The post shows a Russian Black Sea Fleet Project 21980 (Grachonok) patrol/anti-saboteur boat fitted with a metal cage/"mangal" style overhead protection intended to reduce damage from UAV/FPV attacks. While improvised cages are common on ground vehicles, adapting them to small naval craft is a notable field-expedient survivability measure with tradeoffs for seaworthiness and limited effectiveness against multi-aspect drone attacks.
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Russian Project 21980 boat fitted with anti-drone 'mangal' cage

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- TG: Rybar (RU milblog) · https://t.me/rybar/80198📝«Мангалы» в помощь📝 ЧФ укрепляет боевой состав За годы СВО было столько критики в адрес военно-морского флота. И она практически во всем