It APPEARS that in
some cases at least, the Ukrainians are using drones to spot fall of shot and there is enough drone footage of ambushes to support the idea that this while perhaps not common is not uncommon as well
You can see a drone prepared at one point, small mortars firing and one guy checking his phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCpyRVZw7aM
I am
experimenting with observation drones in the light helicopter class as opposed to the AOP aircraft class. This allows full control over where they can go and adjust altitude ( just like a real drone )
AND it allows the drone to act as a FOO
The trade-off for this ability ( they are size zero with TI and 8 EW )is they are not cheap and they are not totally invulnerable to ground fire.
As I said, I'm still in the experimental stage with this but anyone interested can set one up and run their own tests and give feedback. The Icon and photo is just a placeholder for now and sound 19 does not exist in your games so don't use it
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-4Om_4n998
Now that is a $15,000 USD drone but consider what it is capable of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwCENsYJ-6k
that version is $14,000 CDN ( AND it has a built in range finder)