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Despite the limited range of firing in skillful hands, veteran machine gun remai...

19th Century Weapons Against Modern Drones: The Armed Forces Fighters found a Maxim machine gun (photo)

Despite the limited range of firing in skillful hands, veteran machine gun remains dangerous to the enemy. On the front line, where the struggle for every meter of Ukrainian land is daily, the fighters of the 21st separate mechanized brigade use unexpected weapons against modern Russian drones-the legendary machine gun "Maxim", developed in the XIX century.

The history of Ukrainian defenders who were able to confine Shahaneda from a machine gun who survived the two world wars was published on February 12 on the team page. Despite the limited firing range of 800 meters, a machine gun, developed in 1883, was an effective remedy against air threats. Soldiers Vladimir and Peter spoke about one episode where the veteran machine gun proved to be on the best side. "It was a common change, our first duty in this position.

When a drone attack began, Shahhad fired from six positions, but as a result it turned out that we knocked it down," the soldier said. This case confirms that old weapons in skillful hands remain dangerous to the enemy. However, the fighters do not hide that they dream of more powerful air defense systems. "I would like something more powerful, DSK or canik, then they could knock down more goals," Peter admits.

His comrade Vladimir said bitterly that when the goal could not be affected, the drone threatens the city residents, and it is difficult to be aware. ". . . This drone flies further, if he still comes to the city, you realize that he is threatening someone's life, threatens peaceful people, it is the hardest thing," the fighter said. Earlier, we wrote about a Ukrainian serviceman with a call sign "landing".