>The U.S. Army took a step toward integrating killer drones into its battlefield tactics after it dropped live grenades from the air at a training area in Germany this week.
>Members of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee Army National Guard on Wednesday became the first conventional soldiers to detonate an M67 fragmentation grenade from a drone-borne dropper, Army officials on site said.
>The plastic device, known as Audible, was attached to the undercarriage of a Skydio X10D drone that attacked a simulated vehicle convoy at the Grafenwoehr Training Area.
>On Wednesday, 1st Lt. David Baker checked Audible’s dropper device. He then attached a hand grenade, making sure the pin was in the correct position to be pulled. He removed the safety clip and the drone was airborne.
The US has finally caught up with early 2022 quadcopter drone warfare:
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-06-26/drone-drops-grenade-army-test-18248306.html

>Let's copy the Russian-Ukrainian war crimes.

>>63916192
Dude... lol... the US Has killed MILLIONS of civilians when you combine WW1, WW2, Japan, Iraq war, etc. Do you really think bombing a few non pozzed American defenders in the future and further innocents around the world even matters to us anymore? This is pretty tame by comparison to shit we've done. That being said warfare is so gay. As if turning it into vidyea isnt gay enough, wait until AI takes over it. They'll pin herpic war medals on the guy who serviced/refueled the kill bot. And he'll probably claim PTSD too

>>63916183 (OP)
>payload of a single grenade
whats the point of this when mortars exist?

>>63916183 (OP)
>using obsolete tactics of 2022
lmao, where are the mass produced FPV

>>63916276
More accurate and live camera feed.

>>63916276
Range and instant round on target spotter. You can drop the grenade and shell them at the same time.

>>63916192
>war crimes

>>63916183 (OP)
This seems equal parts not newsworthy, and also not something you would want to broadcast openly. Like grenade drops were old news 5 years ago, so its not remarkable tech, and at the same time to be adopting grenade quadrotors is a tacit admission that the thirdies were right and US drones are bloated overpriced shit.

>>63916322
> is a tacit admission that the thirdies were right and US drones are bloated overpriced shit.
Of course turdie number one priority is “saving face”

>>63916322
>US drones are bloated overpriced shit.
quadcopter drones and recon UAVs dont do the same job

a quadcopter drone is just a way to throw a grenade further and more accurately and is meant to be used directly by an infantry company
a UAV is a long range, long endurance, vehicle with advanced sensor suites

it is not meant to hit someone 2km away in a tactical situation
it is meant to fly dozens of kilometers away, for hours at a time, and observe enemy positions with all-weather multispectrum cameras

its like saying you dont need the U2 spy plane is overpriced because they just invented binoculars

>>63916337
Who said anything about recon UAVs? I was talking about switchblades.

>>63916341
You were talking about drone that turns multimillion dollar turdie SAM systems into pile of scraps as “bloated overpriced shit”?

>>63916341
the switchblade isnt a drone and it does not serve the same mission either
its a loitering munition meant to stay in the air for a prolonged period of time before any targets are designated
whereas quadcopter drones lack the endurance for such a mission and will be armed and launched with the expectation of finding a target right after launch

>>63916192
>war crimes
Faggot

>>63916192
Kill yourself brown cow.

>>63916322
>Countries at war figure out the best and most efficient ways to kill each other that other nations then adopt.
Yes thank you. Any other pearls of wisdom?

>>63916192
subhuman

>>63916192
>war crimes
Prime multipolar world posting hours.

>>63916271
Technically, most of those Japanese were not civilians as anyone capable of holding a spear had been conscripted into a militia.

>>63916423
The point is, Americans were facing grenade drones in Syria back in like 2015 and have been utilizing drones since the 80s; they should have had early adopters advantage. Instead they memory holed them for half a decade, continuing to throw money into the switchblade black hole until their inferiority was undeniable. Its embarrassing, it would be like if the Houthis built a 7th gen fighter or North Korea developed cold fusion, Americans should simply not be behind the ball on this shit.

>>63916463
Also, it was funny

>>63916463
Actually, ZERO were civilians. Japan was in total war, even newborns were de facto combatants that were to be ready to die for the emperor by serving as an anti-grenade active defense system if the mother had a good aim.

