The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared "combat use" drone "boomerang": what is known (video)
The military form payments of two persons: the operator and his assistant. The operator controls the drone with the help of special glasses of virtual reality, and his partner helps the UAV take off and monitor his flight with the help of a digital card, suggesting the route. In the video, you can see how one of the military attaches a fairly large ammunition to the drone using special straps. After launch, they showed frames from the UAV chamber flying above the snowy road.
It is unknown whether the "boomerang" managed to hit at least some purpose. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, FPV-aroma (FPV First Person View or "View from First Person") allow the operator to better navigate in space and pursue moving goals. The boomerang itself, as stated, can accelerate to a speed of 170 km/h and does not use a satellite bond, so it may not be suppressed with an antitrone gun.
According to the pro-Russian Telegram-channel "Voenny Zavvedosti", earlier the FPV drones appeared in the 9th regiment of the so-called "People's Militia of the DNR" (now-the 9th brigade of the first army corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). The unit also taught operators.
"After awareness of the possibilities of using these drones, their equipment began to increase themselves among other units, which is visible from the attached official video of the Ministry of Defense," the propagandists write. Earlier, the Russians complained about Ukrainian FPVs that destroy the road of combat equipment. One of these UAVs flew directly into the open hatch of the tank, the commander of which climbed out with the radio.