WATCH: Russian Helicopter Gatling Gun Spins Out of Control During Air Defense Training Mishap!

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Cellphone footage captured during a Russian air defense training exercise has highlighted deep integration vulnerabilities within Moscow's improvised anti-drone programs after a high-caliber aircraft weapon spun violently out of control, nearly discharging into nearby military personnel. The clip features a 12.7mm YakB-12.7 four-barrel rotary heavy machine gun—originally salvaged from a disabled Mil Mi-24 "Hind" attack helicopter's under-nose turret—reconfigured onto an unbraced, static terrestrial firing stand to serve as a makeshift mobile platform against incoming low-altitude Ukrainian loitering munitions. Upon ignition, the weapon's extreme mechanical recoil and gas-driven rotational torque completely overwhelmed its mounting pins, tossing the operator backward and sending the automated barrel cluster spinning erratically across its axis. Independent military analysts noted that while Russian mobile fire groups have increasingly turned to salvaged aviation components to offset air

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