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How much sense would a riffle calibered Phalanx-like sentry gun make in an Ukrainian antidrone context?

Small arms fire is effective against the shahed drones in daytime en.defence-ua.com/…/how_ukrainian_soldiers_shot_s…

But how about a CIWS chambered in 5.56, 7.62 or 12.7? At least the first two rounds are extremely cheap compared to SAMs. So antidrone miniguns should theoretically work, but what have I missed? Why aren’t we building the guns/targeting systems?

pr06lefs ,

They are deploying the gepard.

If antidrone minigun systems already existed, and were phased-out surplus then I expect they’d be going to ukraine too.

As to ‘we’, do you mean the USA? Why aren’t we building and sending new weapon systems to Ukraine? Ask Mike Johnson.

BigDanishGuy OP ,

We as in the people who don’t want to get fucked by Putin next. Check out the name, not an American.

The cheap kamikaze drones present a new strategy which we don’t have a viable long term counter for. As well do the swarms of drones. Relatively inexpensive autonomous defense systems, using inexpensive ammunition, seems like something we could use around important infrastructure elsewhere in Europe, as well as in Ukraine.

HikingVet ,

Indirect fire is a bitch.

BigDanishGuy OP ,

Agreed, but seeing as the Ukrainian defense forces are already doing this manually, why not optimize it?

HikingVet ,

So instead of a few rounds, you want to shower areas with rounds?

BigDanishGuy OP ,

I guess that the technology shouldn’t be deployed indiscriminately. But it could also mean a better hit ratio, since distance and speed is more accurately recorded with radar, than by naked eye.

Delphia ,

I feel like IFF would be tricky.

I also wonder if a smaller system based on this using birdshot shells would be a viable system for smaller scale point defense.

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