Direct proof of use
Piranha Tech's 2025 catalog includes the SF-3 portable UAV countermeasure device and states that Piranha Tech equipment is actively used by different units of Ukraine's Defense Forces in the Russia-Ukraine war. That source places the SF-3 inside the company's wartime counter-UAV product line and supports Ukrainian fielding context for the system.
WIRED separately reported from the Ukraine electronic-warfare sector that Piranha-Tech systems were being used against drones, quoting a company deputy CEO and describing Piranha-Tech anti-drone guns with Ukrainian units. The article says guns like the one shown to the reporter had helped one unit down a dozen enemy drones the previous day, including one carrying a grenade.
Sources: Piranha Tech 2025 catalog, WIRED invisible battlefield
Timeline
By March 2025, Piranha Tech's catalog presented the SF-3 as a portable anti-drone rifle and linked company equipment to active use by Ukraine's Defense Forces in the war. The catalog does not identify a specific SF-3 unit, date of first delivery, or engagement location.
In December 2024, WIRED described Piranha-Tech anti-drone guns in Ukrainian electronic-warfare use and reported a recent unit-level drone shoot-down claim. The reporting supports use of the company's anti-drone gun class in the conflict, while the public article does not name the exact SF-3 model for that incident.
Sources: Piranha Tech 2025 catalog, WIRED invisible battlefield
Narrative
In the conflict record, PIRANHA SF-3 belongs to Ukraine's portable counter-UAV electronic-warfare layer. Piranha Tech describes it as a gun-form device that applies directional radio interference across selected frequency bands to disrupt unmanned aircraft control, video, geolocation, and telemetry links.
The documented role is point defense and force protection rather than kinetic attack. The product page and catalog describe a hand-carried system with up to three simultaneous working channels, a replaceable battery, vertical and horizontal antenna polarization, and a mass of up to 7 kg. Those features fit use by mobile teams or small units responding to reconnaissance and attack drones.
The public evidence does not support a named SF-3 battlefield incident, a verified first-use date, or an independently confirmed count of drones defeated by SF-3 devices. The strongest source-backed claim is that the SF-3 sits in Piranha Tech's anti-drone rifle line, that Piranha Tech says its equipment is active with Ukraine's Defense Forces in the war, and that WIRED documents Piranha-Tech anti-drone guns with Ukrainian units.
Sources: Piranha Tech SF-3 product page, Piranha Tech 2025 catalog, WIRED invisible battlefield
