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Russia is testing a new anti-drone system based on twin GShG-7.62 machine guns with an artificial intelligence-powered aiming sight.
Video footage showing a successful live-fire test of the system, which took place somewhere in the Crimean Peninsula, surfaced online on October 23. During the test, the system took down a small fixed-wing drone flying at a low altitude within seconds.
The system is reportedly being developed by a Saint Petersburg-based company. It consists of two manually-controlled GShG-7.62 machine guns with an aiming sight built around a thermal imager and a radar with AI identification and tracking feature.
The GShG-7.62 is a four-barreled rotary machine gun. It is a hybrid weapon using both propellant gas and an electric drive to rotate the barrels. It was developed in the late 1960s for the Mi-24 attack helicopter together with heavier YakB 12.7mm machine gun, and is currently used in GUV-8700 gun pods that can be installed on Ka-29 naval helicopters.
The gun fires 7.62×54 mm cartridges with a rate of fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute. It has a muzzle velocity of 820–850 meters per seconds and a maximum firing range of 1,000 meters.
Earlier this year, Russia’s 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade were spotted training on countering drones in Crimea with GShG-7.62 machine guns.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, also inspected a GShG-7.62-based anti-drone system among other weapons during a visit to the Kapustin Yar test site last week.
The new system appears to be much more mature. Another video that surfaced online recently indicates that the same AI-powered sight from the system is being tested with the KPV 14.5×114mm-caliber heavy machine gun.
The heavy gun first entered service as an infantry weapon in 1949. In the 1960s, the infantry version was taken out of production because it was too large and heavy. It was later redesigned for anti-aircraft use. It has a rate of fire up to 600 rounds per minute, a muzzle velocity of 1,005 meters per seconds and a maximum firing range of 4,000 meters.
It is unclear yet when the development of the new system will be completed, or if the Russian military is actually planning to field it.
Such systems are all mainly meant for the defense of a single object or a limited area, for example ship, building or an airfield, against drones. They could offer a very cost-effective solution to counter drones, especially when paired with advanced aiming sights.
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