It said something like this was 6 pounds and had foldable wings and fit into a backpack and could take out (even if you couldn't visibly see them from your position) a whole group of soldiers and a vehicle up to the size of a pickup truck.
The 2nd version of Switchblade:
The Switchblade 600 anti-tank kamikaze drone came out originally in 2020 and is 50 pounds and can loiter in the air for up to 40 minutes and take out anything including a tank by diving down upon it from above where the armor is thinnest and taking out the tank and anyone in it. So, it is similar to a Javelin Missile except it flies at slower speeds I think maybe this one goes 70 mph in the air.
regarding both of them:
What is amazing about both these kamikaze drones is that each soldier could theoretically be carrying one alongside an AR-15 or a Kalashnikov automatic rifle and be capable single handedly taking out a whole platoon of soldiers (if they were close enough together at a distance) and any vehicle as big as a pickup truck even the original 6 pound one made in 2011.
But, a single soldier carrying a 50 pound version which has armor piercing capability of taking out a tank can loiter for up to 40 minutes above a target before swooping down upon this target and destroying whatever it is from a Car to a pickup truck to even a tank. And this can also be carried by any single soldier who could neutralize anything up to the size of a tank all by himself or herself.
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