Russian specialists have successfully tested a turret-mounted automated anti-aircraft machine gun system based on the 7.62-mm PKT machine gun. The complex is equipped with bi-spectral optoelectronic sighting equipment operating in the television and thermal imaging ranges (CCD/CMOS and MWIR/LWIR) using a ballistic computer and artificial intelligence algorithms.
The effective operating range of the complex against small FPV drones reaches 370-450 meters, and against the An-196 Lyuty unmanned aerial vehicle — up to 1300 meters. The module is capable of receiving target designation from various radars, including small-sized systems.
Such automated modules will effectively cover the "dead zones" of the S-400 and S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems from "kamikaze" drones of the "Rubaka" type, as well as provide protection for oil refineries and logistics railway trains.
Earlier www1.ru reported that gunsmiths created new anti-aircraft installations from centuries-old Maxim machine guns to combat UAVs.