DefenseUkraine has no limits to defend its territory and is employing all means to defend itself. Thus, everything that can serve in the war, the country is willing to use in battle.
In a recent X video, also published on other social networks, an agricultural plane Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo fly over a plantation field carrying non-pesticides but weapons.
Under the wings, Pilones carried two R-73 missiles and also two pods, which cannot be known, although they seem like two small auxiliary tanks.
Whatever it is, they do not take the highlight of the missiles of Soviet origin, associated with an infrared sensor rudimentary to the top of the Z-137 cabin.
Due to its low cruise speed, the Czech -origin crop sprayer becomes an appropriate vector to combat Kamikazes drones of Iranian origin.
It may also have some level of lethality against Russian recognition remotely controlled aircraft (UAV’s).
Despite the limited range, experts, according to adapted civil aircraft, such as this agricultural plane, are oriented to the battlefield through advanced command posts or advanced intelligence units, ensuring greater missions efficiency.
Agricultural sprayer to drone hunter
The Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo, even though it is an agricultural plane, can perform military missions, such as its American equivalent, the OA-1K Skyraider II, recently tested and adapted for approximate air support missions.
The low cost of this type of aircraft, which requires unpaid short clues, allows forces to combat their fighters to more complex air defense missions or long -range accuracy attacks.
Originally produced as Z-37 by the extinct Moravan Otrokovice, today Zlin Aircraft Otrokovice, the Z-137 is a two-seat crop spray turborel.
With 10.46 meters long and 13.63 meters of wingspan, the Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo has 483 horsepower on its Walter M601Z engine.
The Z-137 has a cruise speed of 252 km/h and a maximum of 285 km/h, with a range of 641 km and a maximum altitude of 5,500 meters, taking off with a maximum weight of 2,525 kg.
The first flight took place in 1981 and, until today, only 51 aircraft were produced in the Czech Republic.
