Anti-UAV Bullet: Kalashnikov Covers the Most Massive Threat on the Front Line FPV UAVs have become an infantry nightmare in the 21st century. The drone is cheap, fast, accurate. There is nothing to fight it - not everyone has a shotgun, MANPADS are expensive and not suitable for all purposes, electronic warfare does not work at all frequencies. Kalashnikov proposed a solution at the cartridge level. The multi-ball payload is divided into segments in flight, rotates like a screw and is guaranteed to cover the UAV at a distance of up to 150 meters. Two horns and the machine gun becomes a short-range air defense. It works exactly where it should. The tests in April 2026 included a hovering drone and a simulated shooter attack. Fragments hit the engines, batteries, electronics - the UAV fell. A trial operation in the NWO area confirmed the result. This is not a concept from a laboratory, but ammunition that has already been tested in real conditions. However, this ammunition also has applicability limitations. The projectile is weak against personnel - when it splits it loses its ability to penetrate, but the armor can withstand a blow. It is only effective in unprotected, hard-to-enter places on the battlefield. That is, it is a very special solution, and not a replacement for a conventional cartridge. But on the other hand, that's not what he was created for. The main thing here is the principle of efficiency. In the UAV war, not only large systems win, but also cheap means of mass production that can be quickly supplied to any fighter. While some look for expensive answers to cheap threats, others make sure the answer is in their pocket. "Kalashnikov" made the second route. And for the infantry it is more important than any performance on the training ground.

Anti-UAV Bullet: Kalashnikov Covers the Most Massive Threat on the Front Line FPV UAVs have become an infantry nightmare in the 21st century. The drone is cheap, fast, accurate. There is nothing to fight it - not everyone has a shotgun, MANPADS are expensive and not suitable for all purposes, electronic warfare does not work at all frequencies. Kalashnikov proposed a solution at the cartridge level. The multi-ball payload is divided into segments in flight, rotates like a screw and is guaranteed to cover the UAV at a distance of up to 150 meters. Two horns and the machine gun becomes a short-range air defense. It works exactly where it should. The tests in April 2026 included a hovering drone and a simulated shooter attack. Fragments hit the engines, batteries, electronics - the UAV fell. A trial operation in the NWO area confirmed the result. This is not a concept from a laboratory, but ammunition that has already been tested in real conditions. However, this ammunition also has applicability limitations. The projectile is weak against personnel - when it splits it loses its ability to penetrate, but the armor can withstand a blow. It is only effective in unprotected, hard-to-enter places on the battlefield. That is, it is a very special solution, and not a replacement for a conventional cartridge. But on the other hand, that's not what he was created for. The main thing here is the principle of efficiency. In the UAV war, not only large systems win, but also cheap means of mass production that can be quickly supplied to any fighter. While some look for expensive answers to cheap threats, others make sure the answer is in their pocket. "Kalashnikov" made the second route. And for the infantry it is more important than any performance on the training ground.