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Getting Shotgun (and Rifle) Serious About Drone Defense

Talyn

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Increasingly, rifles and shotguns would appear to be the last-ditch C-sUAS (counter-small unmanned aerial systems) answer. Ukraine is buying thousands of 12-gauge shotguns from Turkey (which makes “Turknellis” of all sorts), and American mil-journalists have vouched for them in action, with the caveat that you only have about two seconds of response once you hear the overhead drone inbound.



It is all getting pretty kinetic in a sort of 21st-century Shooting Clays of Death kinda way.




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Airmen assigned to the 124th Security Forces Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, participate in counter-drone training at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, June 5, 2026. USAF 260605-Z-LB832-9443 by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jadyn Eisenbrandt
 
Seems like Drone Killer is almost gonna have to be a specialist position in the squad. Im not sure theres enough time to recognize an incoming drone and switching from a rifle to a shotgun or even switching to a different mag with drone loads.
 
whole new set of skills needed to shoot down drones.
it's like hunting teal. those little buggers are like F-16s of the duck world.
need to send a whole lot of soldiers to skeet/trap shooting like they did back in WW2. drive around in trucks and shoot down sporting clays to learn gunnery practice for bombers.
Or doves. Good shotgun skills seem to be a must.
 
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