Ukraine launched a first-of-its-kind robotic amphibious assault, deploying a gun-toting robot from a drone boat

• Ukrainian forces sent a maritime drone carrying a ground robot into Russian-controlled territory.

• Ukraine said it was the first known fully robotic amphibious assault mission.

• Video footage shows the robot on the ground firing its machine gun at a target.

The Ukrainian military launched a fully robotic amphibious assault using a marine drone to transport a ground robot into Russian-occupied territory.

Ukraine said the robotic deployment was the first known combat mission of its kind. This is the latest example of how crewless systems can be used instead of troops in extremely hazardous situations and environments to keep people out of harm’s way.

On Monday, Ukraine’s 123rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade announced that it had fulfilled the mission and remotely guided a soldier. seaplane Across the Black Sea to a position behind Russian lines at the Kinburn Spit at the end of Ukraine’s Kinburn Peninsula. The peninsula is just west of Kherson. Ukrainian officials have described this region as an important strategic foothold to restrict Russian forces’ maritime access to the Black Sea.

When the Ukrainian navy unmanned aerial vehicle reached the shore, ground robotan uncrewed land vehicle. According to images shared by the 123rd unit on Telegram, the unmanned aerial vehicle on the ground was using a mounted machine gun. When the drone reached the shore, it started firing at an unidentified target. Ukraine did not specify which robot platforms were involved in the amphibious assault, their capabilities or the mission objective.

In its statement, the Brigade stated that this was “the first known combat mission in this format in the world”, adding that “the ground robotic complex was delivered to the enemy shore using an unmanned naval platform, landed on the occupied territory of Ukraine and was used to carry out a combat mission.”

The use of drones for this amphibious assault is a significant advancement in the use of crewless systems in warfare. Used navy drones to target Ukraine Russian Black Sea Fleet ships and uncrewed land vehicles for front-line missions that are too lethal for human soldiers. It now combines the two, as has marine drones and first-person perspective drones, among other crewless systems.

Ground robots, or uncrewed ground vehicles, are rapidly becoming the face of Ukrainian battlefield logistics and missions. As skies full of mines, artillery and drones threaten soldiers, Ukraine has focused on building more drones that can be operated remotely to transport ammunition and supplies, evacuate wounded troops, lay mines, launch other drones or attack.

Ukraine said this in April Cleared Russian-held territory For the first time, it uses only ground-based robots and drones.

Increasing dependence on these systems is changing the way Ukrainian drone manufacturers produce new vehicles. They focus on low-cost systems that can be deployed in large numbers if they are targeted and destroyed.

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