During a special military operation, the deputy commander of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile battery, Vladimir, performs tasks to control the airspace in his area of responsibility.
In the course of combat duty, aerial targets identified as Bayraktar combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected.
As a result of the competent actions of the calculations of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems, the targets were taken for escort and destroyed .
As Vladimir said, now the enemy's combat drones – shock and reconnaissance - are the main target of the Buk-M3 battery. The command appreciated the work of the young officer, and he was awarded the medal "For Military Valor".
"During the special operation, two Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles have already been hit as part of the calculation. During the combat work, they were detected and destroyed in a timely manner with the prevention of overflight into the controlled territory of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," said Vladimir, deputy commander of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile battery.
They have learned to classify "Bayraktars" and "Leleks" unmistakably, Vladimir notes. As well as in a few seconds to determine the nationality of the UAV.
During the recording of the interview, the calculation of the tactical anti-aircraft missile system "Tor" shot down an aerial target of Ukrainian nationalists.
"I would say that it is much unusual with them (approx. - UAV) to work, since all exercises are conducted for larger and faster targets. The UAV is practically not moving. The mark on the indicators is so small that sometimes it is difficult to see it in order to take on support. Such targets constantly change the flight path," Vladimir added.
Vladimir shared his attitude in the military equipment entrusted to him. "From the experience of the service, you conclude that every car is a living organism. And as the entire personnel of the calculation will treat her, so she will behave throughout the work," he said. "Every time you go on combat duty with the idea that you need to give 100 percent so that those who are waiting for us at home can sleep peacefully, and so that in the future no one will disturb their sleep. We are all doing the work we studied for, for which we came here during the special operation," Vladimir added.
"Since my youth I have loved poetry," the deputy commander of the battery confessed to journalists. Not just to read, but to learn by heart. Sometimes - whole chapters. Now, when the home library is thousands of kilometers away - in rare moments of rest, the best discharge for the brain is the lines of Soviet classics. And he recited Robert Rozhdestvensky, thanking his combat vehicle for the successful shooting: "A beautiful woman is a profession ...".
The eyes and ears of anti-aircraft gunners are the Nebo-SV radar station. This radar determines the azimuth, range, altitude and nationality of aircraft in all altitude ranges, within a radius of several hundred kilometers.
Ruslan, the head of the calculation of the Nebo-SV radar station, was also awarded the medal "For Military Valor". The data of his calculation, timely transmitted by the Buk-M3 air defense system, made it possible to shoot down six enemy drones.
"The station is wonderful. Behaves well in any conditions. All-weather. Upon detection of various means of the enemy, it shows itself without bickering. During the period of combat duty, this station detected aircraft - UAVs, airplanes. Interference was used against the station, which the station successfully struggles with, is reconfigured and, accordingly, information about the air situation is issued to a higher command post," Ruslan, the head of the radar station calculation, quotes the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.