Wall-E robot and "super-backpacks". The Russians have found a way to deal with Ukrainian drones

 

"The Russians have found a way to protect themselves against the real nightmare that Ukrainian drones pose to their troops and have started equipping soldiers and small tracked vehicles with special personal protection systems.

Not only large motorized units gain protection against drones, but even individual soldiers

Ukrainian drone attacks are causing problems in the ranks of Russians. Such remotely controlled aircraft can effectively hit enemy units by dropping explosives or flying straight into military vehicles or individual soldiers and exploding. As a result, tanks or cars with additional armor, or rather a special net or cage protecting against air attacks, appear more and more often on the front.

Drones are a key weapon in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

So far, however, the soldiers who fight our eastern neighbor have remained defenseless against the new drone technology used by the Ukrainians. However, this is changing. Moscow has just released an innovative tracked vehicle to the front to help fight drones. It's an unmanned robot called Wall-E. The machine, named after the life-saving robot from the popular Disney animation, is the first electronic warfare system with a tracked platform developed by Russians. This equipment is devoid of offensive weapons, but is equipped with antennas and a system that jams radio and GPS signals. There is one goal - to interrupt the connection between attacking drones and their operators.

As reported by RIA Novosti, the Wall-E system underwent field tests in June. The vehicle is intended to provide protection for ground troops - its battery allows for many hours of operation and maintaining an active electronic combat system against unmanned aerial vehicles. This creates a sort of invisible dome that renders reconnaissance drones and kamikazes useless. Rebovet, the manufacturer of this equipment, ensures that the system can suppress communication with drones within a radius of up to 300 meters.

The soldier's backpack will drown out the drones

Individual soldiers also receive similar, but personal systems. These are special backpacks that interfere with connection with drones. The so-called Jammers, equipped with antennas, are worn on their backs by more and more frontline fighters - both Russians and Ukrainians. This mobile device is difficult to track and allows users to interrupt the first-person view (FPV) UAV's connection to its controller. As a result, the drone falls approximately 250 meters from its intended target. However, such backpacks are not cheap - a single set costs the equivalent of over PLN 30,000 zloty (6,953.54 Euro).

 The system can only operate for an hour on a single charge. Soldiers use, among others: Tuman and BlackZone devices, which neutralize the commercial Chinese DJI Phantom series drones, which are so popular on the front."