News about special and protective equipment

Russian sappers have cleared more than 130 hectares of territory in Laos in four years, defusing more than 2 thousand explosive objects, said Yuri Stavitsky, head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Losses in tanks during the battles in Grozny, which began on December 31, 1994, were due to a number of reasons. Including the fact that some of the combat vehicles did not have the required dynamic protection, which could effectively neutralize the actions of enemy cumulative ammunition of various types.

In the engineering unit of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Rostov region, a division has been formed equipped with sets of remote mining engineering system (ISDM) "Agriculture".

The cosmonaut noted that he conducted a test fitting of the spacesuit before the flight

Cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov, who is due to go to the ISS with colleagues Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev on March 18, said that he considers the Russian Falcon spacesuit more reliable than the spacesuit of the American company SpaceX.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, issued a festive order on the occasion of the Day of Engineering Troops, which is celebrated in Russia on January 21.

General Director of the company Alexey Maruyev said that the cars have passed all types of control tests and meet the requirements of regulatory and technical documentation

In 2021, the company "Armory Workshops" supplied the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with 21 multi-purpose armored vehicles "Tiger-M" with the combat module "Arbalet-DM". This was reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu by the general director of the enterprise Alexey Maruyev.

On their professional holiday - the Day of Engineering Troops - the engineering and technical group of OMON "Zubr" of the Russian Guard demonstrated the identification and destruction of an explosive object.

A Twitter user showed a Vietnamese mock-up of a tank based on a motorcycle

A mock-up of a tank based on a motorcycle was noticed in Vietnam. The design received an imitation of a turret and a cannon. A video demonstrating the layout was posted by a Twitter user.

The accelerated method of testing for the presence of coronavirus developed by the Russian military differs from PCR studies on the enzymes used. Andrey Kuznetsovsky, deputy head of the branch of the Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, told Izvestia about this on Wednesday, January 19.

The Russian-made Arena active protection complexes could be installed on German Leopard 1 main battle tanks. Judging by the materials that appeared on the Web, such plans were hatched in the mid-90s.

As reported by NASA, some devices already meet the requirements for a manned flight to the planet

The systems necessary for the life support of the crew during the flight to Mars can be debugged on the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030. This was announced on Tuesday by Robin Gates, Director of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for ISS issues.

A bioprinter will be tested on the ISS to create bandages from the skin of astronauts

Astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) will test the Bioprint FirstAid device, which allows you to create organic bandages. This is reported on the NASA website.

On Friday, January 14, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the pipeline troops on their professional holiday.

He noted that the servicemen honorably perform their official duty and contribute to strengthening the country's defense potential. "The personnel of the troops have repeatedly proved their professionalism and readiness to act in the most difficult conditions," the Defense Minister stressed.

On Friday, the press service of Technodinamika Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that the new Cadet-100 parachute system had been handed over for state testing.

It is known that this system was created to replace the D-10 parachute, which has been used in the Russian Army as the main one for more than two decades.

The new engineering and sapper regiment of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Republic of Buryatia, received the latest robotic mine clearance complex "Uran-6".

A number of trainings were conducted with the military personnel of the anti-submarine sabotage forces and means of the Baltic Naval Base at a multifunctional training complex.

Within the framework of the American projects "Clear View" and "Jefferson" in the post-Soviet space, the United States, in coordination with local governments, created a network of laboratories for the development of biological weapons. New strains of plague, smallpox, anthrax, cholera, brucella and other deadly diseases are being studied at these facilities for American grants.

Specialists of the RCB protection of the Guards Red Banner Combined Arms Army received a batch of reconnaissance chemical vehicles RHM-6 included in the automated command and control system.

They patented a device for modeling mixed radiation fields on high-energy heavy ion beams

Employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) have developed and patented a device that will allow simulating on earth all the conditions of a complex radiation field inside a spacecraft created by particles of Galactic cosmic radiation. The press service of the Institute writes about this.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to temporarily reduce official business trips and vacations outside the country in the army and navy. In addition, he demanded to ensure the planned rates of re-vaccination of personnel in accordance with the approved schedules.