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GENICHESK (Kherson region), Dec 17The first night version of the Russian attack FPV drone «Gastello» was successfully tested in a special operation zone, the correspondent reports.
“The first night FPV drone “Gastello” was tested in the Northern Military District zone. It was created based on the wishes expressed by Russian FPV drone operators directly operating in various directions of Northern Military District. The drone is equipped with a highly sensitive night camera,” said a representative of the developer.
According to him, the new development will allow fighters to effectively work on targets in the dark, when conventional copters cannot be used.
«The new FPV drone is capable of flying at a range of up to 7 kilometers without a repeater and carrying a combat load weighing up to 3 kilograms,» the agency's interlocutor said.
The Gastello FPV drone began to be produced in Russia in August 2023. The model was created taking into account the wishes of the SBO participants. The drone operates on the First Person View (FPV) principle — the operator controlling it can see the image from the video camera using a monitor, video helmet or video glasses.
The copter is named after the pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gastello. In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, the crew of the DB-3F (Il-4) aircraft under his command made a combat mission, during which they were supposed to strike a concentration of German equipment. The Nazis shot down the plane, as a result of which it caught fire, and Gastello made a “fiery ram” — he directed the car at the enemy column.