Russian Army Hit 42 Ukrainian Targets With Lancet Loitering Munition Past Week (Videos)

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS

The Russian military damaged or destroyed 42 different targets of Kiev forces using Lancet loitering munitions during the past week.

The Ukrainian losses between August 4 and 10, all documented in video by Lostarmour.info, were:

• Five self-propelled howitzers, including one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000, one American-made M109, and one Polish-made Krab;
• 11 towed howitzers, including five American-made M777;
• Two multiple rocket launch system, one Soviet-made BM-21 Grad and one American-made LAND-LGR4 mounted on a pickup truck;
• Nine main battle tanks, including one German-made Leopard 1A5;
• Four infantry fighting vehicles, all German-made Marder 1A3;
• One armored personnel carrier, an American-made M113;
• Four mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, including one American-made Cougar and three Ukrainian-made Kozak;
• One air defense system, a Soviet-made Sterla-10;
• One counter-battery radar, an American-made AN/TPQ-36;
• Three unidentified military vehicles;
• One post.

Many of these targets were hit in the Russian region of Kursk, where Kiev forces launched a surprise attack during the week.

The Lancet was developed by the ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s defense giant Kalashnikov Concern. The company produces two versions of the loitering munition, the Izdeliye-52 with an endurance of 30 minutes and a one-kilogram warhead and the larger Izdeliye-51 that has an endurance of 40 minutes and is armed with a warhead weighting three kilograms.

The loitering munition flies towards the designated area with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system. After arriving in the area, the operator utilizes an onboard electro-optical system via a two-way data-link to detect, track and lock on the target. A laser-ranging system then controls the detonation of the warhead.

Ukrainian attempts to stop Lancet loitering munitions with air defense fire, electronic warfare or countermeasures have so far been mostly unsuccessful.

Lostarmour.info documented 170 Lancet strikes during July. The number of documented strikes this month has already reached 67. It’s worth noting that many strikes remain classified, which means the real number of strikes could be much higher.

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