Shotguns are becoming an effective weapon for combating drones, this has been proven in Ukraine

[@ADobbin1]

Who could have thought that a gun made for hunting birds might be effective against drones???

[@supergoujon4776]

I did.

[@Jim-g6i]

Where's your ADDA anti drone defence array...or a🦆gun drone​@@supergoujon4776

[@undertow2142]

Yep me too. It’s pretty obvious. Not to the Russians tho. They don’t stay alive long enough on the battlefield to learn anything or have any ideas.

[@davidkruger5590]

I KNOW HEY.!! Who wudda thunk it.??

[@rossib6974]

Any English reading Tabloid papers will tell you the same ! Educated Rajees and Chavs

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Wow, finally a high tech solution to drones. Who would have thought?

[@stu_boogie2488]

Good for drone's that don't fly too high. Don't think they would be affective against surveillance drones. Since some fly very high. Best against loitering drones.

[@stu_boogie2488]

Get a semi automatic shotgun with a ten round clip. Available with 30 round drum magazines too, for trench warfare use double 00 buck shot.

[@ariguerrero8762]

They are "becoming" an effective weapon for drones?... they've always been an extremely effective weapon for low flying drones...i remember like 10 years ago when everyone was staryi g to buy and mess around with drones...a few companies came out with "drone defense" shot

[@jamesgardner1647]

Whomever scripted this actually doesn't know much about shotgun terminology or how they work. It would be interesting to see the data to support their conclusions. We looked at this and the answers were disappointing. Range of engagement for the shotgun vs the range of sensing or munition delivery from the drone worked in the drones favor.

[@sku32956]

This is very interesting. That was the first thing I mentioned when I saw these drones I mentioned why don’t they use a 12 gauge shotgun with a goose choke 30 inch barrel shooting magnum 3 inch 3 1/2 inch shells damn they did it

[@paulking7019]

I said the same thing about using shotguns when this war began and was laughed at. Now we get the last laugh.

[@richardextall2002]

Also, M203 with fletchette grenades.

[@billng78]

Birds and drones have one thing in common….they both fly in the air.

[@BoomVang]

Some old timey pump shotguns let you hold the trigger pulled and rapidly fire with each pump

[@nicholastrawinski]

Everyone, go look up the "HAMMER H2X-40 Turret System" and tell me you wouldn't want one of those for drone defense. Its double Atchisson AA-12 shot guns on a remote controlled turret system.

[@supergoujon4776]

Very interesting. Now attach a a 'noise' camera as an automated detection and firing system.

[@peterfranco6610]

If you're going to report on a topic, research your topic. Shotguns don't fire multiple shells, they fire multiple pellets.

[@danielmartin7838]

I said they should use shotguns ages ago, i know I'm not the only one

[@lulutileguy]

10 gauge auto with recoil damping try that

[@CindySorenson-r4m]

Introduce our little Russia friends to Salt-Rock Loads, lol!

[@josephmeador1529]

Doughboys used to shoot German hand grenades out of the air in the Great War too. It's like Skeet Shooting. We sent 5000 shotguns to ukraine in '22 and they scoffed. Now they see the utility. The Shotgun will never go away!

[@ADobbin1]

Germany declared their use a war crime too.

[@KenCrandall-ot7uv]

American dough boys used model 97 Winchester shotguns against Germans and hand grenades tossed at them in WW1 !

[@stu_boogie2488]

Lol. Yeah trench warfare. Not drones. They used shotguns in Vietnam too. Close quarter's fighting.

[@tswvxyastswvyeej5510]

Slingshot even better

[@rickrandom6734]

They have to make shotmachine guns.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

They already do.

[@jonathanwebb8307]

They should make an upsized 30mm shotgun cartridge to fit in grenade launchers.

[@matclairoux]

Better not miss your shot.

[@rossib6974]

@jonathanwebb8307,Any other ideas to take Rusdian resources to feed English 15 million workshy and disabled!? Zombie drugs and 90% proof drinks are in desperate need

[@UZI9MMAUTO]

You could only hit 25ft away. The dispersed ammo would be too wide n weak after that. Goose guns 3 ft long shotgun barrels is another story. They shoot 12 gauge.

[@ariguerrero8762]

​@@matclairouxslim shady?...is that you? 😂

[@mikedunn7795]

The recoil would toss you on your ass..

[@docwatson1134]

I've been wondering, if Ukrainians sometimes put out microphones, when they settle into one spot. The drones have specific audio profiles, if software could id incoming attack drones a little earlier. Also locate, and track the general heading, and time till contact. Give a five second heads up, could be helpful. And the sound of the dirt bikes the Russians ride in on! Can hear them a long ways off. As we've seen, a surprise grenade in your lap is not good!

[@therealfinn1839]

Drone can easily stay out of shotgun range

[@DriveCarToBar]

But then they can't really attack from that far away.

[@jamesgardner1647]

​@@DriveCarToBarmuch of the damage they do is providing targeting information which they can do from FAR greater range.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

Two words, "Duck Blinds" 😂

[@paulking7019]

If FPV kamikazi type drones are forced to stay out of range of the shotguns they become useless and the shotgun wins without firing a shot. Shotguns can also shoot the bombs dropped from drones. High flying Recon drones can be shot down by MANPADS or other drone since they are a high value target anyway.

