The newly presented machine flies like an airplane, takes off and lands like a helicopter and shoots 12-gauge semiautomatic shotgun like a champ.
Russia’s Moscow Aviation Institute has presented an unnamed drone that can shoot 12-gauge ammunition to take down rogue drones. There are a number of technical features that make it stand out among its robotic counterparts.
According to a video uploaded to YouTube, the drone starts at an uncommon vertical upwards-looking position. Its frame hull is built entirely around a Vepr-12 semi-automatic shotgun. The Vepr — much like its direct competitor to Izhmash’s Saiga-12 shotgun — shares a lot of similarities with the famous AK assault rifle, but instead shoots 12-gauge rounds.
Naturally, the shotgun installed on the drone lacks stock and pistol grip, since drones have no shoulders or hands.
