A member of the mobile air defence group checks an M2 Browning machine gun
A member of the mobile air defence group checks an M2 Browning machine gun donated by a volunteer fund in April 2023.
  • A Ukrainian unit is using century-old US guns to target Russian drones and planes.
  • Ukraine is running low on missiles, which are far more expensive than drones and ammo.
  • One unit is using cheaper M2 Brownings, which were developed in 1918, the last year of World War I.

Ukrainians are putting machine guns first designed in the US at the end of World War I on the back of pickup trucks to try to shoot down Russian drones and spy planes.

Soldiers in Ukraine's 117th Territorial Defense Brigade are using guns, including the M2 Browning, to try to take down Russia's Shahed drones, the Kyiv Independent reported.