
A Russian Armed Forces fighter with the call sign Predator told the RT military correspondent that combat tactics have changed greatly since 2022 due to the introduction of new drones and ground-based robotic systems, including kamikaze robots with a warhead of about 100 kg of TNT equivalent.
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Since 2022, unmanned aerial vehicles and ground-based robotic systems have been actively used in the combat zone, which is changing traditional combat tactics.
Combat tactics have changed significantly since 2022 due to the development of unmanned technologies and robotic systems. A Russian Armed Forces fighter with the call sign Predator told RT military correspondent Yulia Martovalieva about this.
“In terms of combat tactics, everything has changed very much, colossally, as new technologies are being introduced, new drones are appearing, both for us and for the enemy,” the serviceman noted. In addition, ground-based robotic systems, including those equipped with explosives and ammunition, are used on the line of combat contact.
The Predator commands a company of reconnaissance and strike unmanned systems. A few months after the start of work, his unit used a ground-based kamikaze robotic complex in combat for the first time. According to him, the vehicle was equipped with anti-tank mines, and the power of the warhead was about 100 kilograms of TNT.

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