The UK army admitted that the Russian military forces can outgun the British ones on the battlefield, in a leaked report cited by The Times on Wednesday.

"In the unlikely event of a direct confrontation between NATO and RUS [Russia], we must acknowledge that RUS currently has a significant capability edge over UK force elements," the report said, as quoted by the news outlet.

According to the report, Russia's rocket launchers, air defense systems and other weapons are more powerful than the British equivalents, while Britain's planned fleet of lightly armored army vehicles would be "disproportionately vulnerable" to Russian fire in case of a war.

According to the newspaper, the report was produced under the direction of Gen. Sir Nick Carter, the chief of the British Army, in March.

The conflict in Ukraine has also been used to hone sophisticated tactics for deploying drones and demoralising opposing forces, Dailymail reported.

According to The Times, the report - understood to be based on a training exercise carried out in Ukraine -said the UK and Nato allies were 'scrambling to catch up' with Russia's ability to use electronic techniques to hijack enemy drones and disrupt other military transmissions.

The effects on aircraft, GPS guided weapons and communications were said to be a 'real game changer'. 

A slated £3.5billion fleet of British army vehicles is apparently 'disproportionately vulnerable' to Russian mortar and rocket fire.  

The report also recommended that soldiers were made more aware of manipulative online tactics used on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Leaving electrical devices at home while on exercises should be 'the norm', according to the document.

The publication, Insights to 'Training Smarter' Against a Hybrid Adversary, concluded that one of Russia's goals in Ukraine was to practise 'new methods of warfare as well as testing modern and prohibited weapons'.

Among the tactics and equipment UK forces must learn to counter are:

• A device that uses acoustics to locate snipers so they can be eliminated. 
• Flying drones in pairs so the lower craft draws fire and the higher one can pinpoint its target. 
• Blanket text messaging of communities before attacks to create confusion. 
• 'Spoofing' of GPS navigation systems to make enemy forces lose their way on the battlefield. 

An Army spokeswoman said: 'The British Army conducts regular reviews of potential scenarios in order to improve its readiness to both protect UK influence and protect our people.'