The fact that these have a .50 cal machine gun mounted on them is intense. That basically defeats the armor of most Russian armored vehicles that are being fielded from closer range.

In frontline combat one of those could be thrown into a risky attack against enemy armor to shed the enemy armor of externally mounted electronics warfare and anti-drone protection with a burst of .50 cal fire. Even if the Russian armor quickly destroys the .50 cal UGV, it is now a sitting duck for FPV attack and artillery spotting since the outside of the armor just got a lead shower and is now functionally naked on the modern battlefield.

I think these are more useful for small unit logistics and clearing operations but given the creativity and sophistication of Ukrainian drone pilots I wouldn’t be surprised if Ukraine became very effective at this kind of “one two punch” on Russian armor.

In general I could see heavy machine gun operators moving to these platforms for most risky fire missions not in urban terrain just because operating the big loud angry thing from 100 meters away is probably a hell of a lot safer than being right behind it when a counter attack comes (particulary mortars and artillery).