Geran 2 Black Colour Scheme

2 Jul 2025

A recently shot down Geran-2 has been seen with a black colour scheme

The Geran-2 is the Russian name for the Iranian made Shahed-136 uncrewed aerial vehicle
These have been used extensively throughout the Ukrainian conflict
A recently shot down Geran-2 has been seen with a black colour scheme
The black colour makes it harder for Ukrainian counter-drone teams to engage at night using small arms and crew-served heavy weapons
The colour scheme has also been see on a recently unveiled Shahed-238 (see separate bulletin), it is not currently clear whether the Iranians or Russians were first to use this

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