The Armed Forces of the Russian Federal

The new UAV "Skalpel" is inferior to their predecessors by many characteristics, but 17 times cheaper, the occupiers recognize. The Russian army brought the first batch of new scalpel drones to the territory of Ukraine to apply them in hostilities. About this a researcher of unmanned military systems and analyst of the American research organization "Naval Analysis" (CNA) Samuel Bendett wrote on the social network X. He drew attention to a video published DNR.

" On it the fighters unload oblong products about two meters long, packed in cardboard, and fold them near the wall indoors. Judging from the roller, the drones were delivered in disassembled state - separately the body and wings. The authors of the publication claim that this is the first part of "scalpel", which is ready for use. Such drones are a simplified but more affordable version of the Russian -wandering Russian gun, which is inferior to a number of technical characteristics.

"We do not set ourselves the task of creating competition - we want to fill the front with the necessary means of damage," - write in "Battalion East". The commander of the battalion "Vostok" Alexander Khodakovsky separately noted that the basic version of "Skalpel" cost the unit 17 times cheaper than "Lancet". He noted that the samples would still be coming tests, after which refinement. Skalpel drones developed KB "Vostok" with Ryazan.

Representatives of the organization in September reported that they had conducted flight tests and prepared in October to put ready -made equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for use in the war in Ukraine. Such drones allegedly ordered several unnamed units of the army of the invaders. "Skalpel" received a cross structure of the wing, as in "Lancet", but smaller.

Inside there is a compartment for a amount of 125 mm in diameter and 650 mm long, where different types of combat parts weighing up to 5 kg can be laid. In KB "Vostok" assure that the run weight of the device is 10. 5 kg, the flight range is 40 km, the cruising speed is 120 km/h. "Lacets" is produced by the Russian company Zala Aero Group. According to the manufacturer's website, this barrel ammunition uses coordinate, electro -optical and combined guidance systems.

The drone also transfers the image to the operator from the thermal imaging chamber so that the military can confirm the lesion. Lancet can fly about 40 minutes due to the electric engine. According to the Inform Army portal, there are at least two versions-Lanzet-1 and Lancet-3. They have the same glider with two X-shaped wings and similar electronics, and differ mainly in size and amount of load.