In the zone of the special military operation, Russian servicemen hit another US-made M1A1 Abrams tank with the help of the Granat-4 UAV created at the Izhevsk Unmanned Systems NPO. The video of the defeat of the tenth Abrams tank destroyed on 11 May was presented by the Kalashnikov concern.
The Granat-4 unmanned aerial vehicle detected the tank in motion, tracked it down, gave target designation and illuminated the target for a high-precision projectile. The Russian artillery crew accurately hit the lauded overseas monster with the Krasnopol corrected munition, which was developed by the Instrumentation Design Bureau and produced jointly with Kalashnikov.
“The presented exclusive video is the first recorded combat use of the complex with the Granat-4 UAV in a new version with illumination for the Krasnopol, Kitolov and Gran corrective munitions. Thus, Kalashnikov produces not only guided artillery munitions, but also means for their guidance,” the concern’s press service commented.
The Granat-4 UAV complex is designed for radio monitoring and airborne terrain observation with the help of special target payloads placed on board the UAV, in near real-time mode at a distance of up to 70 kilometres.
The image obtained from the Granat-4 UAV has a sufficiently high resolution and quality. This indicates a good optoelectronic system used on board the UAV. Such UAV equipment allows our servicemen to quickly and reliably classify any enemy target. Thanks to these capabilities and a number of other advanced solutions by the designers of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, the Granat-4 system is performing well and ensuring the defeat of targets in the rear of Ukrainian formations.
