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Gerbera
Gerbera decoy
Cheap foam-and-plywood drone that mimics the Shahed on radar to soak up Ukrainian air-defence fire, sometimes fitted with a small warhead or relay payload.
$10,000 eachRun it in the Exchange Ratio
| Maker | JSC Alabuga (Russia), reportedly from Chinese Skywalker Technology kits |
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| Origin | Russia |
| Built | Alabuga Special Economic Zone, Yelabuga, Tatarstan |
| First combat | 2024, Ukraine (late July 2024) |
| Length | 2 m |
| Span | 2.5 m |
| Launch weight | 18 kg |
| Top speed | 160 km/h |
| Max range | 600 km |
| Propulsion | Chinese hobby two-stroke piston engine (DLE60 60cc or Stinger 70cc twin); catapult launch |
| Guidance | Satellite navigation with CRPA anti-jam antenna and flight controller; mesh or 4G modem on some units |
Ukrainian officials put unit cost at about $10,000, roughly a tenth of a Geran-2. GUR lists 18 kg as maximum take-off weight; Kyiv Post cites about 10 kg for the basic decoy and 300 km range without a warhead, against GUR's 600 km. The decoy role carries no warhead, but strike variants carry up to about 5 kg (Kyiv Post) and ISIS reports some models with roughly 10 kg.
Sources (10)
- GUR War & Sanctions: Gerbera UAV declared characteristics (span_m)
- GUR War & Sanctions: Gerbera (max take-off 18 kg) (launch_weight_kg)
- GUR War & Sanctions: Gerbera (160 km/h) (speed_kmh_max)
- GUR War & Sanctions: Gerbera (600 km) (range_km)
- Kyiv Post: Russia Turns Cheap Decoy Drones Into Kamikaze Weapons (citing Defense Express) (length_m)
- Institute for Science and International Security: Russian Decoy Drones that Depend on Western Parts (propulsion)
- ISIS-online: Russian Decoy Drones report (JSC Alabuga, Yelabuga) (built_where)
- ISIS-online: Russian Decoy Drones report (late July 2024) (first_combat)
- GUR: The russian UAV Gerbera contains sanctioned electronic parts (CRPA, flight controller) (guidance)
- Kyiv Post: Gerbera (about $10,000, about 10 kg, 300 km) (notes)
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