- Military exercise with FPV drones in the Legion
- Types of drone missions in conflict
- Kamikaze drone exercise of the Xª Bandera ‘Millán Astray’
- Demonstration of neutralizing a moving vehicle
- New military tactics and adaptation in the Spanish Armed Forces
- The 2nd Brigade ‘Alphonse XIII’ of the Legion as an Experimental Brigade
- Offensive training with drones in the Armed Forces
Military exercise with FPV drones in the Legion
He exercise they feature it military of the Xª Flag ‘Millan Astray’of the 4th Tercio ‘Alejandro Farnese’ of the Legion.
He unmanned aerial vehicle by a legionnaire, it seems to be a FPV type droneor “First person view”. The soldier controls the drone with a controller, and wears glasses on his face which allow him to see, in the first person, the images transmitted by the drone’s camera.
THE Ukrainian war because the Russian invasion of 2022 is the conflict which recorded the big step towards extensive use of drones of all sizesalso those of small dimensions.
Types of drone missions in conflict
A few They only have missions intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanceto detect enemy positions and, for example, mark them to hit them with artillery.
Other drones They are used in offensive missions. Quasi-homemade drones have been equipped with mechanisms to carry weapons, such as mortar shelland release them when they fly over a target, for example a battle tank or other armored vehicle.
THE third excellent option are the kamikaze drones. They are loaded with explosive material and are used to crash into a target you wish to destroy or damage.
Kamikaze drone exercise of the Xª Bandera ‘Millán Astray’
This last function is that exercised by the Xª Flag ‘Millan Astray’unit dependent on Third third ‘Alexandre Farnese’ of the Legion. This third party is based in Ronda (Málaga)although it is part of the organic structure of the 2nd “Alphonse XIII” Brigade of the Legion.
Demonstration of neutralizing a moving vehicle
He Army released a video with images taken by the drone, as well as images recorded from other drones and from the ground, to show “how a moving vehicle with an attack drone.
In the video you can see two vehicles. A VAMTAC journeys followed by an SUV Santana Anibal.
The drone rises, records from height to Hannibal and here we go for this last vehicle.
It approaches him from behind, comes within a few meters of the ground, and at one point the drone sneaks into the rear box off-road.
From the images, it appears that no military personnel were going there, and it is assumed that during this exercise, the drone did not transport explosive chargeand therefore did not explode.
But it was an exercise to demonstrate how a soldier with a fpv droneif charged with an explosive, can neutralize a military vehicle: in this case, not a battle tank or an armored vehicle, which does not have an opening like a Hannibal, but an all-terrain vehicle, or a truck which would have an open rear body.
A small drone can squeeze into a vehicle like this, which carries so many things military as materialsand explodes inside the rear hull to cause casualties (dead or injured) or destroy enemy equipment.
New military tactics and adaptation in the Spanish Armed Forces
He Armyand in general the Armed Forcesmodify their military tactics in light of the lessons learned that armies around the world are watching in the war in Ukraine which is about to turn four years old.
The use of drones multiplied in an exaggerated manner. THE Spanish Armed Forces They are accelerating the incorporation of these aerial devices, with different types of missions.
At the same time, they also integrate anti-drone meansand organize exercises to train the defense against enemy drones.
The 2nd Brigade ‘Alphonse XIII’ of the Legion as an Experimental Brigade
Here drone revolution The 2nd Brigade of the “Alphonse XIII” Legion has a head start, since the Army designated her as Experimental Brigade and has been testing new technologies and tactics for years.
Offensive training with drones in the Armed Forces
Also the trained legionnaires during an exercise, the offensive use of drones to attack enemy trenches: falling drone projectiles, attack with kamikaze drones…
The new war developing in Ukraine is also being tested in the military units of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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