Ukrainian Navy Boat Shoots Down Enemy Shahed-136 Over Black Sea

A boat of the Ukrainian Navy shot down a Russian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone with an onboard automatic gun.

The video was released by the Navy’s press service.

The video shows the targeting grid of a combat module mounted on a boat, the type of which is not disclosed.

It can be assumed that the enemy drone was shot down by a 30- or 25-mm automatic cannon.

Such weapons are installed on several boats of the Ukrainian Navy: the 25-mm Mk 38 Bushmaster on Island boats and the ZTM-1 30-mm gun on the Project 58155 Gyurza-M boats.

As a reminder, in August, the Ukrainian Navy signed a contract to arm Island boats with artillery systems from SAFE Boats International.

The routes of Russian drones often pass over the Black Sea, and their targets are usually civilian and port infrastructure in coastal areas.

Accordingly, the Ukrainian Navy responds promptly to threats and uses all available forces and weapons to repel the air threats over the Black Sea.

In addition to the Navy, special units of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine counter Russian aviation over the Black Sea.

Recently, on September 12, Militarnyi reported that soldiers of a special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30SM multi-purpose fighter jet by hitting it with a man-portable air defense system.

It is noted that the Su-30SM fighter belonged to the 43rd Separate Naval Aviation Regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which is based at the Saki air base in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Approximately three hours after the downing of the enemy aircraft, the Russians launched a search and rescue operation involving an An-26 aircraft, as well as Mi-8 and Ka-27 helicopters.