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‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

A video montage that.

An ‘elves’ drone group.

Posted online.

On Saturday depicts.

 

One of the group’s.

“Winchester” quadcopters.

Performing its.

Usual mission:

 

Hunting down and.

Blasting ‘orcs’ quadcopters.

Before they strike.

‘Elves’ troops.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

But seemingly.

Taking advantage of.

A fleeting opportunity.

One operator also.

 

Took aim at.

A solitary ‘orc’ soldier.

—or North Korean—

Marching along.

 

A solitary ‘orc’ soldier.

—or North Korean—

If the engagement took place.

In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast—

 

Marching along.

A dirt road.

Under the Winchester’s.

Flight path.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

The drone swooped past.

The initially unwitting soldier.

And opened fire with.

Both of its shotgun barrels.

 

Apparently.

Having missed.

The drone came around.

For a second pass.

 

It’s unclear.

Whether the soldier.

Was wounded.

Or killed.

 

The video appears.

To depict the person.

Dodging or falling.

It’s unclear.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

It’s hard to day whether.

This signals a shift.

In ‘elves’ drone tactics.

But the value of.

 

But the value of.

A gun-armed.

First-person-view drone.

Is obvious.

 

Most FPV quadcopters.

Are single-use systems.

Clutching a grenade or.

Rocket warhead to their bellies.

 

They barrel into.

Their targets and.

Destroy themselves.

In the process.

 

An FPV might cost.

Just a few hundred dollars.

So the type isn’t.

Exactly expensive.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

But Ukraine would undoubtedly.

Prefer to squeeze.

More than one strike.

Out of each of.

 

The 100,000.

Or more FPVs.

Its workshops build.

Every month.

 

Firing shotguns.

At individual soldiers.

Rather than ramming them.

With explosives.

 

The Winchesters could.

Become multi-use systems.

—boosting the number of strikes.

A typical FPV completes.

 

Before its self-immolates.

Or gets shot down.

If there’s a downside to.

FPV shotgun ambushes.

 

It’s that shotguns work.

Best at close range.

Owing to the dispersal.

Of their shot.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

To blast a soldier.

A drone needs.

To get close.

And at that range.

 

It could be vulnerable.

To the soldier’s.

Own weapon.

—potentially including.

 

The weapon of choice.

For defeating.

Incoming FPVs:

A shotgun.

 

 

‘Elves’ shotgun-wielding.

Drones are hunting.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

‘Orcs’ infantry now.

 

 

*Because I read “Ukraine’s ‘Winchester’ Shotgun Drones Are Hunting Individual Russian Soldiers Now” by David Axe on 11 Jan 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:

Ukraine’s ‘Winchester’ Shotgun Drones Are Hunting Individual Russians