Shotguns emerge as a low-tech weapon to counter commercial drones in modern warfare

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1. Drones could be considered a low tech weapon to counter almost anything

2. We just need drones with shotguns now.

3. Good for sweeping trenches as well

4. They “emerged” like half a year ago

5. The chance of hitting a drone with a shot gun, is far less than a game of Russian roulette.

6. Get the AA-12 production into full swing.

7. Also civilians with hunting rifles can shoot these things down.

8. They’ve been using shotgun with both buckshot/birdshot and nets to take down commercial drones for years. At least for police units, unsure about militaries.

9. ‘Birdshot’ kills flying things, who would had thought?

10. Every dove hunter knew this was the solution as soon as drones started flying. Bird shot and a choke.

11. #PULL!

12. They first emerged in WW1 and have served excellent since then.

13. A shotgun would be useful if you have the time to get, aim and fire the gun before you are within lethal range, but the speed of some of these FPVs makes that a pretty slim chance.

    The 70 year American volunteer in the Ukraine Volunteer Transcripts briefly talks about radio signal detection that can help indicate if a drone is nearby, although that post is at least a year old so things may have changed there.

14. Bizarrely echoing that stargate sg1 episode ….

15. ‘Pack your troubles in the old kit bag’ gets louder

16. Emerge? Shotguns always been used for flying targets(ducks, geese, drones).

17. There is already a 40mm grenade launcher for the AK74… would be pretty low-tech to make a large shotgun shell for it. We have them for our M203. Basically three 12ga shells in a canister. You’d get a big pattern out to maybe 100yards… plenty for shooting at kamikaze drones.

18. During WW1, the Germans claimed war crimes when the US sent their boys over with shotguns. Cleared out those trenches.

    https://www.historynet.com/the-1918-shotgun-protest/

19. I wonder how much of this is just morale boosting placebo..

    “don’t worry bout drones boys, this shotgun will keep you safe!”

    While they desperately seek an effective remedy for drones…

20. Dey shootin’ SKEET

21. PULL!!

22. Pull!!!

23. I remember seeing a video ages ago of a Ukrainian soldier begging for more shotguns for this reason. It isn’t new news

24. I remember seeing a video ages ago of a Ukrainian soldier begging for more shotguns for this reason. It isn’t new news

25. People told me I was stupid for even mentioning shotguns 

26. If it emerged how are shotgun holders still getting boomskied to death by them for being nazi fks who rape Ukrainian kids to death?