A Chinese army drone equipped with a standard infantry assault rifle achieved a 100% hit rate in flight trials against a human-sized target at 100 meters. The system, hovering at 10 meters, fired 20 single rounds, all striking a standard 50cm by 50cm chest board.
A Chinese army drone armed with a standard infantry assault rifle demonstrated unprecedented accuracy in live-fire tests against a human-sized target. According to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Gun Launch and Control on December 9, the drone achieved a 100% hit rate during flight trials. Hovering at a height of 10 meters and 100 meters from the target—a standard 50cm by 50cm chest board—the drone fired 20 single rounds, all striking the mark.
Among the 20 rounds that hit, half landed within an 11cm radius, comparable to a headshot. At a shorter range of 50 meters, the system hit the target 19 out of 20 times. The team, led by senior engineer Jiang Huajian from Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., clarified that the single miss was not a system flaw.
"The missed bullet landed at the edge of the chest target, and the miss was caused by inherent ammunition error," Jiang and his colleagues wrote, referring to a faulty round.
Keywords include Guilin, Beijing, PLA Army Special Operations Academy, urban counterterrorism. Developed by Wuhan Guide Infrared Co. for the People's Liberation Army, the technology highlights drones' potential in precise urban counterterrorism operations, though deployment details remain undisclosed.
