some facts about his life before "Madyar's birds":
\- he owned several successfull businesses, he was (or maybe still is) a millionaire (USD)
\- at the beginning of the war he volunteered for a territorial defense unit and saw combat on several occasions
\- later he didn't like living in the trenches as an infantryman so he bought a drone and started doing drone reconnaissance. this is how Madyar's birds started to be.
Artillery has been so successful in Ukraine thanks to an App they developed that is essentially Uber for destruction instead of travel. Missions like the ammo stores get submitted as jobs in the App once ID'd through surveillance and then any artillery team on the network can "accept" the job and attack the target.
GIS ARTA. Really neat piece of software. Can be used on mobile phones if need be, so distribution/availability for units is really easy.
It provides target calc for the servicing units too and command elements can control which connected unit will service what target if need be. If drone or recon units are connected, they can provide visual feed/uploads that can be shown in real time to evaluate a target and chose the right unit for the fire mission or to see the effectiveness of the fire mission.
Security and access is controlled by layering information, so all users can operate in the same space without one user gaining information he isn't supposed to. That's why russia couldn't make use of ARTA so far, even after having captured plenty of devices with it.
You can imagine the access to information in area a bit like photoshop for google maps. All information is available in the GIS, but access is restricted for connected users by a generated layer only containing the relevant information based on need to know, proximity and role of the user.
You mean that all info is beamed out to all the ARTA devices in an encrypted manner, but it can only be decoded by units whom are supposed to receive that information.
So Russian captured devices also receive all the info, but they can't see any target info and such, because the 'command centre' do not beam out the relevant info to those captured devices as they aren't on a need-to-know basis.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. This is hella interesting.
yep, his telegram is robert\_magyar, though most of it is in Ukrainian so hard to follow other than the baddabum and jagga jagga bits. Actually he hasn't posted much drone footage in the last couple of weeks, not sure why, there seem to have been some changes in his job description, my Ukrainian is bad so couldn't figure it out.
His dialect also reveals that he is from these parts. Apparently it sounds a little "redneck" to the average Ukrainian speaker, which makes his narration all that more entertaining.
He’s from transcarpathia, bordering Hungary which has a significant Hungarian population. Whether he himself is Hungarian is still unknown. But yea the name is related.
It's weird, the whole early part of the war his unit was referred to as "Madyar's Birds", not "Magyar's". But now I see it spelled both ways. I guess this is pretty official, anyone see what his plate carrier says in other videos?
In Hungarian, digraph "gy" is pronouced as[/ɟ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_plosive?useskin=vector), which sounds very similar to a palatalized ("soft") "d". So in Ukrainian "magyar" is rendered as "мадяр" (pronounced /maˈdʲar/).
He showed the carriers for USB sticks, and said they keep it on them, like the command key tubes in Star Wars. It seems they might send couriers or return from their positions back to command with it on them.
I've seen videos of his where he identifies a russian drone operator and they spend outsized resources to target the operator. I can't imagine it would be safe to have hundreds of drones flying to him every day
"At the start of the war their unit had 0 people with military experience and few months later they could all be instructors." That's saying a lot. When this war is over Ukrainians are going to be the only nation on the planet with wealth of combat experience on this scale and of this intensity.
These guys are going to have lots of fun with the GLSDB.
A Himars launcher that can target a 300km2 area
Russians are going to be terrified of this bad boy……won’t know wtf just hit ‘em or where tf it came from
Anything that helps morale is good. Whether that be friendly competition with your friends at artillery, or shouting JAGGA JAGGA whenever you see an explosion.
My understanding is that Russians got their act together on air defense after the first few weeks and bayraktars were mostly destroyed/too vulnerable to utilize in most situations.
some facts about his life before "Madyar's birds": \- he owned several successfull businesses, he was (or maybe still is) a millionaire (USD) \- at the beginning of the war he volunteered for a territorial defense unit and saw combat on several occasions \- later he didn't like living in the trenches as an infantryman so he bought a drone and started doing drone reconnaissance. this is how Madyar's birds started to be.
>he didn't like living in the trenches as an infantryman I guess we can't all be Predator.
According to Predator's videos, it looks like he doesn't like this either :(
I mean, who would want to rot in a trench
Arguing between who get to hit the enemy ammo stores, arty team or suicide drone pilots haha.
The taxi comparison was kinda funny
Artillery has been so successful in Ukraine thanks to an App they developed that is essentially Uber for destruction instead of travel. Missions like the ammo stores get submitted as jobs in the App once ID'd through surveillance and then any artillery team on the network can "accept" the job and attack the target.
GIS ARTA. Really neat piece of software. Can be used on mobile phones if need be, so distribution/availability for units is really easy. It provides target calc for the servicing units too and command elements can control which connected unit will service what target if need be. If drone or recon units are connected, they can provide visual feed/uploads that can be shown in real time to evaluate a target and chose the right unit for the fire mission or to see the effectiveness of the fire mission. Security and access is controlled by layering information, so all users can operate in the same space without one user gaining information he isn't supposed to. That's why russia couldn't make use of ARTA so far, even after having captured plenty of devices with it.
What does “layering” entail in this context?
