Serbia Debuts Komarac 2 Drone With Anti-Tank Warhead at Partner 2025 Defense Expo
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Serbia unveiled its Komarac 2 FPV attack drone at the Partner 2025 defense expo in Belgrade. The one-use drone is armed with an Osa anti-tank warhead, highlighting a shift toward affordable precision strike systems.
According to information gathered by Army Recognition during on-site coverage of Partner 2025 in Belgrade this September, Serbian defense developers have unveiled the Komarac 2, a loitering munition platform configured around a 90 mm tandem-charge HEAT warhead derived from the M79 Osa anti-tank system. Designed as a single-use, first-person-view (FPV) attack drone, the Komarac 2 allows its operator to guide the munition to target via live video feed before executing a precision strike using a shaped-charge warhead. In addition to armor-piercing capability, the warhead incorporates an external fragmentation sleeve embedded with steel balls, enhancing lethality by producing localized anti-personnel effects upon detonation.Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this link
The Komarac 2 is a single-use FPV attack drone armed with a 90 mm tandem HEAT (2.2 kg); ~2 km range, ≥3 min endurance, ~400 mm penetration, 16 m lethal radius (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).
The airframe follows the fast-evolving FPV defense trend which appeared in recent conflicts. A light quadrotor chassis with carbon plates carries the 2.2 kg warhead on the centerline, with a compact electric power module and a nose camera providing the view. The baseline figures are deliberately modest: at least 2 km of range and a minimum of 3 minutes of flight time, for a particular mission profile, point-to-point, low altitude and minimal loitering. The working temperature window spans from minus 10 to plus 40 degrees Celsius, which covers most European field conditions without specialty batteries. The data also quotes a lethal radius of 16 m for the fragmentation effect and penetration of 400 mm of rolled homogeneous armor. With a tandem set-up, the intent is to get past reactive elements before the main jet forms.
The manufacturer describes a fuze that can trigger on impact or be manually commanded in flight. In practice, that manual option lets an operator time a burst next to side armor, a turret ring, or a vehicle roof without risking a ricochet off a bad angle. Several safety features are mentioned for handling and transport, including a safety time and a pin. Another notable line on the paper says the fuze concept can be applied to most commercial drones. That suggests the warhead kit could be sold on its own as an add-on for different airframes, which is exactly how many small units are scaling up their strike fleets.
The Komarac 2 sits in the now-familiar niche between classic loitering munitions and improvised FPV rigs. It is hand-launched, disposable, and fast to arm. In urban fighting, it would be used for short dashes down streets or across tree lines, hitting parked armor, light vehicles, firing points, or small fortifications. The 16 m lethal radius from the steel-ball sleeve gives a predictable area effect against dismounted personnel and soft structures, while the shaped-charge jet focuses energy on a specific plate. Units can fly it into engine decks or roof panels, or detonate just off the target to rake optics and top-mounted weapons. Because it is manually piloted by video, it needs a trained operator and a clean radio link, so electronic warfare and line-of-sight clutter will still shape outcomes. The upside is cost and speed: crews can assemble and launch with little support, and they do not need a runway or a vehicle launcher.
The drone has a small battery pack, off-the-shelf motors, fixed-pitch propellers, a camera and a proven 90 mm charge, designed for a supply chain that Serbia’s industry can maintain without extended lead times. Minimum range and endurance claims also hint at conservative tuning, which many users prefer to brochure-ware that collapses in the field. The configuration photographed showed tidy wiring and a straightforward center-of-gravity layout, the kind of airframe a technician can keep flying with a few equipment.
FPV strike drones shifted from novelty to staple in Ukraine, where cheap airframes paired with shaped charges have chewed through armor, logistics, and morale alike. That experience is pushing European and Middle Eastern buyers to stock simple, scalable munitions that can be fielded in quantity and adapted quickly as tactics change. For Serbia, a domestic solution based on a familiar M79 lineage offers an export talking point and a way to equip its own forces with short-range precision effects without leaning on foreign supply. It will also feed the wider debate now unfolding in NATO and beyond about air defense saturation, counter-FPV tactics, and the ethics of cheap, disposable strike drones in crowded battlespace. Systems like Komarac 2 show where the market is moving: toward pragmatic, repeatable effects at close range, designed to be built fast and used once.
