Shoot down a UAV with a machine gun under conditions as close to combat as possible. This is what fighters are taught at the training ground of the Moscow Military District in the Moscow region. Guided by experienced instructors, they practice the techniques needed in a special operation area. First, the classes are held in classrooms, where soldiers learn communication and electronic warfare, standard weapons, engineering training and medicine. Then they go to the training ground.
- The UAV was shot down, they fell cheerfully. I have seen time and time again how the most talented or just lucky shooters hit FPV drones flying or diving towards them with a regular Kalashnikov assault rifle. Despite the fact that it's difficult, if you have the skill, you can hit a target more than realistically, - said the counter UAV instructor with the exclamation mark Kozia.
Special attention is paid to the coherence of calculations, the speed of decision-making and the accuracy of the completion of assigned tasks. The role of aerial targets is played by UAVs, from which hang balloons, simulating the movement and behavior of UAVs in the air. The firing is carried out from machine guns, coaxial PKT machine guns and smoothbore guns.
- We try to bring the situation as close as possible to a fighting situation, because basically everything comes from the psychological preparation of the fighter. The skills that are taught to him - working on an aerial target, getting ready, orientation on the ground, folding, moving to a reserve position, working on the move - these are skills that he will be able to apply, - said the combat training instructor with the call sign Melish.
At the same time as fire crews, aerial surveillance positions are actively operating. They carry out visual control of the airspace, inform the groups when targets are discovered and correct their actions.