>>63916192
>it's a warcrime to kill rusnigger soldiers with drones
>russia bombing civilians every night is based actually and attackong the bombers involved is also terrorism (((

>>63916276
Good luck trying to hit anything with a mortar faggot.

>>63916487
>>63916427

>>63916192
So it's a warcrime since you watched footage of people being blown up by drones on the internet, but killing for 6000 years of war is somehow different?

>>63916491
>calls me a subhuman for pointing out facts
Killing Japs was not a warcrime as they were mobilized combatants.
Open a fucking book or at least a wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war

>>63916369
This guy gets it. Having the switchblade doesn't mean you dont need a cheap drone for lobbing grenades or vice versa. The switchblade can be used for more time critical missions where the margin of error is small (like killing an VIP/officer) wheras POV/nade drones can be used to harass regular advancing infantry where if you miss, it does not really affect the mission in any meaningful way, you just send another or use something else.

>>63916276
kill cams

>>63916295
>instant round on target spotter

we already use drones like that

>>63916276
Low latency between decision to impact, with the added bonus of immediate evaluation of effect on target, and like >>63916295
says: Why not both?

>>63916183 (OP)
But /k/ told me that drones are a thirdie cope and US don't have to use them since they'll just bomb China using hyperdimensional airforce without taking a single casualty..

>>63916666
America has been using drones since the Gulf War.

>>63916477
>Memoryholed them
Nah they just weren't cheap then.
First mover means nothing when you end up setting up a manufacturing base in China anyway.
If you have enough wealthy backers, first mover advantage can be overtaken pretty easy.

>>63916477
There were tons of European, American and Israeli drone designs. The only difference is that quadcopters have a mass commercial manufacturing base making them cheaper.
Before the mass production part of the market appeared they were no less expensive than military drones of the era.

>>63916183 (OP)
cool
US can't produce enough cheap drones thought

>>63916192
>Muh grenade from a drone is a warcrime
>leveling entire blocks with artillery is le bazed
fuck off

>>63916183 (OP)
holy fuck, future warfare will be so fucking gay. Give it a few years and every thirdy shithole, every movie, every vidya, even towelhead insurgency group will be filled to the brim with this

>>63916183 (OP)
Should have tested it near Dresden

>>63916680
>Thought
They can. 95% of drone manufacture can be automated. It's just a matter of will.

>>63916688
>It's just a matter of will.
Yeah as i said it can't.

>>63916697
>Yeah as i said it can't.
Germans will probably disagree the moment their wehrmacht gene awakens.

>>63916704
>Germans will probably disagree the moment their wehrmacht gene awakens.
They'll go full Prussia mode

>>63916719
I lowkey want their spike helmets to be back, but the spikes to be a short-range drone that launches towards the enemies of the reich.

>>63916477
The switchblade is a closer equivalent to FPV drones dipshit, and it was generally successful but it doesn't fit the mission profile in Ukraine.

The switchblades 300 and 600 are more of a bridge between an fpv drone and a javelin. They are much more capable than an fpv but not powerful enough to replace an ATGM. They are meant for units in a combined arms scenario to have critical strike capabilities, not to be as cheap and ubiquitous as possible, ie kill an artillery crew or command unit or supply vehicle or mission critical target of any kind without having to pass it up the chain to a n asset with a queue and a wait time.

>>63916192
lol fag

>>63916685
Near Mosque-ow

>>63916192
If you think it is a war crime, then elaborate.

>>63916684
The whole system is built on cheap chinese labor. Hopefully as china ages and loses the equivalent of a small european country each year this will subside

/checks tacswap for drone model

>>63916192
All these seething replies to being called out that filming a man slowly dying from a drone is absolute subhuman behavior

lolololol

>>63916865
Update your script pajeet. Chinks went out of style with their wuhan flu fuck up and general emperor xi retardation. Mexico, vietnam, indonesia and even pajeetia are the successors to making cheap plastic dogsgit

>>63916909
>I am just pretending to be retarded

>>63916909
Don’t be such a bitch, it literally does exactly what a regular grenade does except you can tell if you got them because of the camera. You have to be braindead to think this is a war crime even if you do find the videos distasteful

>>63916295
>M67
>"""""Shell Them""""""

>>63916322
Grenade drop drones existed in Syria, they are going on for a decade old. But Ukraines mass use of them got more attention since western militaries are directly integrated and training with them.
They have been slow to adopt them themselves because health and safety/manuals and training requirements all strangle the fuck of out peacetime innovation. British military has a strict 'don't make any modifications or attatch anything at all' to its drones. The French seem a lot more open to it.

