(By Massimiliano D'Elia) The long war in Ukraine is an important testing ground for the armies of half the world to understand the evolution of combat on the ground, following the use of simple and inexpensive but often lethal and successful means and technologies. The use of small killer drones or larger ones to transport explosives or perform silent but effective reconnaissance missions is an evident operational reality which needs to be remedied with adequate countermeasures already available on the market.
It is no coincidence that His Majesty's army is already at work researching and experimenting with new methods of tactical support for ground troops. The Times reported that Ukrainian soldiers, in the early days of the war, they attacked Russian tanks with Delfast electric bikes, which have a range of about 340 km. The British army, on the strength of this experience gained directly in the field, is conducting similar tests with a £6.500 off-road electric bicycle, the Stealth H-52, which can easily be used to approach the enemy silently before launching the attack, for example, on a tank, using a shoulder rifle such as the Carl Gustaf.
The other experiments
The scientists of the military research center Porion Down they studied and analyzed Russian vehicles to understand how to develop more lethal weapons. Among the technologies tested last week at Lulworth Camp, a major British Army base in Dorset, there was an unmanned ground vehicle called Mission master50-caliber machine gun. Among other technologies tested by Ranger troops were also anti-drone weapons with Smash viewfinder.
The war in Ukraine also highlighted the need to render harmless UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) used to engage enemy artillery. The goal is to be able to blind the enemy's drones before they can complete their mission. With this specific objective at Porion Down, in the project named Team Ilersa, laser guns and truck-mounted cannons firing microwave frequencies are being tested.
Among the various experiments underway, the British Ministry of Defense has also announced that the deadly Brimstone missiles, famously fitted to Eurofighter fighters, have been adapted for fitting to armored vehicles. The modified rocket launcher, which was successfully used on the battlefield in Ukraine, is called tungsten and is now being tested by the British Army as a cheaper alternative to systems such as the GMLRS extension.
In addition to a fighter F-35 and to an aircraft carrier class Á400M, the exercises at Lulworth also involved tanks Challenger 2, armored vehicles Ajax and helicopters AH-64E Apache. However, due to heavy rain, the army was unable to test the Malloy T150 drone for heavy haulage, which can carry equipment weighing up to 68 kg.
