Russian Lancet Drones Hit Howitzers, Air Defense System & Battle Tank Of Kiev Forces (Videos)

Between March 20 and 22, Russian news sources shared videos documenting five recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions against Kiev forces within the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

The strikes hit an American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer, a Soviet-made D-20 towed 152 mm howitzer, a Soviet-made D-30 towed 122 mm howitzer, a British-made Stormer HVM short-range air defense system and an unidentified main battle tank, possibly a Soviet-made T-72.

The Lancet loitering munition 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 40 minutes and a three-kilogram warhead and the larger Izdeliye-51 that has an endurance of an hour and is armed with a warhead weighting five kilograms.

Both versions of the loitering munition are equipped with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system as well as an electro-optical system that can detect, track and lock on static and moving targets.

Since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, there have been well over a 100 documented strikes with Lancet loitering munitions. Kiev forces are struggling to counter the loitering munition. Western supplied air defense systems, electronic warfare means and countermeasures do not appear to be effective against the Lancet.

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