Zaporizhzhia region: HIMARS System Neutralizes Russian Supercam Drone Operators

12 December, 2023 Russian Supercam drone operators in the camera of the Ukrainian drone. December 2023. Ukraine.

Frame from the video OC West Ukrainian artillery neutralized the operators of a Russian Supercam drone in the Zaporizhzhia region. The Operational Command West showcased combat performance.

Russian operators were detected by a Ukrainian Shark UAS. The crew tried to evacuate in a minibus after the Supercam reconnaissance drone landed. However, the Shark UAS managed to adjust the US M142 HIMARS rocket system, which hit the vehicle with a single shell.

Evidently, the operators have also been eliminated.

The SHARK drone no longer recorded the movement of the invaders after a shell hit. "While the crew was trying to repair the vehicle, HIMARS struck the drone, the crew, and the minibus with a precise strike," the military said. The Russian invaders used the Supercam drone for aerial photography to create highly detailed digital maps and to conduct remote aerial monitoring of the area and objects.

This is not the first time HIMARS has destroyed a Russian drone crew.

A Supercam S350 drone and a car with its operators in the Zaporizhzhia region. October 2023. Ukraine.

Frame from the StratCom video

In September, Ukrainian HIMARS rocket systems started to hit Russian Zala-421 mobile drone launchers.

In October, the Ukrainian military hit the location of Russian ZALA 421-16E2 drone operators in the south.

ZALA 421-16E2 UAV operator and destruction of their location, October 2023.

Photo credits: frame from the video of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

At that time, the US M142 HIMARS rocket system was also used to destroy the crews of enemy UAVs.