422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment (Ukraine)
military unit
The 422nd Unmanned Systems "Luftwaffe" Regiment (MUN A5047), formerly the 129th "Luftwaffe" Unmanned Systems Platoon of the Reconnaissance Company of the 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a regiment level military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, concerned with drone warfare using aerial and ground unmanned vehicles. It was established in 2022 at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has seen heavy action. It is a part of the 17th Army Corps.
History
It was established at the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as the 129th "Luftwaffe" Unmanned Systems Batallion of the 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, formed mostly of civilian volunteers. At the end of February 2022, volunteers with quadcopters came under the commander in Kryvyi Rih, using drones from TV stations, private DJI Mavic-1 of a musician turned soldier of the unit and later received donated DJI Mavic-2 and Leleka-100 drones. Its first mission was breaking up Russian columns moving from Bashtanka, splitting the force, a part of which was intercepted by the 80th Airborne Brigade and the other towards Kryvyi Rih. It saw heavy operation in the city of Ingulets and the village of Tykhy Stav. Its forces came 300 meters close to a column of six Russian IFVs and coordinated with the 17th Tank Brigade to destroy the convoy. It conducted aerial reconnaissance in southern Ukraine and participated in the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive, during which its forces were ambushed by T-90 tanks and also saw action in Donbas and Zaporizhzhia. It had, as of July 2024, successfully destroyed several Russian air defense systems including Buk M1, Tor missile system, Pantsir-S1, 9K33 Osa, 9K35 Strela-10, 2K22 Tunguska and EW installations, such as Borisoglebsk-2, R-330Zh Zhitel, Polye-21, Lyer-3 as well as MLRSs including the BM-27 Uragan and BM-21 Grad.
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