The crew of a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter shot down a Russian UAV with fire from a mounted machine gun as part of combined air defense operations.

18 comments

1. Another shitty drone down.

2. I know it’s all part of the horrors of war but all I can think about it where all those bullets are going to land.

3. Why does he give me Officer Doofy vibes?

4. Very cool footage. That’s what happens to Russian flying garbage

5. Didn’t know that the Mi 8 had a mounted gun that was used in such a way ,it has some serious ww2 vibes , I assume it’s placed in the nose section

6. So analog. This seems like an experience you could charge rich old guys a lot of money for. Skeet shooting for today.

7. Wild.

8. Seeing that exploding drone at the end made my week! 😃

9. Bird hunting is done with a shotgun, not a machine gun, like skeet shooting. Wouldn’t that be more effective for drones as well? A shotgun is not standard equipment during war but clearly times have changed, and if you’re going drone hunting then it might be something to add to your armament.

10. this looks like the cockpit of the MI-8… so they shoved a PK machinegun to the front of it?

    *searches on the internet*

    OH

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/18cl9m9/why_do_mi8amtsh_one_has_straight_ramp_one_curved/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/18cl9m9/why_do_mi8amtsh_one_has_straight_ramp_one_curved/)

    third picture. LOL

11. “what air defense doing ?? ”

    Reply… “kicking ass.” in Ukranian.

12. I can smell that video.

13. What they need is some WWII era Spitfires and P-51 Mustangs to hunt these down.

14. Great, kid! Don’t get cocky!

15. That guy has spare rotor blades ready. Cool.

16. why does he need a fan in front of him he has a big one above his head??

17. Shooting guns in cockpit makes everything better whaha

18. Needs a leading sight