Volta Trucks has started testing an all-electric truck
After an all-electric van designed for intercity transportation was introduced last year, Volta Trucks has started testing a 16-ton platform truck. Now the prototype is undergoing sea trials in the UK.
UVZ is working on the issue of strengthening the new Baikal combat module for heavy armored vehicles
The new remote-controlled combat module "Baikal" for armored vehicles is completing the preliminary testing stage, the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, Rostec) told Interfax.
The newest combat module AU-220M "Baikal" completes preliminary tests
The AU-220M artillery module is designed for arming armored combat vehicles
The newest remote-controlled combat module (DUBM) AU-220M "Baikal" is at the final stage of preliminary tests. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the military-technical forum "Army-2021".
Heavy flamethrower system "Solntsepek" is being modernized
General Director of Omsktransmash Igor Lobov noted that the TOS-1A remains relevant on the battlefield
Omsktransmash (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation) is modernizing the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system. This was announced to TASS during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" by the general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov.
A modified version of the T-14 Armata tank was shown at Army-2021
The T-14 main battle tanks based on the Armata heavy unified platform have been participating in the Army International military-technical forum since 2017. The first shows naturally caused a real stir among both Russian and foreign specialists, as well as among ordinary visitors to the exhibition.
The first batch of the latest Drok mortars will be delivered for trial operation in 2022
Prototypes of a self-propelled mortar are at the final stage of preliminary tests
The first batch of the latest 82-mm self-propelled mortars 2S41 "Drok" will be delivered for trial operation in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the military-technical forum "Army-2021".
A special mine clearance vehicle is presented for the first time in Yekaterinburg
At the military-technical forum "Army-2021", which started today in Yekaterinburg at the Sverdlovsk training ground, a special vehicle of mine clearance groups was presented for the first time. This year, we recall, it entered service with engineering units of the Central Military District.
Novosibirsk residents were shown the Lens armored car for the first time at the Army-2021 exhibition
A large-scale exhibition of military equipment and weapons "Army-2021"has opened at the Tolmachevo military airfield near Novosibirsk. Anyone can examine in detail the most advanced models of small arms and army vehicles. In particular, for the first time, the newest sanitary armored car "Lens"is presented at the Novosibirsk site.
Modified Tiger armored vehicles were found in Tajikistan
Pictures of modified Tiger armored vehicles appeared on the network. The photos published in the group" Turned at War "in Vkontakte show cars with additional protection. According to the caption, the pictures were taken on the territory of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan, where unusual cars were found.
Combat "Sable": a pickup truck with a combat module was shown at the "Army-2021"
Two new military vehicles of the Sobol NN family were shown by the Military-Industrial Company at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
Both vehicles, painted in multicolored camouflage, were in a common row with armored vehicles and had the "Military-industrial Complex" emblems on the radiator grilles.
A unique wheeled-tracked vehicle PZM-2M was brought to the "Army-2021"
The prototype of the PZM-2M regimental earthmoving machine based on KAMAZ-65224, which is being demonstrated at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", even looks very unusual from the outside.
Shoigu announced a decrease in the accident rate in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by 29% thanks to the military police
The correct actions of the military police led to a decrease in the accident rate in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by 29%. It acts effectively both in Syria and in Nagorno-Karabakh, the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday, August 26, at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The share of modern weapons in the Strategic Missile Forces is 81 percent
The planned re-equipment of military units and formations of the Strategic Missile Forces allowed to increase the share of modern missile weapons to 81 percent by January 1, 2021 and give the Strategic Missile Forces group new opportunities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks.
The American long-range anti-radar missile will go into production
The US Navy has approved the production of the long-range anti-radar missile AARGM-ER. The military plans to order the first two pilot batches in the next few months.
The best anti-tank missile is adapted to the Mi-28NM helicopter
The quiet sensation of the Army-2021 forum, which for some reason was not reflected in the media, is the adaptation of the 9M123 guided missile of the Chrysanthemum land complex to launches from the Mi - 28NM helicopter. Rossiyskaya Gazeta is the first to tell about this.
Shoigu: The range of missiles on helicopters was almost doubled
Testing of new and promising weapons in combat conditions helped to identify the shortcomings of this arsenal and make the necessary changes to the design. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this on Thursday on the Zvezda TV channel.
Russia will supply Myanmar with two Pantsir-S1 air defense systems
Russia will supply Myanmar with two short-range air defense systems "Pantsir", Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told reporters.
The Ministry of Defense will deploy over-the-horizon radar "Container" along the border
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has decided to deploy a system of over-the-horizon radar "Container", which are capable of detecting enemy aircraft at a range of 3 thousand km.
Voronezh radar stations are being upgraded to the latest Yakhroma
Radar stations of the Russian Voronezh-type missile attack warning system are being upgraded to the level of the newest Yakhroma station. This radar station is being built in the Crimea.
Russia has upgraded a unique missile defense station
Russia has completed the modernization of the unique radar station "Don-2N", which provides anti-missile defense of Moscow, records the launch of ballistic missiles, and monitors space objects. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the general director of the concern "RTI Systems" Yuri Anoshko.