Counter for gyrocopters?

Imagine if China sent Russia hundreds of these things and the Russians magically knew how to pilot them.

There'd be no stopping them: hitting with artillery is too hard and its too mobile for drones, also flies too low for anti-aircraft. Is this the new paradigm?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    They could be countered either with small arms fire or with C-RAM

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >also flies too low for anti-aircraft
    they fly higher than helicopters can - this is light plane with rotating wing not miniature helicopter

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They can't fly higher than choppers because their rotors are too small and the lawnmower engine can't deal with thin air.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Not OP but I think he meant that helicopters can hug the terrain closer than gyrocopters can.

        I don't think he is right, gyrocopters are very manoeuvrable and fly slow, a crazy pilot could fly 2m from the ground. Not that it serves any purpose but still.

        They're slower than a helicopter and die to anything that can threaten a helicopter.
        They don't have any relevant combat usage

        This.

        https://i.imgur.com/6JgFLgX.jpg

        I can’t even fathom a niche role that this could partake in in 2023 that a drone can’t do for cheaper and probably more safely. The closest niche role I could see this being used in is casevac, but even that can be done better with drones

        Gyrocopters can't take off vertically, an helicopter is way better at that role

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          They're slower than a helicopter and die to anything that can threaten a helicopter.
          They don't have any relevant combat usage

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What if you had a bunch of guys taking pot shots at them with like, I don't know, AKs or ARs or something?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I can’t even fathom a niche role that this could partake in in 2023 that a drone can’t do for cheaper and probably more safely. The closest niche role I could see this being used in is casevac, but even that can be done better with drones

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      train your machine-gunners to lead them.

      Anything that works for helicopters would probably work for this

      these are smaller, more expendable and will probably be more common.

      They're slower than a helicopter and die to anything that can threaten a helicopter.
      They don't have any relevant combat usage

      they are fast, cheap and aren't limited by terrain. you could probably use them for evacuations or resupply.
      Another potential use would be as an anti-tank vehicle. If you could fit a kornet on it, that would be great

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I am still betting that the lives of those men are worth more than the cost of a Stinger missile

        Or a 30mm cannon shell

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Just about every vehicle costs more than the projectile that kills it. The problem is getting a good shot, which will be hard if the pilot is smart and stays low. Basically, just don’t let icarus fly it

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anything that works for helicopters would probably work for this

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >flies too low for anti-aircraft.
    To low for SAMs but SPAAG would b***hslap it.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I always see a guy going to work in one of these every day kek.
    t.bong.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    if gepards can intercept shaeds then why can't they intercept this?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      But there's people on there, that would be a crime!

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >There'd be no stopping them
    Except for all the guns and anti-air missiles. Black person, shooting down low flying, slow moving planes isn’t exactly a new meta, in such a scenario a dude with an AK effectively becomes a capable part of any anti-air defense.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Just wait a bit, they'll crash by themselves.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'd bet a thousand bucks that a Stinger can lock onto them.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      IIRC Modern stinger seekers use UV along IR now. If that’s the case, I believe it should

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    They're slower than a helicopter and die to anything that can threaten a helicopter.
    They don't have any relevant combat usage

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    gyrocopters are weird and they make my brain hurt.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'd love to see them try because it'll be hilarious whether it works or not, but I don't see them doing anything that a drone couldn't.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >mobile for drones

    The frick are you talking about? Gyroplanes can only go forward like fixed wing planes. Even the cheapest quad copter is faster and more maneuverable than this crap.

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    rifle and autocannon fire

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Fighter gyrocopters. It's the only way.

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    all you need to counter them is great grandpa's punt gun and a winning attitude

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The frick are you on about?
    >hitting with artillery is too hard
    Are you moronic? They're not exactly hypersonic and AA guns from WW2 could hit them, let alone modern ones.
    >also flies too low for anti-aircraft.
    MANPADS can hit shitty little DGI drones flying low as frick. If they're lower than that, just shoot the pilots with your rifle.
    This is so moronic its making me doubt that its just bait. It sounds like the sort of shit china shills actually believe.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >sort of shit china shills actually believe.
      They've been spammed the last few days/week. Just like the 'loadable quadcopter drone that NOBODY but China has (false)'. Either shitposters trying to become a new gimmick because Russian shills got btfo and are now too common or literally just people getting in early.

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    To my understand, these gentlemen riding on the flying contraption, under the rigor of the battlefield, will find themselves liable to the effect of...
    bullets.

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