News of the automotive industry
The Serbian military police has started operating Russian UAZ "Patriot"SUVs
New Russian SUVs were chosen as the main vehicle for use in the competition of the Army International Games "Guardian of Order"
The Serbian Military Police has re-equipped its fleet with new Russian UAZ "Patriot" SUVs and started their active operation. This is reported by a TASS correspondent from the scene.
Norwegian unmanned container ship will go on its first flight without a crew
The Norwegian autonomous electric cargo ship "Yara Birkelan" will make the first flight between the two cities by the end of the year. According to CNN, there will be no crew on board. The vessel's movement will be monitored by three ground-based data control centers.
"Project 80": the heir of the legendary "Shishiga" was shown at the "Army-2021"
For many years, the GAZ-66, nicknamed "Shishigs", were one of the most popular cars in the Soviet, and then the Russian army. They were also widely used in the armed forces of various foreign countries, where they still serve.
Production of the latest guns "Phlox" and "Magnolia" may begin in 2022 or 2023
It will begin after the completion of state tests, if there is an appropriate decision of the state customer, the Uralvagonzavod concern reported
The production of the latest self-propelled mortar "Phlox" and the self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia" can be launched in late 2022-early 2023, the press service of the concern "Uralvagonzavod" (UVZ, part of the state corporation "Rostec") told TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".
The Americans will create a hydrogen helicopter
The American companies HyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft are going to create the first hydrogen helicopter, as well as develop and certify a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. It will give an energy density four times higher than existing lithium-ion batteries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Russian special forces car was shown from the inside
A new car for special forces K-4386 FOR-SpN was shown from the inside. The corresponding frames are published by Zvezda on YouTube.
Almaz-Antey presented an unmanned modular electric platform
At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" held from August 22 to 28, 2021, Almaz - Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region demonstrates for the first time a full-scale sample of a new unmanned modular electric platform.
The developer told about a new armored car for special forces
The new armored car for special forces K-4386-ZA-SpN, designed for special purpose units, is based on the already well-known landing armored car "Typhoon-airborne", but has a number of differences. Marat Rizvanov, a representative of the developer company Remdiesel JSC, told about this in an interview with RG.
A special wheeled scout RHM-9 can be seen on the "Army-2021"
The RHM-9 radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance vehicle is being openly demonstrated for the first time at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
Earlier it was reported that in 2018, this specialized armored car was presented in a closed static exhibition of a large-scale weapons exhibition held in the Moscow region.
The Strela SUV will receive an "automatic" and a seven-seat version
The Strela KBM MIC SUV presented at the Army-2021 forum was created by students and graduates of Bauman Moscow State Technical University together with specialists of the Military-Industrial Company. In the future, the civilian Strela can get a seven-seat version and an automatic rifle, said Nikita Lozhkin, head of the calculation department of the Youth Design Bureau of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, in an interview with RG.
Only from the assembly line: what is known about the new armored floating vehicle
The new multi-purpose armored floating vehicle (MBPM) rolled off the assembly line just ten days before the start of the Army-2021 forum.
Nevertheless, it has already been tested both afloat and during mileage tests, Sergey Suvorov, head of the media and advertising department of the Military-Industrial Company, said in an interview with RG.
The first electric car was developed for the military: it was shown at the Army-2021
Specialists of the military innovative technopolis "ERA" presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" on Tuesday a unique operating model of electric transport developed specifically for the needs of the Russian Armed Forces. The electric car was given the name "ERA".
Military engineers of the Central Military District received mine clearance systems based on the UAZ
The engineering troops of the Central Military District received the first special vehicles of mine clearance groups based on the UAZ army SUV. The machines are designed for the rapid neutralization of both the terrain and infrastructure facilities, the press service of the Central Military District reports. They can also be used simply as a transport for transporting sappers.
Volvo plants in Sweden received the world's first environmentally friendly steel
The Swedish company SSAB has supplied Volvo with the first batch of a new type of automotive steel – "green". The term is still unofficial, this material is also called "environmentally friendly steel", because when creating it, combustible fossils and the energy produced with their help are not used. There are also no emissions into the atmosphere during the production of eco-steel, which is very beneficial for both SSAB and Volvo. The first pledged to switch to carbon-free production by 2045, the second-by 2050.
