Serbia’s Komarac 2A FPV drone delivers fast precision strikes despite jamming threats.

Serbian manufacturers showcased the Komarac 2A, an FPV, optically-controlled armed UAS carrying a KPBG OSA M79 90 mm shaped-charge warhead, at the Partner 2025 defence exhibition in Belgrade.

At the Partner 2025 defence exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia presents the Komarac 2A, a multirole unmanned aerial system (UAS) configured as an armed optical first-person-view drone for short-range strikes. Armed with a 90mm RPG rocket, the Komarac 2A is designed for reconnaissance-supported attack missions and emphasises resilience against electronic countermeasures and counter-drone systems. Operated from a ground station over an optical link, the drone provides direct video feedback to the operator, allowing precise guidance during the final approach to the target.
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By using optical control instead of radio frequency, the Komarac 2A is less vulnerable to jamming, while manual steering ensures adjustments can be made until impact. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

The Komarac 2A carries the KPBG OSA M79 90 mm shaped-charge fragmentation warhead, which combines anti-armour and anti-personnel effects. The warhead includes an external casing of small steel balls that increase lethality against infantry and lightly fortified positions, while the shaped-charge jet is intended to penetrate armour. The fuze can be triggered either on impact or manually during flight, offering flexibility depending on the target, and it incorporates multiple safety mechanisms. The warhead is described as compatible with many commercial drone airframes, allowing adaptations and simplifying integration in wider drone use.

The Komarac 2A has an operating radius of up to 5 kilometres, a minimum flight time of three minutes in its strike configuration, a warhead mass of 2.2 kilograms, an armour penetration of at least 400 millimetres, and a lethal radius of more than 16 metres, delivering precision strikes against vehicles, light fortifications, or personnel within direct line of sight. The reliance on optical control confirms that the Komarac 2A is designed for operations close to the frontline, where conditions require quick reaction and low-cost strike capabilities rather than prolonged loitering.

There are distinctions between different versions of the Komarac family. The Ammunition Technical Overhaul Institution TRZK produces the Komarac 2, a single-use drone variant with an engagement range of 2,000 metres, operator-command or impact activation, and armour penetration up to 300 millimetres. The Komarac 2A, in contrast, is presented with an extended radius of 5 kilometres and penetration of at least 400 millimetres, showing progressive development within the series. Both systems are based on the Yugoslav-origin OSA M79 90 mm anti-armor munition, which was historically used by infantry crews and claimed penetration levels in a similar range. Adapting this warhead for aerial delivery reflects a transfer of established munition design into a compact FPV format.

The Komarac 2A is part of a broader ecosystem of unmanned systems developed by the Serbian defence sector. The Military Technical Institute has created modular avionics and flight control computers capable of supporting fixed-wing, multirotor, and VTOL platforms, with dual inertial systems, RTK GPS, onboard datalinks, and multiple autonomous functions including waypoint navigation, camera guidance, and automated takeoff and landing. Within the same framework, Serbia has developed the Osica loitering munition, which includes multiple attack drones, a ground station, and a pneumatic launcher, and can be guided to targets by the Vrabac reconnaissance UAV. Other related developments include electronic time-setting fuzes for cumulative warheads designed for use on remotely piloted multirotors.

Teleoptik Žiroskopi is another industrial contributor, producing optical sights, thermal imagers, seeker subsystems, gyroscopes, and fire-control equipment. The company’s portfolio includes systems identified as Komarac-1, Komarac-2, and Komarac-3, and it has been involved in projects such as the integration of a 20 mm remotely controlled weapon station on the M-80 AB1v2 infantry fighting vehicle and the development of the MTU-4M launcher with integrated sensors. It also manufactures homing heads in several calibres, indicating that components required for future iterations of unmanned weapons are available domestically. The inclusion of the Komarac 2A in this wider industrial environment demonstrates that the system is part of a larger effort to create a coherent and sustainable family of unmanned aerial attack platforms.

Kamikaze drones fitted with RPG warheads, such as the Komarac 2A, represent a separate but related trend in which operators adapt existing shoulder-fired rockets or complete disposable launchers for aerial delivery. These configurations range from mounting a single PG-7 warhead or its equivalent on a small airframe to suspending a full launcher such as an RPG-7 under a multirotor, with ignition and fuze arrangements modified to arm and initiate the warhead in flight or on impact. The approach offers a low-cost path to deliver shaped charge effects against soft-skinned vehicles, light armour, checkpoints, and exposed personnel, and it can be used for surprise attacks against parked or otherwise stationary targets. Defensive responses, therefore, focus on dispersal and hardening of vulnerable assets, layered counter-UAS systems, and rapid detection and shooting down of small armed drones to reduce their tactical utility.

Written by Jérôme Brahy

Jérôme Brahy is a defense analyst and documentalist at Army Recognition. He specializes in naval modernization, aviation, drones, armored vehicles, and artillery, with a focus on strategic developments in the United States, China, Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, and Belgium. His analyses go beyond the facts, providing context, identifying key actors, and explaining why defense news matters on a global scale.