Frankfurt Strike Aerodrone

“The marriage of the PAC 40 weapons system on a small, fast drone body was a work of genius, and grave destructive capacity.”

The Frankfurt is a poorly named strike and air support drone used in high-speed low passes, firing its powerful main weapon at high value enemy targets before zipping back behind terrain to safety. When used in groups, the firepower is great enough that the drone swarm can become a hard-hitting area weapon. It is operated by many chelti nations.

It is known for its short, wide, angular winged silhouette glimpsed only briefly overhead before it passes in a gust of powerful jetwash. On the ground the Frankfurt is rather unassuming with its lozenge shaped forward profile with two bent wings. With its main weapon deployed it has a large trunk able to gimbal to a limited degree. Along with its mainstay PAC 40 cannon, the drone can also carry bombs and other munitions but does not typically carry other energy weapons, the PAC 40 requiring almost all the power produced by its single jet engine.

Because of the high speed of the drone at low altitude, it operates autonomously as directed by a drone controller, its visual feeds can be viewed and limited control of its flight can be done, however the flight computer is known to ignore input it doesn't like. The drone is also able to operate from short and basic runways, the main gun is serviceable by most chelti armory mechanics and the airframe by any trained ground crew.