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Russia Once Put Anti-Tank Mines on Drones. Now They Can Only Afford To Use Half Mines (united24media.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

According to the brigade, this may indicate that Russian troops can no longer afford to equip some strike UAVs with whole anti-tank mines.

It might also be to increase range; the weight of the payload will cut into the UAV's range. There have been weapons in the past that have had their payload cut as a way to get increased range on an existing weapons platform.