[@paulking7019]

@@jamesgardner1647 High flying Recon drones are high value targets that can be shot down fairly easily with a MANPAD like Stinger or another drone. No one is stupid enough to think a shotgun would be used for this type of drone!

[@watchchimp3102]

I just assumed they'd been using shotguns! I saw a documentary the other day, and they were talking about "trench guns"! Large caliber shotguns developed at the end of WWII for the purpose of clearing the enemy out of trenches. The thought occurred to me that US military probably has piles of these things in a warehouse somewhere!? 😊

[@bisonpaleofossilriveradven3528]

That's a winchester mod 97 12 ga. A 12 ga Remington 870 is very common amd reliable.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

I take it you've never heard of the tunnel rats from Vietnam? A 45, a 12 gauge and an angle head flashlight. Tunnel clearing.

[@lkhagwadorj]

Bird season, drone season

[@stillededge]

Anybody in Arkansas...Tennessee...Alabama...Texas would have had this s&$) solved LONG before drones became so popular of a weapon. And WHY do we think "pump" shotguns are the answer! Semi auto with "bolo" rounds...shot died together with a line/wire...too easy.

[@mikedunn7795]

The drones will just hover out of shotgun range.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

That's when you switch over to slugs!

[@mikedunn7795]

@@ChrisLichowicz The average shooter would be challenged to hit a drone with a slug as it was bobbing up and down. On second thought,they could just use lasers to at least destroy the drone cameras.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

@@mikedunn7795 US Marines aren't your average shooters. Semper fi!

[@dernadaarmando2948]

If kamikaze fpv drone, it get defeated cause cant hit enemy and just hovering

[@dennyload1149]

make it a high firing rate and multi-barrel shotgun. ....

[@snowwhite7677]

Ukraine might consider using airsoft. Some of the better guns can fire a lot of pellets quite a distance. You don't need to do a lot of damage to these smaller drones to knock them out of the sky. Airsoft isn't considered a weapon in most cases which makes it easier to take wherever you need it.

[@user-yo9pv1ni6t]

says range is 45 meters = 150 feet = 50 yards,, It only takes 1 pellet to strike a prop blade,,,,down comes the drone.... extend that out to 75 yards. Is my guess. Not sure never owneda shotgun

[@Aftabba]

Absolutely feasible, yes. Depends on the choke on the particular shotgun too. ~50 yards is the rough limit for hunting birds reliably, but damaging a plastic drone is far easier than killing a pheasant. Less energy needed = further effective range.

[@DriveCarToBar]

Most common shotgun ammo is limited to about 50m. The issue is the spread of the pellets at that distance. Larger gauge shotguns like 10ga don't really have greater range, they just throw more shot.

[@mattdowning7281]

The Russians do make very durable shotguns

[@DriveCarToBar]

Maybe they should have their shotgun manufacturers build their tanks instead. That might help them.😂

[@ChrisLichowicz]

So I suppose they don't duck hunt over in the Ukraine huh? We've always kind of known that shotguns have been good at shooting down little things that are flying in the air, here in the US.

[@666toysoldier]

This video and some of the comments show ignorance of basic firearms knowledge.

[@gregdupre5411]

Horrible narration by AI. Inhuman.

[@BigMakBattleBlog]

No there not. Its pure copoium

[@bisonpaleofossilriveradven3528]

That's an ignorant description of a shot shell. Lol

[@Blazeww]

So. The fact they needed study for that is pathetic with how skeet shooting exists and those are smaller than drones as even a 15 year old can hit them with a shotgun.... Yet many questioned using shotguns on drones...

[@rossib6974]

Best defence is shovels ! England should think of exporting shovels to Ukraine if seriously wants to take over Russia 😊

[@Porter92]

Pellets not shells!!!

[@RatTerminator]

Dont think Putler has any 😂 🇺🇸🇺🇦💪

[@singularspace2782]

Why not turn rifles cartridges into "shot cartridges" that can be fired from an automatic rifle?

[@ohhi1134]

The caliber and the rifling of the barrel would not make that viable. Different jobs require different tools. And you'd be trying to mass produce a new concept when there is something else plenty available already.

[@miketheman6243]

Duh! Anybody knows that.

[@jimmytheskid4184]

Well fucken derr, did some media genius just figure out it like bird shooting , sure the soldiers said straight away we need scatter guns for these

[@oysterjamivxx]

real drones are going mach14

[@undertow2142]

Duh. How have they not been using these since day one. Damn the Russians are dumb. I made a comment on a video like 2 years ago talking about full auto shotguns being carried by one out of every 4 soldiers in any group to defeat FPV drones.

[@johngodfrey-zv3po]

I SAID THAT SEVEN WEEK AGO BUT USE A LARGER GUN A PUNT GUN 35 TO 40 MM FOR HIGH FLYERS, IN COMMENT

[@coffeebikemoviejoke]

Awesome AI voice. No thanks.

[@codprawn]

The commentary on this video is truly awful. Read out by someone who has no clue.

[@IgorVolyn]

Of course. We have used them from day 1 more than a year ago) Get a 10 gauge instead of the smaller 12 gauge and a long barrel.