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[Combat] The 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an FPV drone near Kotliarivka, Donetsk Oblast. (i.imgur.com)
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[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like a heat round. Door gunner is very messed up at the least.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It looks like the mi-8 had external fuel tanks installed. Thats the tank just behind the door gunner.

In this video you can see the tank on fire.

https://kyivindependent.com/fpv-drone-destroys-russian-mi-28n-helicopter-military-says/

And it was a PG-7M

https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/downing-of-russian-mi-8-by-predators-of-the-heights-details-from-the-unit-and-the-pilot/