Russian soldiers stick UAV jammers on the roof of armored vehicles

Images from the battlefield show Russian armored vehicles with portable jammers mounted on their roofs to counter UAVs, but were still destroyed.

Open source intelligence analyst Dmitri on November 23 shared material sent by Ukrainian soldiers from the front line in the Novomykhailivka area of ​​Donetsk Oblast, showing images of two destroyed Russian MT-LB multipurpose armored vehicles on the battlefield.

Notably, both vehicles were equipped with handheld jammers to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They were packed in sports backpacks and placed in various locations on the vehicle, some of which were taped to the roof and hood of the armored vehicle.

Jamming equipment is attached to the roof of a Russian MT-LB armored vehicle in Donetsk in this photo released on November 23. Photo: X/Dmitri

It is unclear how the two armored vehicles were destroyed, but they may have run over anti-tank mines or been hit by artillery shells. Images taken by a reconnaissance drone show that the jamming devices were no longer operational at the time, apparently due to batteries running out.

UAVs, especially the first-person view (FPV) variety, are one of the main weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine. According to Samuel Bendett, an expert at the US-based Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), FPV UAVs cost a few hundred dollars, but can take on some of the roles of snipers, artillery, and missiles, and are especially effective in destroying tanks and armored vehicles that cost thousands of times more.

"The role of UAVs is even more prominent in the context that both sides do not deploy many aircraft to the front line to avoid the risk of being shot down. If a UAV is destroyed, another one will be deployed to replace it immediately, because they are cheap and easy to produce," Bendett said.

Handheld jammers are an effective way to counter UAVs, according to Forbes military expert David Axe, adding that Russia is ramping up production of specialized jammers that can be mounted on combat vehicles.

“More and more Russian tanks are appearing on the battlefield with Volnorez jammers, which are said to be able to disable enemy UAVs at a distance of nearly a kilometer,” Axe said.

Volnorez jamming device (circled in red) on a Russian T-90M tank in a photo posted in October. Photo: X/ TheDeadDistrict

Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov unveiled a new UAV called "Backfire" on November 20, which is equipped with a "powerful GPS antenna" and is almost "impossible to jam." He said the UAV had successfully completed at least 50 missions in the past few months, adding that it would soon be mass-produced and deployed on the battlefield.

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