Polish scientists have published the results of a study of the most effective naval drones in the russian federation's war against Ukraine. They concluded that the Ukrainian Magura V5 drone destroyed the most russian ships during the full-scale aggression.
This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to data from the Polish scientific journal "Political Science and Security Studies Journal".
Thus, scientists analyzed the impact of the use of unmanned marine drones on the security situation in the Black Sea region and identified the most effective marine drone.
According to the research, in the russian-Ukrainian war, Ukrainian naval drones hit 22 warships, of which 8 were destroyed. Among them, Mykola and Mamai drones hit 2 ships each, Sea Baby - 4 ships, Magura V5 - 14 ships, 8 of which were completely destroyed.
Researchers relied on open sources. The following Ukrainian and russian maritime drones came into the field of view of scientists: Mykola, Magura V5, Mamai, Sea Baby, TOLOKA TLK-150, Marichka - of Ukrainian production, as well as the only known russian maritime drone - Oduvanchik.
About the Magura V5 Marine Drone and its purpose
Magura V5 (Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus) is a Ukrainian unmanned surface drone used for reconnaissance and destruction of enemy targets. It is known that this drone is used by the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in particular by the special unit "Group13".
Currently, the Magura V5 is the world's first maritime drone to have proven fully destroyed targets in combat. Among those confirmed and officially recognized by Ukrainian military intelligence are the following:
- reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs (damaged on May 24, 2023);
- patrol ship Sergei Kotov (damaged twice - on July 24 and September 13, 2023);
- landing craft D-144 Serna (sunk on November 11, 2023 with BTR-82 on board);
- landing craft D-295 Akula (sunk on November 11, 2023);
- missile boat Ivanovets (sunk on February 1, 2024);
- large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov (sunk on February 14, 2024);
- patrol ship Sergei Kotov (sunk on March 5, 2024 together with the Ka-29 helicopter);
- two RIF-75 special purpose speed boats (destroyed on May 6, 2024).
In addition, during a large-scale attack on KS-701 Tunets boats on May 30 of this year, three such vessels were damaged by drones, and one was destroyed.
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