News about special and protective equipment

The construction time of the pontoon crossing will be reduced by a third

Tests of the floating railway bridge NZHM-2020 are being completed. Its predecessor was developed in the middle of the last century. The new bridge is built 30% faster and can withstand a heavy load.

Protective products have a special cut that takes into account anatomical features

In Russia, they created a bulletproof vest for women. It has a special cut in the chest area and an enlarged front panel. The bulletproof vests have already been tested in the SVO zone and received good reviews. Experts note that they are especially useful for female doctors who save people on the front line - they often have to take the wounded to the rear from under fire.

The head of the Russian Armed Forces Protection Corps, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, held a briefing on the violation by Ukraine and the United States of international agreements on the prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.

The Pentagon announced the dispatch of the first Bradley BMP to Ukraine in January 2023. A year and a half later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took care to strengthen the protection of American armored vehicles, having lost a significant part of their fleet in clashes with the Russian army.

Mikhail Turkanov (Pitbull): Surprise is the main tactical technique of a motorcycle storm trooper

"We move freely through wooded areas and narrow trails, we don't need roads. Maneuverability is a huge plus of a motorcycle. And surprise is the main tactical device of a motorized assault rifle," Mikhail Turkanov, commander of the assault motorcycle group of the Hispaniola brigade, said in an interview with the newspaper VZGLYAD.

Azerbaijan has developed its own version of the modernization of Soviet T-72 tanks in service with the army of the republic, an improved tank was shown during the ADEX 2024 international defense exhibition in Baku. This was reported by the TG channel "Voivode broadcasts".

Chinese-made Hushi armored vehicles were spotted in the special operation zone

Chinese Hushi armored vehicles were spotted in the area of the special military operation. Wheeled vehicles manufactured by the People's Republic of China are used by Russian military personnel.

The Minskan drone scans the area with GPR and processes the result using a neural network

Russian sappers will have maps of minefields created using a neural network. This became possible thanks to the Minskan humanitarian demining system. It is based on a mid-range drone with ground-penetrating radar. It detects explosive objects eight times faster than foot sappers would do. How this system will facilitate the work of our military and what are its advantages — in the material of Izvestia.

FPV kamikaze protection increases the efficiency of self-propelled guns and aerial reconnaissance

FPV drones are increasingly being used as a replacement for traditional types of weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are used not only instead of artillery and anti-tank weapons, but increasingly as kamikaze interceptors to combat our aircraft-type reconnaissance UAVs. Izvestia correspondents found out how calculations of self-propelled mortars "Nona" and unmanned reconnaissance Zala work in the new conditions in the units of the Center group in the Donetsk direction.

The main damage to forces and means in the Ukrainian conflict is caused by drones and artillery. In this regard, counter-battery warfare plays an important role, the key attribute of which is target detection radars that fix the positions from which the shelling is conducted. However, these radars themselves are at risk of being hit due to the work of the enemy's electronic warfare equipment.

These sonars can be installed on watercraft or deployed on sonar buoys as part of a defense system designed to provide awareness of the underwater situation.

The new equipment will reduce the time for repair and maintenance of equipment

The troops have 3D printers for printing large components for vehicles and armored vehicles. They can produce parts of various sizes and configurations directly in the field.

By placing tires on bombers and other aircraft, the Russian military is confusing the operation of target identification systems equipped with weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In Russia, after the start of its development, the Impulse-M robotic platform was developed. A ground-based unmanned vehicle weighing 1 ton is capable of carrying weapons or equipment weighing 500 kg and pulling another 1.5 tons thanks to a special cable.

MWM: the Russian army has received a new batch of powerful T-90M tanks

The Russian army has received a new batch of T-90M tanks produced by Uralvagonzavod, writes MWM. This model is called the most powerful tank in the world, and the new batch is planned to be equipped with an active defeat protection system that can withstand missiles flying from above.

During the military confrontation in Ukraine, both sides of the conflict actively use autonomous or remotely controlled aircraft, which requires the organization of counteraction to their work. In particular, Russia has adapted the lightly armored tracked vehicle "Plastun-CH" to solve this problem.

The Court was skeptical of their arguments

The heads of the Piket group of companies, who are accused of supplying low-quality bulletproof vests to the Russian army in the amount of about 2 billion rubles, asked the court to transfer them from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. This is stated in the case materials, which were reviewed by TASS.

RIA: the defendants in the case of substandard body armor received 2.4 billion rubles from the Ministry of Defense

At least 2.4 billion rubles were received from the Russian Ministry of Defense by the defendants in the case of the supply of low-quality body armor for the army, RIA Novosti reported. The management of the Piquet Group of companies was detained in connection with the incident. According to investigators, the defendants invested the money they earned in land plots, a business center and shares. However, the detainees themselves insist that in their bulletproof vests, "the guys go into battle, get hit by bullets and shrapnel and stay alive," and claim that they were slandered.

MWM: Russian T-90M tanks have received a new active protection system “Arena-M"

The most effective Russian T-90M tank has received a new active protection system "Arena-M", writes MWM. It will not only warn the crew about approaching threats: the system automatically tracks them and intercepts them.