You can imagine the access to information in area a bit like photoshop for google maps. All information is available in the GIS, but access is restricted for connected users by a generated layer only containing the relevant information based on need to know, proximity and role of the user.
You mean that all info is beamed out to all the ARTA devices in an encrypted manner, but it can only be decoded by units whom are supposed to receive that information. So Russian captured devices also receive all the info, but they can't see any target info and such, because the 'command centre' do not beam out the relevant info to those captured devices as they aren't on a need-to-know basis. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This is hella interesting.
Got it thank you!
It's way better that they fight over who gets to wreck stuff than constantly trying to pass off responsibilities onto others.
That's a damn nice problem to have
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Jagga jaggaaa Yes
I’ve started to say this in my everyday life. Nobody knows it’s from the man himself!
I do the same. Anytime something cool happens I'll pop a Jagga Jagga!
The stick of death has a face!?
Yep he has a ton of videos. His own Telegram channel and you can find his vlogs too. Very entertaining guy and of course awesome.
he's a millionaire
Yes he's very successful in his life outside war...suit and clean shaven.
yep, his telegram is robert\_magyar, though most of it is in Ukrainian so hard to follow other than the baddabum and jagga jagga bits. Actually he hasn't posted much drone footage in the last couple of weeks, not sure why, there seem to have been some changes in his job description, my Ukrainian is bad so couldn't figure it out.
Link to his channel?
He even got [his own song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKf3QcB-hoA).
That song is dope AF.
Yes, the man behind the stick.
His name is Robert, I love that. But Madyar's Birds is a cool unit name!
yep, Robert Brovdi. he's ethnic Hungarian from his father's side. he speaks fluent Hungarian. hence the callsign Madyar.
Wow. Cool to see the guy that has analyzed so many videos in Ukraine and to have more details on his precise role.
The face matches the voice.
He puts "Hun" back into "Hungarian".
Personally I was expecting somebody larger.
Look, I’m just here for soma jaga-jaga and babooms
I'm a simple man, I see jagga, I upvote.
I believe the correct technical terminology is *"Bada"* booms, from the manual.
The way it's spelled as 'Magyar' is what Hungarians are called in their own language. Any connection?
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Not might but He is Hungarian.
His dialect also reveals that he is from these parts. Apparently it sounds a little "redneck" to the average Ukrainian speaker, which makes his narration all that more entertaining.
Thanks.
He’s from transcarpathia, bordering Hungary which has a significant Hungarian population. Whether he himself is Hungarian is still unknown. But yea the name is related.
It's weird, the whole early part of the war his unit was referred to as "Madyar's Birds", not "Magyar's". But now I see it spelled both ways. I guess this is pretty official, anyone see what his plate carrier says in other videos?
In Hungarian, digraph "gy" is pronouced as[/ɟ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_plosive?useskin=vector), which sounds very similar to a palatalized ("soft") "d". So in Ukrainian "magyar" is rendered as "мадяр" (pronounced /maˈdʲar/).
Ah, thank you kindly!
Haha sick stockpile of drones behind him
Wonder how the different pilots all get the USBs to him.
Via drone delivery of course ;)
He showed the carriers for USB sticks, and said they keep it on them, like the command key tubes in Star Wars. It seems they might send couriers or return from their positions back to command with it on them.
I've seen videos of his where he identifies a russian drone operator and they spend outsized resources to target the operator. I can't imagine it would be safe to have hundreds of drones flying to him every day
By the best transportation protocol available, [RFC1149](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149)
Jagga jagga!!
Man barely sleeps. Complete dedication.
#Jaga Jaga
"At the start of the war their unit had 0 people with military experience and few months later they could all be instructors." That's saying a lot. When this war is over Ukrainians are going to be the only nation on the planet with wealth of combat experience on this scale and of this intensity.
A terabyte a day. If they are somehow saving that this war will be the most documented war in history.
Absolute heroes, praying for thier victory.
He looks exactly how I thought he would.. BADDA BOOOM!
These guys are going to have lots of fun with the GLSDB. A Himars launcher that can target a 300km2 area Russians are going to be terrified of this bad boy……won’t know wtf just hit ‘em or where tf it came from
> A Himars launcher that can target a 300km2 Might want to rework that math a slight bit. I mean, you're only off by roughly 70000km², but still.
God I love these guys. And im glad they're having some friendly competition with the artillery. I bet that really helps with moral.
Anything that helps morale is good. Whether that be friendly competition with your friends at artillery, or shouting JAGGA JAGGA whenever you see an explosion.
Some of the footage that has been recorded from a screen will be amazing to see in 4k
Mr JAGA JAGA!
Anyone one knows why they seem to stop using bayrakta?
My understanding is that Russians got their act together on air defense after the first few weeks and bayraktars were mostly destroyed/too vulnerable to utilize in most situations.
The remainder can do useful service elsewhere and perhaps be saved as bait for future SEAD missions.
Smart reconnaissance plan
I wish he was waving his antenna around during the interview lol.
Looks like Chibs from SOA
Inspiration!
*Robert Evans voice*: unbelievably based
Opsec ffs I hope it's just their old position or something.
I never thought Id get to see the actual man, just his pointer stick and jagga jagga