Russia equips Gerbera foam drones with warheads

Defense Express explains that warheads have been found in downed and suppressed Russian Gerbera drones, which are made of foam and used as decoys.

The warning was published by expert Serhiy “Flash” Bezkrestnov, who noted that the drone can be equipped with warheads of various types weighing up to 5 kg. He also showed a photo of a Gerbera with a 2.5 kg high-explosive warhead inside. It is installed in the nose of the UAV.

Defense Express recalls that the developers of this UAV demonstrated the possibility of equipping this drone with combat equipment and using it as a barrage munition back in July. At the same time, it was planned to install a camera and a communication system on the drone.

At the same time, in a simpler version, the Gerbera drone can attack targets similar to the Shahed, that is, simply by using the coordinates stored in its memory. The threat should not be neglected that Russian forces may install fuses on combat units to self-destruct after a certain period of time or through other triggers.

That is why independent investigation of the wreckage of the Gerbera can be quite dangerous. Also, given the low accuracy, simplicity, and cheapness of the electronic component base, Russia can purposefully use such Gerberas to strike cities, knowing that the exact coordinates in this case do not matter.

Russia owes the invention of the Gerbera to the Chinese company Skywalker Technology, which primarily develops airplane models and drones for entertainment and hobby purposes. Additionally, the Gerbera can function as a reconnaissance UAV and a repeater, with recorded instances of cameras and modems using mesh network technology on this drone.

• In the six months since the formation of the Unmanned Systems Forces, they have carried out more than 220 operations deep inside Russian territory, deploying over 3,500 drones.