraine is set to receive some 6000 German-made Helsing HX-2 drones, Russia is preparing a response- a naval anti-aircraft cannon mounted on a truck that can spew hundreds of 30mm cartridges at approaching UAV swarms.

The new Helsing HX-2 strike drone has caused a lot of excitement among Ukrainian forces as these can strike targets with pin-point accuracy 62 miles away. They are said to be immune to electronic warfare systems and fly fast and low to remain undetected by radar.

They don’t need a data connection due to an on-board artificial intelligence system that identifies and tracks targets without sending a data feed to the operator. The human element comes in at the last moment when the decision to strike a target is reached.

The HX-2 drones are said to be effective against armor, artillery formations and other military and civilian targets such as oil storage facilities. The drones are particularly dangerous in a swarm as each can fly at 137 miles per hour and can be pre-programmed to track different targets.

Russian response: Truck-mounted Naval AK-306 anti-aircraft artillery gun

Russian engineers have improvised the AK-306 naval anti-aircraft artillery system based on a 6-barrel 30-mm AO-18L gun mounted on a KamAZ-43114 chassis. The truck-mounted AK-306 was spotted as part of an army detachment deployed in Crimea, whose military facilities ae a favorite target of Ukrainian drones and missiles.

With a rate of fire of about 1,000 rounds per minute, an initial velocity of 880 m/s, an effective range of up to 4,000 m and a gun elevation angle of up to 85 degrees, the AK-306 is capable of intercepting most gasoline-powered kamikaze UAVs of the Ukrainian armed forces. The AK-306 can be guided by a modern thermal imaging sighting module paired with the AO-18L. In the future, the AK-306 ZAK can be coupled with the Burdock series of radar guidance systems, which will make the system all-weather