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1/ With Ukrainian drones regularly hitting Moscow, the local police are reportedly very unhappy with the anti-drone guns they have been issued. The guns are said to lack the claimed range and are considered to be a bigger threat to policemen's testicles than to UAVs. ⬇️ 
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that the police are "not particularly happy about the new arsenal, because, as they were told, the guns affect potency.
3/ "At the briefing the officers were told that in no case should they point the guns at people and especially shoot them below the waist – then problems with male potency are guaranteed.
4/ When asked about the safety of the gun's owner, the supervisors only waved their hands and advised them not to think about it."
The guns are reported to have been deployed in only a limited number of police departments, due to their high cost.
The guns are reported to have been deployed in only a limited number of police departments, due to their high cost.
5/ Anti-drone patrols are mounted "taking into account the reports of citizens, as well as the list of special objects [sensitive places] in the territory [for which the department] is responsible."
6/ According to VChK-OGPU, some traffic police have also been issued anti-drone guns, as they are able to respond more quickly to reports of drone activity.
7/ In particular, "everything is done to facilitate the work of the Federal Protective Service, which is responsible for the movement of VIPs on special highways.
8/ "The same applies to the Square of Three Stations [Komsomolskaya Square], where a policeman was photographed with a PARS (forced activation of self-rescue modes) anti-UAV device.
9/ "Most likely the officer was making sure that small drones could not inspect the railway infrastructure, in particular the special railway station and Putin's secret train."
However, according to a VChK-OGPU source, the anti-drone guns are practically useless.
However, according to a VChK-OGPU source, the anti-drone guns are practically useless.
10/ "In fact, not a single patrolman has ever jammed anything, there have been no reports about it on internal channel 112. And talk that such a thing can somehow interfere with large aircraft-type UAVs is nothing more than bullshit.
11/ "Even without communication with a satellite, a drone is able to fly along a programmed trajectory. Quadrocopters are different – but they are also less visible. So patrolmen are now more concerned about their health."
12/ The guns are supposed to be effective from a range of up to 1.5 km, according to the manufacturers, but in practice are considered to be only useful for scaring pigeons. A source has told VChK-OGPU about an incident that took place the evening of 19 August:
13/ "The duty desk received several reports of a quadrocopter hovering over the Nagatinsky metro bridge in Moscow. The best-equipped detachment of the local police department was sent to the place with a counter-drone rifle in its kit.
14/ "As a result, the officers spent more than half an hour shooting at the UAV, trying to somehow suppress the signal and land the copter.
15/ "Nothing worked, most likely the gun just did not reach the drone flying at an altitude of 500 metres, although the range promised by the manufacturer is 1-1.5 kilometres.
16/ "The UAV flew away, and the police went to write another report about their "superweapon", which scares them more than the copter owners."
17/ The Russian military have been equipped with reportedly highly effective anti-drone guns. Those being used by the Russian police are different: VChK-OGPU reports that "documents say that the weapons are state-of-the-art, but in fact they were purchased as Chinese props".
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