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Serbia unveiled its Komarac 2 FPV attack drone at the Partner 2025 defense expo in Belgrade. The one-use drone is armed with an Osa anti-tank warhead, highlighting a shift toward affordable precision strike systems.
According to information gathered by Army Recognition during on-site coverage of Partner 2025 in Belgrade this September, Serbian defense developers have unveiled the Komarac 2, a loitering munition platform configured around a 90 mm tandem-charge HEAT warhead derived from the M79 Osa anti-tank system. Designed as a single-use, first-person-view (FPV) attack drone, the Komarac 2 allows its operator to guide the munition to target via live video feed before executing a precision strike using a shaped-charge warhead. In addition to armor-piercing capability, the warhead incorporates an external fragmentation sleeve embedded with steel balls, enhancing lethality by producing localized anti-personnel effects upon detonation.
Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this link
The Komarac 2 is a single-use FPV attack drone armed with a 90 mm tandem HEAT (2.2 kg); ~2 km range, ≥3 min endurance, ~400 mm penetration, 16 m lethal radius (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).
The airframe follows the fast-evolving FPV defense trend which appeared in recent conflicts. A light quadrotor chassis with carbon plates carries the 2.2 kg warhead on the centerline, with a compact electric power module and a nose camera providing the view. The baseline figures are deliberately modest: at least 2 km of range and a minimum of 3 minutes of flight time, for a particular mission profile, point-to-point, low altitude and minimal loitering. The working temperature window spans from minus 10 to plus 40 degrees Celsius, which covers most European field conditions without specialty batteries. The data also quotes a lethal radius of 16 m for the fragmentation effect and penetration of 400 mm of rolled homogeneous armor. With a tandem set-up, the intent is to get past reactive elements before the main jet forms.
The manufacturer describes a fuze that can trigger on impact or be manually commanded in flight. In practice, that manual option lets an operator time a burst next to side armor, a turret ring, or a vehicle roof without risking a ricochet off a bad angle. Several safety features are mentioned for handling and transport, including a safety time and a pin. Another notable line on the paper says the fuze concept can be applied to most commercial drones. That suggests the warhead kit could be sold on its own as an add-on for different airframes, which is exactly how many small units are scaling up their strike fleets.
The Komarac 2 sits in the now-familiar niche between classic loitering munitions and improvised FPV rigs. It is hand-launched, disposable, and fast to arm. In urban fighting, it would be used for short dashes down streets or across tree lines, hitting parked armor, light vehicles, firing points, or small fortifications. The 16 m lethal radius from the steel-ball sleeve gives a predictable area effect against dismounted personnel and soft structures, while the shaped-charge jet focuses energy on a specific plate. Units can fly it into engine decks or roof panels, or detonate just off the target to rake optics and top-mounted weapons. Because it is manually piloted by video, it needs a trained operator and a clean radio link, so electronic warfare and line-of-sight clutter will still shape outcomes. The upside is cost and speed: crews can assemble and launch with little support, and they do not need a runway or a vehicle launcher.
The drone has a small battery pack, off-the-shelf motors, fixed-pitch propellers, a camera and a proven 90 mm charge, designed for a supply chain that Serbia’s industry can maintain without extended lead times. Minimum range and endurance claims also hint at conservative tuning, which many users prefer to brochure-ware that collapses in the field. The configuration photographed showed tidy wiring and a straightforward center-of-gravity layout, the kind of airframe a technician can keep flying with a few equipment.
FPV strike drones shifted from novelty to staple in Ukraine, where cheap airframes paired with shaped charges have chewed through armor, logistics, and morale alike. That experience is pushing European and Middle Eastern buyers to stock simple, scalable munitions that can be fielded in quantity and adapted quickly as tactics change. For Serbia, a domestic solution based on a familiar M79 lineage offers an export talking point and a way to equip its own forces with short-range precision effects without leaning on foreign supply. It will also feed the wider debate now unfolding in NATO and beyond about air defense saturation, counter-FPV tactics, and the ethics of cheap, disposable strike drones in crowded battlespace. Systems like Komarac 2 show where the market is moving: toward pragmatic, repeatable effects at close range, designed to be built fast and used once.
