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Home» News»Watch Ukrainian TB2 Striking Two Russian Raptor Assault Boats
Watch Ukrainian TB2 Striking Two Russian Assault Boats
Screen capture from Ukrainian MoD video.

Watch Ukrainian TB2 Striking Two Russian Raptor Assault Boats

The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Міноборони) just released a dramatic video showing one of its TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) striking two assault boats of the Russian Navy.

Xavier Vavasseur 02 May 2022

According to the Ukrainian MoD, the two vessels were Raptor-class assault boats. They were struck in the vicinity of the now famous “Snake Island” (Zmiinyi Island),  located roughly 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The time stamp in the video, recorded directly from the UAV EO/IR system shows that the dual strike took place today, 2 May 2022.

💬Головнокомандувач ЗС України генерал Валерій Залужний:

Сьогодні на світанку біля острова Зміїний було знищено два російські катери типу Раптор.

Працює #Байрактар.
Разом до Перемоги!🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/3wxlwjDtdx

— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 2, 2022

“Two Russian Raptor boats were destroyed at dawn today near Snake Island.”



Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny

About TB2

According to its manufacturer, Bayraktar from Turkey, TB2 is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE), Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle capable of conducting Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and armed attack missions. A number of systems have been delivered to Ukraine (some of them for the Ukrainian Navy) before and during Russia’s invasion. They have been used effectively by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The TB2 reportedly played a role in the sinking of Moskva. Following the loss of their flagship, this is yet another blow to the Russian Navy.

This is likely the first ever actual naval warfare engagement of the Turkish-made TB2. The Turkish Navy demonstrated how effective the UAV could be in naval warfare about one year ago, when the TB2 engaged a target at sea for the first time:

Turkish Navy’s UCAV engages sea target for the first time

About MAM-L (Mini Akilli Muhimmat-Lazer) Micro Smart Munition

MAM-L TB2
TB2 launching a MAM-L

The Russian Raptor boats were likely destroyed with the MAM-L lightweight Smart Micro Munition. MAM-L has been developed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), light attack aircrafts and air-ground missions for low payload capacity air platforms. MAM-L can engage both stationary and moving targets with high precision.

Technical Specifications:

  • Diameter: 160 mm
  • Length: 1 m
  • Weight: 22 kg
  • Range:  8 km (15 km with Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System Option)
  • Seeker: Semi-Active Laser Seeker
  • Warhead Types: Tandem Effective Against Reactive Armor, High-Explosive Blast Fragmentation, Thermobaric
  • Fuse: Impact, Proximity

About Raptor-class assault boat

Pella Shipyard launched 15th & 16th Raptor-class patrol boat for Russian Navy
Two Raptor-class patrol boats (project 03160). Picture taken on 04/15/2020 by Curious / forums.airbase .ru

The Raptor-class (Project 03160) assault boats are built by Russian shipbuilder Pella. Their main missions is to patrol coastal waters, engage in rescue operations, intercept small-tonnage targets, defend ports and bases from small sea and air targets.

They are armed with 14.5mm remotely operated and stabilized optical-electronic module with a detection range of 3000 meters and precision fire to a distance of 2000 meters, as well as two Pecheneg 6P41 7.62mm machineguns. The armored protection includes Br4 class panels and windows with 39mm thick bulletproof glass. The displacement is 23 tons, the length is 16.9 meters, the width is 4.1 meters, the draft is 0.9 meters. Maximum speed is 50 knots. The range is 300 miles. The crew comprises 2-3 men. Special personnel is 20 men. The boat operates in ice-free brown waters, straits, river deltas day and night at a distance of 100 miles from the base.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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