UAV crews of the Novorossiysk Guards Mountain Airborne Assault Division (VDV) of Russia use drones to deliver water and ammunition, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The defense department emphasized that in addition to conducting aerial reconnaissance and destroying enemy equipment, UAVs are used as a means of delivering water, provisions, communications equipment, and ammunition. This method is used when it is impossible to provide servicemen with everything they need by conventional transport. Paratroopers work together with logistics units.
The quadcopter operator, having suspended a payload to the device, takes off from the starting position and, arriving by air at the designated point, successfully carries out a "targeted" drop.
Over the course of a day, delivery drones can make several dozen sorties, the department concluded.
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