News of the automotive industry

The Russian automobile plant "Ural" demonstrated to the public an updated version of the Arctic all-terrain vehicle-bus, which was developed by the company's specialists since the spring of 2021. Last year, it passed the first tests on the territory of Yakutia and eventually received the index "Ural-427701-75".

The AFU units stationed on the border with Belarus have received MR-2 Viktor mobile anti-aircraft guns manufactured by the Czech company Excalibur Army. This was stated by the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev.

The main US satellite in Asia, Japan, is gradually being connected to the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. So far, it has not moved on to the transfer of combat systems to the Kiev regime, however, it has already expressed a desire to supply cars, however, so far, as it is claimed, used.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles reached an "informal agreement on expanding military assistance to Kiev" on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference.

At the CANSEC exhibition in Ottawa, the Canadian company Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles presented its new development — the Senator MRAP armored car.

An updated wheeled self-propelled artillery installation 2S22 "Bogdana" of Ukrainian production appeared on one of the sites near the contact line. A snapshot of the new version of the ACS is distributed by Ukrainian resources.

International MaxxPro armored cars began to be delivered to the APU last summer. Back then, many experts wrote that they were not adapted for off-road operations.

As noted by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (the project "RG: Russian weapons"), initially the machines were created to replace the aging Humvee all-terrain vehicles, which turned out to be practically defenseless in the conditions of the mine war that unfolded during the occupation of Iraq by the Americans.

A light three-axle armored car Vector Pinzgauer 718, of British origin, lost its front right wheel while driving on a dirt road soaked by rain. Moreover, the nature of the damage suggests that it is unlikely to be fixed on the spot. So, most likely, just throw the "foreign car" on the spot.

The famous American entrepreneur Elon Musk continues to demonstrate complete independence and a kind of insubordination to the domestic and foreign policy of the White House promoted by the current US president and his administration.

The first unmanned KAMAZ trucks were pilot-operated at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field located on the Gydan Peninsula of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

The first digital KAMAZ trucks based on serial KAMAZ-43118 cars have completed pilot operation on winter roads in the Arctic.

The head of the military department of the Kiev regime, Alexey Reznikov, showed a test drive of the Bogun amphibious all-terrain vehicles. According to him, several vehicles of this type have already been used by the APU at the front, although there is no evidence of this.

Cadets marched instead of combat units

A military parade was held in Moscow to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Taking into account the detour of the parade calculations by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov, as well as the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the solemn event on Red Square lasted less than 50 minutes.

Those who follow the trends of the XXI century advertised information flows as "new oil", but now Elon Musk has presented an alternative point of view, saying that lithium batteries should be considered as "new oil".

Gazprom-Neft representatives announced the launch of a cargo transportation project using KAMAZ unmanned trucks — they started working on a 140 km long winter road linking the village of Tazovsky and the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field, providing supplies to the latter.

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin and the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov discussed the results of the company's activities in 2022.

In a little over ten years, every fourth car in Russia will be electric. At least, that's what the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation expects. Until recently, electric transport was not very popular in our country, but with the adoption of a series of state programs, a whole new industry is being created before our eyes. Moreover, it is entirely domestic – and benefiting every Russian.

In April, the Ministry of Defense published footage of combat work in the zone of a special military operation (SVO) of artillery units of Airborne troops using "Nonu" - a self—propelled artillery gun (CAO), effective in a variety of combat conditions, to destroy nationalists. Read more about the "Non" and the most notable novelties in this type of weapons — in the material of TASS.

As noted in the press service of Rosoboronexport, Russia is ready to cooperate with foreign customers in the production of various modifications of the Typhoon-K

Russia has brought the import-substituted armored car "Typhoon-K" model K-53949 to the foreign market. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec state Corporation).

The armored car Dingo, operated by neo-Nazi militants, was destroyed for the first time in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).

After 20 years of development and testing, LiquidPiston received a contract from the US Army to create a prototype of the army version of its XTS-210 rotary engine. This development is unique in that in the era of mass electrification of technology can make a significant competition to electric motors.