News about special and protective equipment

The Drive appreciated the armored dome of the Russian T-80 tank

A video of a Russian T-80 in Crimea with an improvised protection of the tower in a visor or dome over the tower appeared on social networks. The Drive portal reacted to the tank with "fancy armor".

In 2022, the Russian Armed Forces will receive parachutes for landing dog handlers with service dogs, tests of the system for such jumps should be completed by the end of 2021. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation.

The company Zeva Aero from the USA presented a prototype of an aircraft in the form of a flying saucer. The developers believe that their development will interest the military. This is reported by New Atlas.

Amid growing US concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian tanks may be upgraded to protect against barrage ammunition and other unmanned aerial vehicles at Kiev's disposal, the American edition of The Drive says.

On November 23, the Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation handed over four Ansat helicopters to PSB Aviation in the interests of the National Air Ambulance Service. This is the first batch under the current contract for 37 cars of this model.

Sappers will have to perform tasks both in the jungle and in settlements

The squad of sappers of the International Mine Action Center (MPC) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation arrived in Laos to perform humanitarian demining tasks. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation proposed to introduce an alternative to conscription in the army for conscripts with medical education. They can be sent to work in the primary health care in the Far East. 

The armed forces of the Russian Federation are reliably protected from coronavirus and feel confident thanks to timely vaccination and revaccination, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The marines of the Baltic Fleet have received new AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Wednesday.

The main efforts of the military construction complex this year were focused on the creation of nuclear deterrence system facilities, locations of incoming weapons, improvement of airfields, infrastructure of the Arctic grouping, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Improving the nutrition of military personnel when they perform tasks in high-altitude conditions was discussed today at a meeting of the Working Group under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO. The meeting was devoted to the logistical support of the Collective Forces of the organization.

Russian sappers arrived in Abkhazia to conduct mine clearance of the territory of the Sukhum International Airport, which was closed in 1993. After that, it is planned to begin work on the reconstruction of the air harbor.

An urgent telemedicine consultation, which became the one thousand five hundredth this year, was held at the Kirov Military Medical Academy (VMA) in St. Petersburg in real time for the treatment of a patient with a coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

With the help of the machine, you can install the most modern mines, equipped with the possibility of self-destruction and self-deactivation

A new batch of remote mining engineering systems (ISDM) "Agriculture" will be delivered to the Russian armed forces (AF) by the end of the year. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the General Director of the NGO "Alloy" named after A. N. Ganichev (part of the holding "Technodinamika" of the Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Smirnov.

Russian scientists have invented a project of a crawler robot-"turtle" for Rosgvardia, which will be able to disperse street riots, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the Rospatent database.

Student Aaron Gardugno Rodriguez presented his project at the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Manned Space Flights", held at the Cosmonaut Training Center.

The United Instrument-Making Corporation, the managing organization of the Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding, has been designated by the Government of the Russian Federation as the sole provider of telecommunications solutions for the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the period 2022-2023.

Eyewitnesses noticed models of the Russian T-72 tank and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the United States. The equipment can be used to simulate the actions of a potential enemy during exercises, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have completed tests of the MRK-15 robotic complex, which were carried out for two months. They were conducted on the basis of the Center for Special Risk Rescue operations "Leader".

In Russia, a mobile multipurpose robotic complex of the MRK-RKHBZ defense forces is being developed as part of two ground-based robotic vehicles and two UAVs based on Orlan-10 with sets of replaceable attachments.