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Ukrainian soldier shows armor torn apart as Turkish Hatsan shotgun survives drone attack
A Ukrainian soldier showed the aftermath of a Shahed-type drone attack: his body armor and equipment were torn apart, while his Turkish Hatsan Escort BTS Magnum shotgun, used to combat drones, remained fully functional. “As if it were made yesterday,” he says.
A video shows a Ukrainian soldier displaying the aftermath of a Shahed-type kamikaze drone attack. His body armor, equipment and clothing can be seen torn apart, while the Turkish Hatsan Escort BTS Magnum pump-action shotgun he used to combat drones, he says, remained fully functional.
“As if it were made yesterday”
In the video, the soldier displays the remains of his plate carrier and a knife that, he says, was beside him at the time of the explosion before showing the shotgun. “As if it were made yesterday,” he says while checking the weapon. At the end of the video, he notes that the weapon provided to him is relatively inexpensive.
Shotguns against drones
Smoothbore shotguns have become one of the common means of close-range defense against FPV drones and loitering munitions at the front: buckshot can hit a small, fast-moving target at short range. Escort BTS is a model made by the Turkish company Hatsan, featuring a magazine-fed bullpup design that makes it compact and convenient for rapid fire.
The video, published with Turkish subtitles, quickly spread across the Turkish-language segment of social media. The circumstances and date of the attack shown in the video are not specified.
Video: Defense Here / social media. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (archive)
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