>>63916477
>they should have had early adopters advantage

we have air strikes tho. the reason why the ukraine war is nothing but drone bombers is because neither side has air superiority, this is WHY america spends ten trillion billion dollars on aircraft design

>>63916933
anon...

>>63916192
>stabbing the enemy is fine
>shooting the enemy is fine
>shelling the enemy is fine
>bombing the enemy is fine
>dropping grenades on the enemy is a war crime

>>63916934
>British military has a strict 'don't make any modifications or attatch anything at all' to its drones. The French seem a lot more open to it.
Finns also allow peacetime mods and use of novel systems, even by conscripts, as long as it's not completely hazardous and retarded

>>63916192
You ain't seen nothin yet

>>63916948
British military is run by bureaucrats not soliders

>>63916685
Dresden is fine these days, please go for Berlin instead

>>63916276
>whats the point of this when mortars exist?
Should be way more reliable against moving targets.

meanwhile in China, they can just call up DJI and get purpose designed/built drone with purpose build munitions designed/prototyped/produced in 6mo for $5k/unit

>>63916948
>as long as it's not completely hazardous and retarded
>Finns
You mean they officially highly encurage not getting caught doing so.

>>63916724
>. They are much more capable than an fpv but not powerful enough to replace an ATGM.
The switchblade 600 literally has Javelin warhead.

>>63916183 (OP)
>Pandoras Drone Grenade
can you imagine the total Wounded Warrior Foundation™© meltdown when americans get to watch tired hungry us troops in trenches try to surrender to fpv drones only to get gibbed by a shitty grenade in 4k

>>63916354
Nigger the 300 series was specifically a grenade tier ordnance and pricey as hell. The 600 series at least could bonk some vehicles but all the same, overpriced.

>>63918484
Haha whoa jeez I bet that's never happened before bro. The US public watching it's soldiers get gibbed in a peer war? Never before seen.
>Hungry
Lol
Lmao.

>>63916183 (OP)
So instead of ISIS become a state with a proper army, states have become ISIS with street level terrorism.

They should weaponize autism and make a video games based on grenade drones and the very top ranking players get recruited by the military. Imagine. We need a spray option too, imagine Mohammad finding an image of imp midna getting bred by bwc on the shattered body of his best friend.

>>63918484
thirdies are so funny when they square up. Its like seeing a chihuahua act like tough shit.

>Dissenting post got deleted
Looool!

>>63916183 (OP)
>caught up with early 2022 quadcopter drone warfare
has everyone forgot the videos that ISIS posted in ~2016?

>>63918575
>>63918710
The afghan narrative has shifted to WIA because there were too few KIA to make the US look incompetent.
Now the shill is going to latch onto that word and say "20 YEARS."

>>63918740
Anon, a noticable part of current /k/ was probably still in middle school in 2016

>>63916183 (OP)
>a fucking grenade
Get with times

>>63918913
>Anon, a noticable part of current /k/ was probably still in middle school in 2016
And your point is?

>>63916490
laser guided mortar rounds exist, you can destroy a platoon sized unit in minutes if you use the same drone as a target designator without having to niggerrig 20 grenades to DJIs

>>63916276
Propaganda

>>63916671
Vietnam actually.

>>63919179
>using $50000 round instead of $500 round
Golden plating loving boomer MIC sure would love to hire you.

>>63918704
>They should weaponize autism and make a video games based on grenade drones and the very top ranking players get recruited by the military.

Being a nogunz Ukraine war tourist I'd be interested in seeing some of those early drone drop videos, if I may

>>63920402
why would we ever wipe out enemy combatants in any way other than the most expensive way possible?