Russian military personnel have begun installing so-called "grills" on motorcycles and ATVs to protect against attacks by enemy FPV drones. The makeshift modernized equipment is used as part of assault groups. However, journalists from Forbes questioned its effectiveness.
In the publication, journalists compared the Russian "motor-grills" with motorcycles from the post-apocalyptic film series "Mad Max."
The problem is that a 70-horsepower ATV or a 50-horsepower motorcycle will not be able to cope with a large amount of armor without losing mobility. This is a lesson that many armies learned after the First World War. This is a lesson that the Russian army will surely learn today.
Photos of assault motorcycles with welded metal cages, as well as camouflage netting, have appeared online. Similar structures are placed on tanks and other heavy equipment. But for armored vehicles weighing tens of tons, such "grills" are not an obstacle, but a life-saving defense.
It's another matter to put armor on a one-and-a-half-ton ATV or a 200-pound off-road motorcycle, each of which produces less than a hundred horsepower.
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