News about special and protective equipment

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to continue creating military hospitals to combat coronavirus in those regions where the most difficult situation is observed. This was announced on November 3 by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

Fighters of one of the units of the People's Militia of Donbass modified the captured Ukrainian T-64BV. According to the project of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta "Russian Weapons", the main battle tank was equipped with two special searchlights, nicknamed "red eyes".

Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region) are creating a new munition designed to more effectively combat small-sized drones and aerial bombs, follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

The first series of successful firing tests of the Trophy active protection complex installed on the German Leopard 2 tank took place. According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, these works are carried out in accordance with an agreement signed in February last year with the German Ministry of Defense.

The Russian tank "Object 195", which is also known as the T-95, could become one of the best combat vehicles in the world. In the USA, they remembered the predecessor of the T-14 Armata. Charlie Gao wrote for 19FortyFive about the advantages of Russian development.

Servicemen of the Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K.Timoshenko have developed models of new personal protective equipment of an anti-infectious nature, as well as introduced new methods of disinfection of enclosed spaces.

The mortality rate from coronavirus in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has halved in 2021 compared to 2020, the incidence has decreased approximately the same way, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Engineers of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in the Kuban received a set of heavy mechanized bridges TMM-3M2 at the KamAZ automobile base.

The conclusions about the origin of the coronavirus contained in the declassified report of the American intelligence community are unreliable and unscientific, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

Experts from the Zhongshan Institute of Science and Technology (Taiwan) have created an exoskeleton for the lower body, which will significantly increase the physical capabilities of military personnel on the battlefield.

The Cadet-75 parachute system confirmed the minimum landing height of 150 meters. Flight design tests were successful, the press service of Rostec State Corporation reports.

The Cadet-75 system confirmed a minimum safe altitude of 150 m at an aircraft speed of 180 km/h

Flight design tests of the Cadet-75 parachute training system will be completed by the end of this year, the press service of Rostec State Corporation reported on Wednesday.

A new protection system for helicopters will be developed in Russia. It will protect rotorcraft from dangerous left rotation and warn the pilot that he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the protocol.

The most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China is currently the Type 99A, also known as the ZTZ-99A.

Currently, according to various sources, at least six hundred such tanks belonging to the third generation of tracked armored vehicles after the Second World War are in service with elite formations.

If the bulletproof vest stopped the bullet, it does not mean that the person will remain unharmed. Matt Carricker from Demolition Ranch showed what a wound injury looks like, and that even the best bulletproof vest is not a panacea.

The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Moscow region, began to receive modern tankers. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

So, in one of the logistics support units (MTO), the operation of the AC-14-63501 tanker truck, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-63501 four-axle all-terrain vehicle common in the Russian Army, began.

The Ministry of Defense plans to strengthen army medical units with drones.

Also, this special equipment can be used during the elimination of the consequences of man-made disasters or natural disasters. The novelties will be part of special purpose medical detachments, as well as individual medical units. 

The new warning system will inform the pilot when, in particular, he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the flight protocol

A warning system on helicopters of left rotation, which often leads to accidents, will be developed in Russia. This was reported on Monday in the press service of JSC Navigator.

On the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, specialists of the Research Institute of Rescue and Underwater Technologies of the VUNC of the Navy took part in tests of a modernized steel ship-lifting pontoon with a lifting capacity of 200 tons of Project 528 (SSP-200), held in Sevastopol.

An upgraded T-90M tank was demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum in August. A car with an over-the-horizon vision system was evaluated in the USA. The National Interest magazine noted the export prospects of the Russian tank.