Special Operations: Army Rangers Evaluate Anti-Tank Drones
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September 16, 2025: Ukraine’s success with First Person View (FPV) drones has impressed American special operations forces. Ukraine has used one-way attack drones to engage Russian tanks and mechanized infantry. One-way drones are sometimes called suicide drones.
During a recent visit by the Secretary of War to Fort Benning, GA, a U.S. Army Ranger team demonstrated how a light infantry unit with skilled FPV drone operators can engage, stop, and destroy heavy enemy armor. Rangers are special operations airborne light infantry, but theoretically, any light infantry unit with trained operators and a supply of one-way drones can use the drones as cheap, cost-effective “standoff weapons” to engage enemy vehicles (especially thin-skinned vehicles like trucks).
75th Ranger Regiment personnel began experimenting with FPV drones in spring 2024. The drones were commercial off-the-shelf models, relatively inexpensive and immediately available. A defense media source reported the Rangers selected drones that can fly over five kilometers and carry between five and ten pounds of high explosives. The report also stated that, as of early September 2025, the Rangers have not used a one-way drone to attack a tank.
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