What goes into choosing a bomber drone pilot location. The drones need LOS, or very close to it. This creates deadly headaches for the pilots. See post - autotranslated.
An attempt to explain why the Mavic pilots, who are the ones dropping ammunition on the enemy's heads, sit closer in some places than other pilots.
A very vivid example is the Donetsk region with its incredibly beautiful elevation differences, beautiful beams, quarries, and waste heaps. But we have a segment on the line of combat contact for which the brigade is responsible, we need to somehow place all the pilots at points, and there are, let's say, quite a few good suitable heights, so it turned out that way. And the decision is made to take a risk, because it is necessary to restrain the invasion.
And then the most interesting part begins, planning the approach taking into account the time of day, weather, type of equipment, monitoring for mining is a difficult process. And it is also very difficult to work in a position so that the enemy does not notice you, the antennas glow well at night, and the dugout too, and at close range it is all very easily visible.
As a rule, this can be effective for some time, then shelling begins, constant destruction of equipment, blowing up dugouts, and sometimes ends critically if you do not react in time and change the point.
I will explain in simple terms for those who do not know what conditions are needed to accurately hit a pod from a Mavic
The position should not be in a pit (otherwise the drone will not descend to the required height for the drop)
There should be no obstacles on the way, such as waste heaps (this interferes with communication and also it will not work to lower the height for the drop)
And the third is the distance, taking into account possible weather conditions, so that there is enough battery charge to search and destroy the pod
So ideally we have this: sit at a height, as close to the enemy as possible, so of course destroying pods is very convenient and fun from such positions, but it is extremely fatal for calculating what is in the position and logistics (and logistics, believe me, will be frequent because new antennas, generators, etc. are constantly being brought in)
P.S: I am not scaring anyone, I am just explaining how and why 😅
An attempt to explain why the Mavic pilots, who are the ones dropping ammunition on the enemy's heads, sit closer in some places than other pilots.
A very vivid example is the Donetsk region with its incredibly beautiful elevation differences, beautiful beams, quarries, and waste heaps. But we have a segment on the line of combat contact for which the brigade is responsible, we need to somehow place all the pilots at points, and there are, let's say, quite a few good suitable heights, so it turned out that way. And the decision is made to take a risk, because it is necessary to restrain the invasion.
And then the most interesting part begins, planning the approach taking into account the time of day, weather, type of equipment, monitoring for mining is a difficult process. And it is also very difficult to work in a position so that the enemy does not notice you, the antennas glow well at night, and the dugout too, and at close range it is all very easily visible.
As a rule, this can be effective for some time, then shelling begins, constant destruction of equipment, blowing up dugouts, and sometimes ends critically if you do not react in time and change the point.
I will explain in simple terms for those who do not know what conditions are needed to accurately hit a pod from a Mavic
The position should not be in a pit (otherwise the drone will not descend to the required height for the drop)
There should be no obstacles on the way, such as waste heaps (this interferes with communication and also it will not work to lower the height for the drop)
And the third is the distance, taking into account possible weather conditions, so that there is enough battery charge to search and destroy the pod
So ideally we have this: sit at a height, as close to the enemy as possible, so of course destroying pods is very convenient and fun from such positions, but it is extremely fatal for calculating what is in the position and logistics (and logistics, believe me, will be frequent because new antennas, generators, etc. are constantly being brought in)
P.S: I am not scaring anyone, I am just explaining how and why 😅