Well it didn’t do its job very well then did it. It’s designed to shoot flying things, and drones fly.
There’s only two breeding pairs left in the wild, give generously…
On the plus side, the collectors value of the remaining Shylkas went up.
They should be shipped to PSA for grading.
It belongs in a museum!
To me it seems like WW2 style close support anti-air is idealy suited for slow flying smaller drones. Given the low altitude, size and no armor I would think the way to go was to use even smaller calibres to increase the “bullet density”. Chain fed linked 5.56 machine guns in an array perhaps?
I was reading some article that stated the effectiveness of Ukrainian anti-drone defenses had decreased because Russian drones, most notably their Shahed variants, are flying at higher altitudes.
The machine-gun type defenses don’t have the altitude range to hit higher flying drones, so the interception rate went down to 80%.
A quick google returned this article from today: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/29/why-cant-ukraine-stop-russias-shahed-drones-anymore/
I was refering to the “quad rotor type” I dont follow the war so close that I watch much of the combat footage, but I get the impression that they are extensively used for taking out single targets like the Russian vehicle in OPs post.
I agree that againsr a high flying missile drone what I suggested would be useless.
Gotta collect them all!
Ah, memories of Operation Flashpoint.
Lmao, they made it sound like a treasure hunt!
