Ukraine using WW2 Spitfire-style planes to shoot down Russian drones in humiliating blow to Putin

Slow drones need slow moving fire platforms to be able to shoot them down. Use an appropriate tool for a problem at hand.

You take me back to my childhood in the war, I remember seeing a Spitfire go low over me and I could wave to the pilot and he waved back. Mind you, I was terrified because I thought it was a German. I remember running with my Dolly pram. I quite often saw doodlebugs particularly the first ones before they put a what was basically a jet engine on the back. We used to crouch down by a wall until you heard the bang of it exploding and then you knew that for moment you were safe to continue. My childhood experiences are why I feel so sad for the Ukrainians, I know what they’re going through.

If the Spitfire had been similar to this thing Britain would have lost the war.

maybe do some more research before you call it a "spitfire-style 1914 airplane"

V1s were shot down by Spitfires, Mosquitoes, Tempests, but not Hurricanes.

'Spitfire style planes' lol , by the Sun's logic almost every light GA aircraft is Spitfire style.

The Ukrainians have lost fighter jets shooting down drones, partially due to the performance mismatch. The stall speed of a Mig 29 is faster than a drone can fly. That can make intercepting the drone hard. The Yak 52 is much closer in performance envelope. They need to figure out an add on sensor system to help find the drones though. Something like a FLIR camera or that small radar system the USA is adding to our SHORAD-M striker variants.

This guy talks some rubbish. This is a great training aircraft and can fly slow enough to shoot down drones. First flew in 1976 and still used now.

There are 3 types of drones. THREE TYPES. There are unarmed recon drones, armed recon drones, and armed attack drones. This is so important because a recon drone can have limited attack ability. This means that 2/3rds of military spec drones can kill you. This is why the Ukraine front line is currently almost WW1 era and why old WW2 planes need to hunt down drones in the first place. This is why Ukraine is trying to find low cost kinetic anti-aircraft weapons that use machine guns to defeat cheap DJI systems instead of million dollar missiles.

Cmon ... I play games all day and people at the sun calling yak 52 a spitfire style aircraft? 👁️👄👁️ It didn't even shoot the drone

This guy saying the Yak-52 is from WW1 is insane.....

Ukraine is the global example of morality and humanity. We need their example more than ever before.

It's an unarmed radial-engine post-ww2 trainer that has nothing to do with the Spitfire except for having a propeller.

You may not want a "sniper" in an aircraft but an "air-gunner" as they are not the same skill set. My late father was particularly effective in the back seat of a Lancaster but pretty hopeless with a rifle.

What an insult to the Spitfires, this flying crate barely stays in the air. Fire the one who made the title.

Drone on drone combat can’t be far away.

this isnt even close to a spitfire

He's an Air Marshall? Clearly knows little about props - the Yak 52 is a trainer, great power to weight ratio and most definitely not of the WW1ilk.

A lot of countries use propellor planes nowadays. Especially for asymmetric warfare, e.g. fighting guerilla fighters. Fighting drones is just a novel task for these planes.

Spitfire-style? Rude...