By Natali Moss
As focus wrote earlier, Merlin-Br was first introduced in September 2021. The Russians stated that it has a hybrid engine that can switch to electrical drafts if necessary. The developers claimed that UAVs are able to fly up to five kilometers for about 10 hours. He can also lift up to six pounds. However, it was later dismantled by experts and hybrid technologies. Inside such drone found an internal combustion engine with a plastic canister instead of a fuel tank.
Moreover, under the UAV housing found foreign parts, the sale of which is forbidden by sanctions. In particular, the subject "Merlin-BR" was equipped with a thermal imaging with a French matrix and an Israeli lens. The mass production of these drones was not reported, as well as their testing. However, in June last year, the defenders first killed Merlin-BR in the territory of Ukraine.
The experimental UAVs were noticed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which may indicate its mass production. However, the rarity of the destruction of the Merlin-BP Armed Forces indicates that the model is not very popular with Russian army or developers lacking in detail. We will remind, the former head of "Roscosmos" stated that the Russians in the sky above the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region noticed an unknown UAV.
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