Neat, but this thing is a Hexacopter as it has 6 propellers, not 8.
The guy in the video said it’s an anti-infantry mine.
You’re right, but I can hear the guy say “противопехотная мина” at the same time there’s a closeup of the mine and the TM-62M label is visible. I’m not sure what the significance of that is.
As they jerry-rigged it with a grenade fuse, I’m pretty sure it’ll work against infantry just fine. Drop it from above with a delayed fuse and it’ll clear a sizable area from anyone unlukcy enough to have their head above the ground.
With that kind of payload I suspect that it can’t get too far away before batteries are empty, but I suppose it’s built for a reason. Getting that much explosives reasonably accurately over the field you’re pushing could be pretty useful.
Suicide drones make much more sense than this stuff for large munitions. All those engines and batteries for a platform that’s very likely going to be destroyed anyway. Those cardboard, rubber band catapult launched planes are much cheaper.
If a $2k drone takes out a tank and crew that can’t be easily replaced, that’s still good bang for buck.
Is the purpose of this device to remotely mine areas where enemies currently aren’t, or to attempt to drop mines directly on enemies? The former task seems suited to a reusable drone.
Looks like 6 rotors to me
