Russian blogger “Kuban” describes the tactics for evading an incoming FPV.
The essence: a moment's hesitation is death.
“FPV ABOVE THE HEAD: SECONDS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
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“Forget neat schemes. In reality, everything is simpler and tougher: you go, do the task, and at some point someone shouts ‘air!’, or you hear the sound yourself. Then you have no options, only seconds.
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“And it's not the one who knows the theory who survives, but the one who already has a reflex reaction.
The first thing that breaks people is the delay. Half a second to understand, another second to look and that's it. FPV is already on the way out.
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“The right reaction: heard it, moved immediately, no discussion. You're not looking for the perfect shelter, you're already moving towards the nearest one, breaking the line of sight. The most common death-standing, watching, trying to determine. While determining-it arrives.
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“Moving under FPV is not about running somewhere. It's a sharp, jerky shift away from the line of sight. Running straight means leading the drone to yourself.
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“You need to break its picture: a step to the left, a dash forward, moving behind a corner, under a tree, into a trench with a turn. Any geometry that blocks the direct approach is your chance. But it's important: don't get yourself into a dead end.
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“People often dive into the first room or hide without a way out and then they get caught up.
A shelter should give you a maneuver further, not be the last point.
In the trenches, survival depends not on being deeper, but on having curves and overlaps.
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“A straight trench is a corridor where the drone goes like on rails. There's a turn - there's a chance. There's a canopy, a net, any overlap - a higher chance. There's nothing above - so you're just in a ditch, which is visible as on the palm of your hand.
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In the city, everything is about angles and entrances. A doorframe, an arch, a stairwell, a gap in the wall - these are what break the drone's line of attack. But even here, a mistake: people rush into the room and stay at the entrance. The drone then enters.
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“Having moved further, change the level, get out of the direct line. The one who didn't hide, but disappeared from the geometry, works.
Now about the moment when the drone is already on a short leash. If there's an opportunity - counterfire.
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“Yes, 12 caliber is a working topic at close ranges, but only if your hands can do it. Without practice, it's a lottery. Therefore, in a normal group, it's clear in advance who can meet the drone and who leaves at this moment and doesn't interfere.
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“Chaotic shooting by everyone at once is noise and zero result. You need one or two who can really hit, the rest - break the line.
A very important point that many ignore: the drone is rarely alone. The first is on reconnaissance or is pressing, the second is on finishing.
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“You've fought off one, relaxed and got hit by the second, third or fourth. Therefore, after any contact with FPV - change your position immediately, even if you don't have the strength anymore.
And another about observation. Often a hit is the final.
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“Before it, you're being watched: where you walk, where you smoke, where you stand. If you live by the template, you're already in the crosshairs. Therefore, if ‘air is quiet’ - it's not a reason to relax.
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“It's a reason to assume that you've already been noted and are waiting for a convenient moment.
There are no ideal shelters, there are those that break the line of attack.
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“Remember the simple chain:
heard it, broke off, broke the trajectory, went under an overhang, changed position.
Hesitated at any stage -
you become a point into which they enter.”
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