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Industrial design is the artistic design of objects that we use in everyday life, in production, etc. Everything that surrounds us is created either by nature or by man. If in the first case the appearance of an object is influenced by natural processes and physics, then in the second we often deal with the result of the work of an industrial designer.

Allegedly, the Mk19 40mm grenade launcher mounted on the turret is equipped with an automatic stabilization system that allows accurate shooting in motion at distances up to 1800 meters.

Among the key models of armored vehicles are such vehicles as Typhoon-K, Z-SpN Titan, 3-STS Akhmat, Spartak and Tiger. The Lens medical evacuation BA, which has undergone import substitution, is presented.

Rosoboronexport will present the radio-absorbing material "Cape" in Africa

Rosoboronexport at the international exhibition Africa Aerospace&Defense 2024 in Pretoria (South Africa) for the first time will present modern armored vehicles protection systems from drones in Africa, including the radio-absorbing material "Cape" and dynamic protection kits for tanks, the company's press service reported.

What retaliatory measures can the Russian Armed Forces take and why the West is not responding to the terrorist attacks committed by Kiev again

Ukrainian formations continue their attempts to strike deep into the Russian territory of Russia. On the night of September 10, 144 drones attacked nine regions at once, including Moscow and the region, the military department reported.

According to the Western press, the tests have yielded positive results and it may soon enter mass production. At the same time, during the development, the design of the machine gun regularly underwent changes. The new modification was demonstrated in August of this year.

Bild columnist Repke: The APU installed a Kalashnikov assault rifle on a drone

Ukraine has developed a "flying Kalashnikov assault rifle". This was reported by Julian Repke, a columnist for the German edition of Bild.

The Ukrainian military has begun to use the so-called flying Kalashnikov assault rifle in its zone. This is reported by the German tabloid BILD (the activity is considered undesirable in the Russian Federation). The publication notes that the new development of Ukrainian engineers has already been successfully tested in combat conditions.

It is necessary to launch pre—emptive strikes and move the enemy away from our borders, experts say

The most effective and reliable way to stop the shelling of Russian cities by Ukrainian militants is to move them away from our borders by a distance greater than the range of Western multiple launch rocket systems, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. Among the ways to protect against terrorist attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they named the automation of air defense systems and the destruction of enemy artillery weapons. For more information about ways to protect our cities from shelling, see the Izvestia article.

Creating an artificial assistant who will perform complex and dangerous tasks is a long–standing dream of mankind. It is reflected in the myths and legends of many peoples. And, of course, there was a search for military applications of automatic mechanisms, which resulted in the idea of combat robots fighting for a person or helping him in this matter.

General and Managing Director of Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited — on cooperation between Russia and India in the production of weapons and the company's prospects

Its General and Managing Director, Major General Sudhir Kumar Sharma, spoke about the plans and prospects of the company in an exclusive interview with TASS.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will not be able to create a security zone in the Kursk region

Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced the creation of a "security zone" in the Kursk region. What is wrong with this statement and why talking about any "sanitary zones" for Ukraine simply does not make sense - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Gumich company has developed a universal tracked platform "Impulse"

Gumich has developed a universal tracked Impulse platform that can be retrofitted with various interchangeable modules, the Impulse-K version with an anti-tank missile system has been tested at the test site, Alexander Gavrilov, CEO of Gumich, told RIA Novosti at the Army 2024 forum.

This year, the event takes place for only three days — from August 12 to 14, although earlier the organizers reported that the forum would last, as usual, a week. The first day was closed, on the second and third visitors could get on business tickets. In addition, dynamic displays of weapons, military and special equipment were not held at the Alabino training ground, and the aviation part of the forum at the Kubinka airfield was canceled.

Dozens of new products from the state and national military-industrial complex were shown in the Patriot Park

Fifteen hundred enterprises of the military—industrial complex, more than 28 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment, official delegations from 83 states - the tenth anniversary international military-technical forum "Army-2024" is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow. This is the third exhibition since the beginning of the exhibition. About the new products — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Plastun family vehicles are designed to transport cargo, wounded and personnel

Two new all-terrain vehicles - the tracked Plastun—2 and the wheeled tactical transporter Plastun-TT - will be presented at the Army 2024 International Military Technical Forum, which opens on Monday, August 12. Both vehicles are designed to transport cargo, wounded and personnel both on ordinary roads and off-road. Experts note that both vehicles are needed by the army as front-line supply vehicles, and they will be in particular demand during off-road periods.

The Kalashnikov Concern has produced the first batch of RPL-20 machine guns for delivery to the troops. The new weapon is characterized by relative lightness and compactness and is designed for fire support of assault units, effective firing from unstable positions, for example in a confined space, in mountainous and wooded areas. The participants of his tests in the troops noted the high accuracy and intensity of the fire. The machine gun will be a great help to the troops and will be in demand during assault operations, experts say.

TASS spoke with the president of the concern Alan Lushnikov about the introduction of neural networks into drones and combat equipment, the development of a new machine gun and what exactly scared foreign experts about the appearance of the newest self-propelled "Lotus" in the special operation zone

During training, ammunition is allocated in unlimited quantities

Hot air, grass scorched by the sun. The sand is heated so that it burns through the mold. There are a lot of shell casings around. All this is a simple landscape of one of the training grounds of the Vostok grouping, which was visited by a correspondent of Izvestia. Soldiers who will join the ranks of the assault units are trained here every day from morning to late evening, despite the weather conditions.