Venezuela's first armed UAV: ๐ป๐ช ANSU-100, which is an upgrade to their ARPA program (locally produced ๐ฎ๐ท Mohajer-2) with fixed wheel chassis, making it the first country in South America to possess armed drones. 
The ๐ฎ๐ท Mohajer-2 shares the same cylindrical fuselage, twin-boom tails and straight wings as it's predecessor (Mohajer-1). The use of skids instead of landing gear makes it dependent on pneumatic rail launchers. There are 2 known skid designs, of which one is for without EO optic
There are also 2 known engine types installed on the drone; ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ WAE-342 (26hp) and ๐ฉ๐ช L-275 (25hp). The ๐ป๐ช ARPA program, from which the ANSU-100 is developed, has the EO-system version (with the associated skid design) and WAE-342 engine type.
The ๐ฎ๐ท Mohajer-2 has optional weapon equipment; an already known example of which is two six-round ๐ท๐บ PG-7V/๐ฎ๐ท Fath (RPG-7 rockets) launchers. The weight of this payload would deem the use of ๐ฎ๐ท Qa'em-5 bombs possible, as shown alongside the ๐ป๐ช ANSU-100.
The ๐ป๐ช ANSU-100 has a non-retractable wheel chassis, which causes additional drag but makes take-off on (paved/unpaved) runways possible. It's design is distinguishable to the Iranian variant.
There are no available ๐ป๐ช ANSU-100 UAV specifications yet but if we assume upgrades undertaken to be within the range of ๐ฎ๐ท Mohajer-2N standard:
Length: 2.91 m
Wingspan: 3.82 m
MTOW: ~90-105 kg
Speed: ~180 km/h
Range: ~100-150 km
Endurance: ~4-6 hrs
Length: 2.91 m
Wingspan: 3.82 m
MTOW: ~90-105 kg
Speed: ~180 km/h
Range: ~100-150 km
Endurance: ~4-6 hrs
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