“Ukraine’s Use of Steam Deck Console to Fight Russian Invasion”

Bandung – Ukrainian troops took advantage of the handheld game console made by Valve, namely Steam Deck to fight against the Russian invasion.

Quoted from detikInet, Usually gamers use this console to enjoy a variety of cool games on Steam. But in contrast to Ukraine, which empowered him as a machine gun controller.

Seen on Wednesday (4/5/2023), they recently posted a number of videos and photos of the weapon in question. This weapon has the full name Saber Remote Weapon Station (Sabre), which was made since Russia first invaded Crimea.

The development fund is the result of the joint venture of people, through a crowdfunding site called peoplesproject. From the information presented, the money collected was up to USD 12,169 or around IDR 179 million.

Saber is a remote controlled weapon. This can reduce the risk to the user, because it is placed quite far from the location of the person controlling it.

The first edition of this gun was controlled with a joystick. Users can monitor the movement of Saber through a separate monitor.

But in the 2023 update, Saber is equipped with more modern controls. Ukraine was able to marry Steam Deck with Saber, so that controls and screens are no longer separate.

This new model can fire a number of different rounds. Saber is also said to be able to be mounted on a vehicle or placed in a certain area.

It is known that the range between the Steam Deck and the weapon is about 500 meters. Apart from now being equipped with a camera, the machine gun is also inserted with a number of additional sensors.

This article has been published on detikInet with the title Ukraine’s New Way Against Russia, Use the Steam Deck Console

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